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Finding the Mahatma in a divided Pakistan

I have never heard any Pakistani say anything offensive — critical, maybe, but never disparaging — about two Indians: Lata Mangeshkar and Mahatma...

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Hasan Mujtaba

Gandhi, the man and the idea, lives on in Hindustani

What is it about Gandhi — born 156 years ago in a world altogether different from ours, killed 78 years ago in a newly-independent India — that...

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Gandhiji was a man of God, hence Mahatma

It is a paradox that in spite of my intimate connection with Mahatmaji, he is the one subject on which I feel helpless when I begin to write. A...

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C Rajagopalachari

The UN can still work towards restoring trust

The formal theme of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which opened on September 8, is “Restoring trust, Managing...

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Ruchira Kamboj

India must urgently get its own AI Safety Institute

Last week, OpenAI admitted that its artificial intelligence (AI) agents breached sandbox conditions in an information search exercise. Worryingly, its...

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Rudra Chaudhuri

India’s elderly women need better social security cover

India’s population is ageing rapidly, and with little social protection, poverty, and destitution, old age is emerging as a new development...

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Malancha Chakrabarty

Deepening the India-US defence partnership

High altitude, tough terrain, new technology, and American and Indian soldiers training side by side — that is Yudh Abhyas 2026. This month, roughly...

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Will West Bengal’s real Trinamool please stand up?

Only a very naïve observer of Indian politics will believe that a first-time turncoat MLA is independently leading a rebellion that has stripped one...

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Dhrubo Jyoti

Trust deficit and caste at India’s premier institutions

On September 18, Sahil Wakode, a second-year BTech student, was found dead on the campus of IIT-Bombay (IIT-B). His was the third suicide or unnatural...

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Insurance regulator moves to fix the sector

After more than 15 years of unsuccessfully attempting to get the insurance regulator and the ministry of finance to curb rampant mis-selling in the...

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The race to avoid tomorrow’s technological dependencies

Two developments in Asia have recently put Elon Musk’s technology ventures in an unusual spotlight. China has approved a string of brain-computer...

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Power from renewables should not be curtailed

India’s renewable buildout is one of the clearest energy transition successes — solar alone has gone from 2.8GW in 2014 to over 160GW. So why is...

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Let women live. Lock up the men

Comprehensive safety audit of all city parks: ordered. Increased patrolling: begun. Pink police: planned. Another gangrape in Delhi, this time of a...

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Namita Bhandare

A life lived for Bharat and all of its citizens

There is a beautiful saying, “Vriksh kabahun nahi phal bhakhaye, nadi na sanchaye neer. Paramarth ke kaarne, sadhun dhara sharir.” It means the...

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Narendra Modi

India must stand on its own feet as great powers tango

For over a month now, the world’s major powers have been busy reaching out to each other. In late August, Ajit Doval and Wang Yi, the Indian and...

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Happymon Jacob

Fraying exchange of ideas, and a world torn by conflict

This week, we will be celebrating the 157th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Don’t we feel his relevance more acutely today, when the world is...

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Shashi Shekhar

Tata Sons boardroom battle: Fundamentals of ownership

When it comes to companies, control is almost always a question of percentages. For instance, a 51% shareholding means majority control; and a...

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Ht Editorial

Joining hands for water security as warming rises

Water connects us in ways few other resources do. Rivers do not recognise administrative boundaries, aquifers may sustain several communities, and...

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Ecostani: SIR, voter deletion and 2029 Census challenge

India’s Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar said in Ahmedabad earlier this month that problems related to exclusion of names in the...

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Chetan Chauhan