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The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Rediscovering the old-world charm of Rome's heritage

Ask most Indians to name a place in Italy and the chances are that they will say Rome. This is relatively unusual. In other countries it may be such...

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Vir Sanghvi

TMC split: The morality of lawmakers is a rarity

What is the relationship between a Member of Parliament (MP) or a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) and his or her constituents? Are they just...

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Karan Thapar

A west-created myth of the uncivil Indian

As someone who has lived half her life abroad and visited over 75 countries representing India and engaging in global diplomacy at the United Nations,...

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Lakshmi Puri

Don’t mistake transient authority for destiny

Watching the spectacle of Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee’s defeat in the recent West Bengal assembly elections, I could not but ruminate...

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Pavan K Varma

A worrying trend amidst UP women’s health gains

When development and health indicators for women in Uttar Pradesh look up, it is cause for celebration since it is a bellwether for all of India. The...

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Lalita Panicker

The mistake India keeps making about its neighbours

July will mark one year since India resumed issuing visas to Chinese nationals. This anniversary, part of a wider, hesitant rapprochement, will pass...

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Rahul Sagar

The G7 needs India more than ever

Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi’s visit to Evian to attend the G7 Summit as a Special Guest of French President Emmanuel Macron is an...

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Pankaj Saran

How gen Z sees India’s place in the world

One of the most consequential shifts in India’s foreign policy discourse over the past decade has been the emergence of a more overtly...

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Harsh V Pant

India's urban heat islands and its vulnerable communities

Intense heat is now the new normal for summers in the national capital. As mercury soars to hit new records, despite the relief provided by occasional...

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Swati Singh Sambyal

Turning organic waste into agricultural inputs

In 1884, the year Tokyo completed its first modern sewer network, Bombay’s municipal commissioners were debating whether to extend water drainage to...

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Ramanan Laxminarayan

Is digital India ready for Anthropic’s Mythos era?

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) evolves, so do the anxieties around it. The discourse on AI ethics, slops and data centres, and AI’s implications on...

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Amit Kapoor

More than a BIT of a challenge for India

In the past couple of years, India signed bilateral investment treaties (BITs) with a few countries — most prominently, with Israel and the UAE. The...

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Prabhash Ranjan

Indian middle class’s gains in the last 12 years

Twelve years is long enough to change the texture of daily life, and in India, between 2014 and 2026, it has. The changes are visible in the household...

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V Anantha Nageswaran

BITs need not be only a bitter pill for India

In the last 36 months, New Delhi has inked or upgraded over half a dozen free trade agreements (FTAs), with the UAE, Australia, European Free Trade...

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Hindustantimes Editorial

Raising minimum wages limits workers’ choice

After the Karnataka government notified new minimum wages for 83 types of employment late-May, with upto 60% increases in some cases, employer unions...

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Ajit patwardhan

From discovery of India to trust in Bharat

June 10, 2026, marks a special occasion in the history of India after Independence. On that date Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi surpassed Jawahar...

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Ram Nath Kovind

When preventive health check-ups do more harm

Every day, people are exhorted to undergo “preventive” health check-ups. These come in the form of executive check-ups, prevention “camps”,...

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Ganesan Karthikeyan

Better divorced than suffering

A recent judgement by a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India, which invoked Article 142 of the Constitution to dissolve a 15-year marriage,...

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