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Where is the money going? Unpacking a decade of India’s private sector-led development

Where is the money going? Unpacking a decade of India’s private sector-led development
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Purvi Mehta

The other G2 and three lessons that follow for India

The other G2 and three lessons that follow for India

Just weeks ago, Trump signed legislation giving him sweeping powers to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on countries like India buying Russian...

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C. Raja Mohan

In science, innovation, technology, a transformative decade

In science, innovation, technology, a transformative decade
yesterday 20

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Abhay Karandikar

India’s science problem is not talent, but priorities

India’s science problem is not talent, but priorities
yesterday 10

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Kamini Walia

Barricades, detentions do not fortify the ECI

Barricades, detentions do not fortify the ECI

What will it take for Gyanesh Kumar to realise that his refusal to acknowledge or answer questions is taking a mounting toll on an institution that...

yesterday 1

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Editorial

US IT salvo opens new front for India

US IT salvo opens new front for India

With the outcome of trade negotiations with Washington uncertain, the pressure on multiple fronts — energy, services exports, and labour mobility...

yesterday 1

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Editorial

In Delhi protests, an erosion of liberty

In Delhi protests, an erosion of liberty

Constitution, Supreme Court verdicts are clear: Protest is presumptively protected; peacefulness is the condition of that protection

yesterday 10

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Faizan Mustafa

Anne Carson, disobedient essayist, who refuses a genre’s uniform

Anne Carson, disobedient essayist, who refuses a genre’s uniform

A writer whose preoccupation with the honesty and fluidity of artistic form led her to explore the classics and the elemental world with surprise and...

yesterday 10

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Sumana Roy

A digital India needs Wi-fi for everyone

A digital India needs Wi-fi for everyone

What it requires is resolve — the government’s willingness to back a consumer-first, open network against the pull of powerful incumbents

yesterday 10

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R. S. Sharma

In Delhi protests, an erosion of liberty

In Delhi protests, an erosion of liberty
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Faizan Mustafa

Anne Carson, disobedient essayist, who refuses a genre’s uniform

Anne Carson, disobedient essayist, who refuses a genre’s uniform

A writer whose preoccupation with the honesty and fluidity of artistic form led her to explore the classics and the elemental world with surprise and...

previous day 10

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Sumana Roy

A digital India needs Wi-fi for everyone

A digital India needs Wi-fi for everyone
previous day 10

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R. S. Sharma

Barricades, detentions do not fortify the ECI

Barricades, detentions do not fortify the ECI

What will it take for Gyanesh Kumar to realise that his refusal to acknowledge or answer questions is taking a mounting toll on an institution that...

previous day 9

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Editorial

Anne Carson’s unruly art of becoming

Anne Carson’s unruly art of becoming

This year's Nobel Prize in Literature acknowledges Carson for her ability to alchemise myth, memory, and language into new meaning.

sunday 10

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Editorial

It’s about the voter, not the party they vote for

It’s about the voter, not the party they vote for

In a democracy, the Opposition is best placed to amplify their voice but it should not lose sight of the fact that this issue transcends party lines,...

sunday 40

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Editorial

WHO’s obesity prescription goes beyond the clinic

WHO’s obesity prescription goes beyond the clinic

Nutritional awareness must be combined with stronger regulation of junk-food marketing, women's empowerment and initiatives that make healthier...

sunday 40

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Editorial

Nana Patekar, an actor with presence, who didn’t fit the mould

Nana Patekar, an actor with presence, who didn’t fit the mould

A popular, connected-to-the-grassroots actor who is also a powerful orator straying from active politics is a mystery. Patekar refused to be a...

sunday 10

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Editorial

From Anne Carson and her Nobel, a lesson for those who treat Ramayana and Mahabharata as rigid

From Anne Carson and her Nobel, a lesson for those who treat Ramayana and Mahabharata as rigid

The Academy's choice may not have been bold, but the writer it chose stands for a rebellious idea that the classics stay alive only when each...

sunday 10

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Aishwarya Khosla

Tavleen Singh writes: Congress party must do more than protest

Tavleen Singh writes: Congress party must do more than protest

In most democratic countries there are such things as shadow cabinets and alternative models of development. So why has the Congress party, after...

sunday 40

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Tavleen Singh

The aloo posto burger is not as innocent as it looks

The aloo posto burger is not as innocent as it looks

Fast food will keep borrowing from home kitchens, and home kitchens will keep changing without much ado. For now, the burger can have its moment under...

sunday 20

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Kaushik Das Gupta

It’s about the voter, not the party they vote for

It’s about the voter, not the party they vote for

In a democracy, the Opposition is best placed to amplify their voice but it should not lose sight of the fact that this issue transcends party lines,...

sunday 10

Indian Express

Editorial

From Anne Carson and her Nobel, a lesson for those who treat Ramayana and Mahabharata as rigid

From Anne Carson and her Nobel, a lesson for those who treat Ramayana and Mahabharata as rigid

The Academy's choice may not have been bold, but the writer it chose stands for a rebellious idea that the classics stay alive only when each...

sunday 10

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Aishwarya Khosla

Tavleen Singh writes: Congress party must do more than protest

Tavleen Singh writes: Congress party must do more than protest

In most democratic countries there are such things as shadow cabinets and alternative models of development. So why has the Congress party, after...

sunday 10

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Tavleen Singh

The aloo posto burger is not as innocent as it looks

The aloo posto burger is not as innocent as it looks

Fast food will keep borrowing from home kitchens, and home kitchens will keep changing without much ado. For now, the burger can have its moment under...

sunday 10

Indian Express

Kaushik Das Gupta

From Anne Carson and her Nobel, a lesson for those who treat Ramayana and Mahabharata as rigid

From Anne Carson and her Nobel, a lesson for those who treat Ramayana and Mahabharata as rigid
sunday 10

Indian Express

Aishwarya Khosla

Tavleen Singh writes: Congress party must do more than protest

Tavleen Singh writes: Congress party must do more than protest
sunday 10

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Tavleen Singh

The aloo posto burger is not as innocent as it looks

The aloo posto burger is not as innocent as it looks
sunday 10

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Kaushik Das Gupta

For INDIA bloc, it is not enough to be anti-BJP

10.10.2026 10

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Manuraj Shunmugasundaram

In Delhi, a new moment in which mass mobilisation meets an immovable state

In Delhi, a new moment in which mass mobilisation meets an immovable state
10.10.2026 20

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Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Dear young protestors, you must build solidarities

10.10.2026 10

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Manoj Kumar Jha

Anne Carson’s unruly art of becoming

Anne Carson’s unruly art of becoming

This year's Nobel Prize in Literature acknowledges Carson for her ability to alchemise myth, memory, and language into new meaning.

09.10.2026 20

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Editorial

When weather becomes a pollution multiplier, Delhi needs a strategy beyond the city

When weather becomes a pollution multiplier, Delhi needs a strategy beyond the city
09.10.2026 10

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Gufran Beig

Best of Both Sides: Each player in its own separate groove

Best of Both Sides: Each player in its own separate groove
09.10.2026 10

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Sugata Srinivasaraju

Best of Both Sides: Pieces of protest are now adding up

Best of Both Sides: Pieces of protest are now adding up
09.10.2026 20

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Sagarika Ghose