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The Government must act swiftly to protect purchasing power before the squeeze on livelihoods turns into wider economic and political discontent One...
Contentment is not having a great deal; it is knowing when we have enough. In Kalidasa's Raghuvamsa, a young scholar named Kautsa finished his...
Imagine yourself riding in a chariot travelling along a road of peace, bliss and liberation (Kathopanishad 1.3.3-4). You have decided to give the...
The decade-old Framework Agreement remains hostage to disagreements over sovereignty, a separate flag and constitution, and a deepening trust deficit....
Disasters are inevitable; devastation is not. The key lies in preparing for them before they hit and preventing them Every year on October 13, the...
Strength does not vanish when it is hidden; sometimes it waits, protected, for the right time. After twelve years in the forest, the Pandavas had to...
In early 2022, the Education Ministry asked 3.79 lakh schoolchildren how they were doing. Eighty-one per cent said studies, examinations and results...
India’s long-term digital resilience depends on supporting domestic entities that have true skin in the game. Domestic operations are bound directly...
By honouring Navi Pillay for her defence of human rights and international law, the Nobel Committee has made a pointed statement in an era of eroding...
Worship is tested not by what we offer when it is easy, but by what we are willing to offer when it is not. According to a tradition retold in the...
What if a gift could keep giving? Could it have a second life, an afterlife, long after the wrapping paper has been discarded? I found an interesting...
From apartheid-era South Africa to the highest institutions of international justice, Navi Pillay has spent her life defending the vulnerable and...
Watching Dancing with Dad at Stein Auditorium, the performance raises a question that shadows many parents’ lives: who will care for a child when...
Scepticism surrounding Chinese diplomatic agreements is highly justified given the historical pattern of unilateral actions along the LAC A day after...
Fear rarely stays in the mind. It settles in the body, and we begin to feel it as weakness, tension and even pain. Arjuna, the finest archer of his...
Washington’s suspension of green-card processing for eight companies, including TCS and Infosys, raises questions over due process and election-year...
India's mental health conversation has never been louder. On World Mental Health Day, October 10, campaigns flood social media and webinars...
US sanctions and escalating regional tensions have stalled India’s ambitions for Iran’s Chabahar port, a vital gateway to Afghanistan, Central...
In a fast-changing world, police performance will be judged not by the number of tech-based applications launched, but by the number of crimes that do...
Three years after the October 7 massacre, the last Israeli hostage is home, but Gaza lies devastated, while the region remains scarred and its future...
Concrete offers an unfashionable lesson to a civilisation addicted to speed: strength takes time. A freshly poured slab may look complete, but its...
Resources can be borrowed or bought, but the belief to keep running has to be built from within. Gurvindervir Singh, a 25-year-old sprinter from...
Cabinet hails Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s uninterrupted 25 years of leadership, inspired by ‘Nation First, Citizen First’, despite challenges...
Greatness is not measured by how many people applaud us, but by what we do with what we have been given. M.S. Subbulakshmi, whose voice made...
It is a common belief in Indian culture that pilgrimage, or tirtha, as it is called in Hindi, is a great religious endeavour and is essential for true...
A strong Blue Economy can transform sustainable fisheries and aquaculture to improve incomes and nutritional security. Modern ports, shipping and...
Switzerland’s President Guy Parmelin’s second visit to India this year signals a relationship moving beyond traditional commerce When a Swiss...
Dharma is tested least in comfort and most in the last moments of our strength. In September 2026, on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, Captain Smit...
We are all different and, therefore, must personalise our spiritual practices and daily routine. Only then can these be sustained. Lord Krishna has...
On 30-9, the world was rocked by the unbelievable scenes of courage, bravery and singular heroism of the pilot and passengers of flydubai FZ-1073 on...
For eleven years, Islamabad has dodged one question: will it fight for Saudi Arabia? In April 2015, Parliament unanimously chose neutrality in Yemen...
For years, Pakistan maintained an extraordinary military relationship with Saudi Arabia while carefully avoiding one commitment, ie, boots on the...
Advocates of Artificial Intelligence (AI) promise an era of unprecedented productivity and abundance, scientific breakthroughs and economic growth....
Vivekananda, before becoming a monk, was known simply as Narendra, a sharp, restlessly questioning young man thoroughly unwilling to accept matters of...
Kyiv’s endorsement of India’s Ukraine peace proposal strengthens New Delhi’s credentials as a credible peacemaker and could bolster its standing...
Devotion, at its most honest and unfiltered, does not always resemble quiet, passive submission. Markandeya, destined from birth to die at the young...
Even though our kids spend years studying for exams, some of the most significant tests they will encounter in life don’t have textbooks, grades or...
The questions were once raised by the Opposition. Today, they are being raised from within the Election Commission itself. India’s voters deserve an...
Manoj Madaan’s DEPUTY: Second to None makes the case for the leaders who never get the corner office, and its New Delhi launch showed how many of...
As India marks 80 years of Independence, MOHAR (Museum of Heritage and Art at Ramgarh), an initiative of the Shruti Foundation, presented “Raj Se...
They came. They ruined. They handed us back to the same old enemies. This is how a war supposedly fought for security can end: with a country left...
A terrorist tried to turn an aircraft into a weapon. A brave Indian captain stood like a wall between his passengers and a certain catastrophe On the...
Some stories test not our physical strength or courage, but simply our willingness to keep a promise once honoring it becomes genuinely costly. King...
Engineers rarely speak of wisdom. They speak of loads, stresses, tolerances, margins and safety factors. Yet hidden inside one of engineering’s most...
If we can bring together political will, public investment, private enterprise and the participation of our people, tourism can become far more than...
Every October 2, India performs a familiar ritual: wreaths at Rajghat, a dry day and a holiday. The harder question is whether the country still...
India is campaigning for both a permanent and a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. Securing a permanent seat requires significant changes...
Sage Durvasa was known equally across the scriptures for his considerable spiritual power and his famously short, unpredictable temper. When...
At The Kunj, in New Delhi, Aadyam Handwoven recently brought together handwoven textiles from different weaving clusters across India. Alongside the...
India has so far kept the petrol pumps running despite the turmoil around the Strait of Hormuz, but the claim of 80 days of fuel security masks a...