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This World Maritime Day, let us spare a thought for India’s 300,000-strong seafaring workforce, increasingly caught in wars and piracy they had no...
Some teachings arrive not through scripture, but through a life lived simply in front of us. Neem Karoli Baba, revered across India and known widely...
I recently met a senior from my society during the morning walk. He had celebrated his eighty-seventh birthday with his family, who had prepared a...
The Delhi BRICS summit has given India a larger role in shaping the Global South’s agenda. The real test now is whether New Delhi can turn the...
Created to uphold peace, the United Nations is constrained by an outdated power structure. It must reform before losing relevance When world leaders...
There is a verse from the Rig Veda that offers a prayer remarkably open for an ancient text: "Aano Bhadrah Kratavo Yantu Vishwatah", let...
There is a strange phenomenon inside organisations: everyone knows there is a problem, but nobody wants to talk about it. Senior leaders know it....
As the UN General Assembly opened its 81st session on the International Day of Peace, the world faced a familiar spectacle of speeches on war,...
With global warming accelerating, climate justice now demands greater accountability from wealthy nations and faster emissions cuts from allemitters,...
Gen Z has become a national obsession. Brands want Gen Z. Luxury wants Gen Z. Media wants Gen Z. Advertisers want Gen Z. Apparently, simply announcing...
Forty-one years after Air India Flight 182 was blown out of the sky, killing all 329 people aboard, Canada appears ready to scale back the...
In a world quick to argue over whose faith, whose path, or whose interpretation of truth is correct, a verse from the Rig Veda offers a strikingly...
The challenge for India is no longer simply about managing tariffs, but balancing cheap Russian crude, energy costs and the broader India-US trade...
Yajnavalkya, a revered sage, once decided to divide his possessions between his two wives before renouncing worldly life. His wife Maitreyi asked him...
A building announces itself to the world through its height, shape and façade. Its foundation, however, remains buried in darkness. No passer-by...
The deaths of seven young students in a Delhi PG collapse cannot be reduced to illegal construction and negligent owners. The tragedy exposes a deeper...
As the BJP begins a month-long celebration of Modi’s 25 years in power, the milestone invites a larger reckoning: what has his tenure changed, and...
Once, Ganesha and his brother Kartikeya were challenged to a race around the world, with the prize going to whoever completed the circuit first....
We recently attended a few Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at the homes of friends in our condominium complex. Tower lobbies were buzzing with people in...
The Northeast’s borders cannot always be secured with fences. Shifting rivers, porous terrain and difficult frontiers demand something more agile:...
The American disclosure of having on-orbit weapons raises the prospect of a new arms race in outer space, where international rules offer few...
At the end of their lives, the five Pandava brothers and Draupadi began their final journey toward the Himalayas, renouncing their kingdom to walk...
“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see,” said Mark Twain. Human beings are kinder to each other when they feel safe...
Mayawati seeks to revive the BSP ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections by reconnecting with Dalits, marginalised communities and younger...
India has made a promising start in semiconductors. Turning that momentum into a globally competitive chip industry will demand patience and precision...
When the gods and demons churned the cosmic ocean in search of the nectar of immortality, the first thing to emerge was not treasure, but a deadly...
I am determined not to be defeated, feel resigned or fall sick, physically or otherwise. When I learn about people known to me who are suffering...
Nepal’s ex-servicemen have made a remarkable turnaround, moving from opposition to Agniveer to demanding its acceptance on Indian terms. At a moment...
India used the final day of the BRICS summit for outreach to regional powers across the Global South. Can Delhi now turn diplomatic goodwill into...
A job where competence is regularly rewarded with greater labour is essentially flawed. The trustworthy instructor will soon be required to oversee...
BRICS wants to build a multipolar world less dependent on Western power. Yet its own members remain deeply dependent on competing centres of...
We spend so much energy pursuing comfort and security, rarely pausing to ask what truly matters, until we're forced to and many times too late....
When eleven leaders gathered at Bharat Mandapam on September 12-13 and unanimously adopted the New Delhi Declaration, the achievement lay less in what...
Practically every learned deliberation on education today makes reference to the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, its well-articulated mission,...
Akhilesh Yadav now speaks of protecting a journalist’s right to ask questions. If a reporter cannot put a question, he says, a press conference...
Today is Ganesha Chaturthi. Ganesha, the remover of obstacles, receives the first pooja, invoked before any undertaking begins, so that the path ahead...
Premanand Maharaj draws followers from all faiths and beliefs. He trends on the internet. Star powers come to see him in Vrindavan. Yet he’s content...
The most revealing developments in the Middle East are no longer occurring along the conventional Iran-United States (with Israel) axis. They are...
With minors entering social media unchecked, the time has come to make age verification, parental consent and safety safeguards part of the...
We spend most of our lives accumulating, more wealth, more possessions, more recognition, quietly believing that what we gather becomes truly ours....
A civil engineer learns early that every structure has a limit. A bridge carries its own weight, the traffic moving across it and the forces of wind....
The Satya Niketan building collapse demands accountability, but accountability cannot begin and end with identifying the officer occupying the chair...
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