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India needs a new economic strategy

The tide of US-led globalisation was spreading outward in 1991. Now, it is shrinking inward. It may have made sense in 1991 to use trade as the...

yesterday 10

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Arun Maira

Why Quad is still not seen as a serious enterprise

After the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) foreign ministers’ meeting on May 26, the general perception is likely to be that the grouping has...

yesterday 10

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Tara Kartha

Modernists understood that buildings represent life

The first three decades after Independence were marked by an extraordinary burst of building. Driven by imperatives of urbanisation,...

yesterday 10

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Rajan rawal

Cockroaches, zombies and the deathtraps of Delhi

If you are privileged enough in Delhi, then chances are the name Saidulajab means the Garden of Five Senses to you. Delhi government tourism...

yesterday 10

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Roshan Kishore

In her words: Dr Soumya Swaminathan

Only two Indian women have ever been elected Fellows of the Royal Society, the world’s oldest scientific academy with more than 400 years of...

yesterday 10

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Namita Bhandare

What India must do as climate crisis worsens

If you are a sensitive soul standing at the ramparts of Fatehpur Sikri, you will notice something strange in the howling winds rising from the arid...

previous day 10

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Shashi Shekhar

In the age of AI, a kill that requires no killer

In certain special forces operations, like a commando raid, a small team moves ahead of everyone else. Two, sometimes three soldiers. Their mission is...

previous day 10

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Raghu Raman

India’s cities need periodic resilience assessments

India’s urban centres already account for the majority of its economic output and are projected to generate more than 70% of new employment...

previous day 10

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Simrit Kaur

It’s the summer break, but can we really afford to travel?

It’s that time of the year. Airfares compete with mercury in soaring higher and higher. I end up spending my summers, year after year, checking...

previous day 10

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Nishtha Gautam

The discreet charm of Gymkhana Club

Amongst the happiest memories of my childhood is devouring fish fingers and chicken sandwiches at the Gymkhana Club. My sister Shobha would take me...

saturday 10

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Karan Thapar

In Britain, the widening gap between the PM and people

“You don’t think the country is fundamentally broken. You don’t think the model of the country is broken. You just think it’s been let down by...

saturday 20

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Hindustantimes Editorial

India’s fight against dowry must continue

The recent deaths of several young women under suspicious circumstances in the homes of their in-laws, seemingly motivated by dowry demands, show that...

saturday 20

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Lalita Panicker

GT Express: Journeys in character building

There are many ways to build character in life. Parents insist it is through waking up early in the morning. Schools vouch for 10 2 years of education...

saturday 20

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Abhishek Asthana

Ananya Pandey and classical dance in the age of virality

Over the last few days, the Indian classical dance fraternity has voiced outrage over actor Ananya Pandey’s dance in the movie, Chand Mera Dil....

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Hindustantimes Editorial

Searching for Bengal’s civilisational signature

On a tiny island in the Baltic Sea, with the cool winds of the peaceful sea brushing against my face, I found myself thinking of home. Of Bengal. Of...

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