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Is the old world order giving way?

Is the old world order giving way?

After every great upheaval, the world order shifts and readjusts to the new realities as new players emerge and the old players, worn out by war and...

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Finding meaning in the stillness of age

Finding meaning in the stillness of age

In the later seasons of life, a subtle shift often takes place — an unspoken heaviness that arrives quietly, without clear reason. There are days...

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Sangeeta mittal

How the US ‘pause’ became Iran’s unraveling

How the US ‘pause’ became Iran’s unraveling

When the White House unveiled its so-called “Five-Day Pause” on March 23, 2026, the language was deliberately measured — invoking diplomacy,...

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Udai kumar

Will anti-incumbency matter in Kerala poll?

Will anti-incumbency matter in Kerala poll?
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A toolkit to survive the AI gold rush

A toolkit to survive the AI gold rush
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Rachna Lakhpati

Bihar prohibition: A decade of dry law

Bihar prohibition: A decade of dry law
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Abhinav Narayan

Battle for Assam hinges on infiltration politics

Battle for Assam hinges on infiltration politics
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Seeking forgiveness for life’s trials

Seeking forgiveness for life’s trials
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Ajit Kumar Bishnoi

Delhi Film Festival: A system in the making

Delhi Film Festival: A system in the making
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Chaitanya K Prasad

Beyond the claim of a Naxal-free India

Beyond the claim of a Naxal-free India

March 31, 2026 — the date the Central government set in 2024 — is now in the past. India is not yet free from Naxalism. No doubt the Government...

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Is fear driving the world order?

Is fear driving the world order?
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Rajyogi Brahma Kumar Nikunj Ji

Balen Shah unveils 100-reform agenda

Balen Shah unveils 100-reform agenda
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Ashok K Mehta

West Asia crisis: India’s balancing act

West Asia crisis: India’s balancing act

It has been a month now, and West Asia is still burning — along with the precious oil that fuels economies and provides cooking gas for the common...

30.03.2026 10

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Balancing work and family in an age of uncertainty

Balancing work and family in an age of uncertainty

As the world observes the ongoing conflict in West Asia, its effects are being experienced far beyond the immediate region. Rising fuel prices,...

30.03.2026 10

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Sakshi Sethi

Kerala polls: A sharper three-way contest

Kerala polls: A sharper three-way contest

After a decade in the Opposition, the Congress Party is striving to regain its influence in Kerala ahead of the 2026 elections. The Congress-led UDF...

30.03.2026 10

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Kalyani Shankar

Doomsday for the developing world

Doomsday for the developing world

Peak summer is still months away, but the temperatures in northern India are soaring, and it is getting worse with every passing year. The world is...

29.03.2026 10

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Why real leadership is forged in discomfort

Why real leadership is forged in discomfort

Great managers are not born in leadership courses. They are forged in the uncomfortable decision to put someone else’s growth before their own...

29.03.2026 10

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Rachna Lakhpati

What Om Birla’s survival means for Parliament

What Om Birla’s survival means for Parliament

The role of the Lok Sabha Speaker in promoting parliamentary stability and independence is incredibly important and deserves recognition. On March 11,...

29.03.2026 10

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Bhopinder Singh

When work feminises but power masculinises

When work feminises but power masculinises

When it comes to gender issues, mostly crimes against women take centre stage — dowry deaths, domestic violence, infanticide, rape and molestation...

27.03.2026 10

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Happy mind: Lessons from India’s 100-year-olds

Happy mind: Lessons from India’s 100-year-olds

In this pioneering research work in India, interviews with happy Indians aged 100 and above reveal one finding: happiness is chosen, cultivated, and...

27.03.2026 10

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Rajesh K Pillania

When wars burn more than oil

When wars burn more than oil

Never before have climate science and geopolitics converged so sharply, or so consequentially. The ongoing conflict involving Iran is not merely a...

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Disha Sharma

Peace on paper, War in motion

Peace on paper, War in motion

The war in West Asia has now been raging for more than three weeks, yet no side is willing to budge from its position. What was supposed to last a few...

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War destroys childhood long before it ends

War destroys childhood long before it ends

One of the earliest lessons I learnt as a student of journalism is that not every piece of news that we read has the same impact on our nervous...

26.03.2026 10

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Asha Iyer Kumar

India must put farmers first in the US deal

India must put farmers first in the US deal

Modern India envisions its freedom as a victory not only of a nation but of foundational truths. Our founding fathers of the Constitution equated...

26.03.2026 10

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Subodh kumar mehta

The changing paradigm of national security

The changing paradigm of national security

Warfare in the twenty-first century has drastically changed; it is very different from what it was in earlier times. Gone are the days when war meant...

25.03.2026 10

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In times of global conflict, turn to faith not fear

In times of global conflict, turn to faith not fear

People all over the world are getting quite disturbed. Lives are being lost, precious resources are being squandered and supply lines are getting...

25.03.2026 20

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Ajit Kumar Bishnoi

When climate models fall short of reality

When climate models fall short of reality

There is a dangerous gap between what climate models are telling policymakers and what is actually unfolding on the ground across India’s cities....

25.03.2026 10

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Eilia Jafar

India-Bangladesh ties: Eid diplomacy signals a thaw

India-Bangladesh ties: Eid diplomacy signals a thaw

India and Bangladesh, after months of diplomatic chill, are now once again trying to come closer and bury the hatchet. After Sheikh Hasina’s ouster...

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At the traffic signal: A child’s fight for a tricycle

At the traffic signal: A child’s fight for a tricycle

Every day my return journey from the office brings me face to face with different experiences. While my car’s driver meanders his way through the...

24.03.2026 20

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Shankar sahay

Tamil Nadu polls: Three-way battle on the cards

Tamil Nadu polls: Three-way battle on the cards

Tamil Nadu is poised for a competitive three-way contest in the upcoming Assembly elections scheduled for April 23. This election has significant...

24.03.2026 10

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Kalyani Shankar

West Asia war tests India’s economy

West Asia war tests India’s economy

 Three weeks on, there is no sign of a let-up, only escalation — this sums up the US-Israel-Iran war that started as a regional conflict but is now...

23.03.2026 20

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Peace cannot grow from seeds of violence

Peace cannot grow from seeds of violence

There has never been a single day in the whole history of the news media when the media reported that peace prevails on the whole planet Earth and...

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Rajyogi Brahma Kumar Nikunj Ji

A new dawn or another illusion?

A new dawn or another illusion?

The election in Nepal last week was not merely a political exercise; it was an eruption of pent-up fury, a rejection of the old guard that had...

23.03.2026 10

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Nilantha Ilangamuwa

Epic Fury misfires: Iran stands its ground

In the 1991 Gulf War, what the US-led coalition forces attacked near Baghdad, claiming it was a biological weapons laboratory, turned out to be a baby...

22.03.2026 10

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Anil bhatt

Preserving Bhagirathi: India’s ecological test case

The Bhagirathi Eco-Sensitive Zone (BESZ) is tucked in the Himalayan ecosystem and is one of the most fragile systems we have. It is highly vulnerable...

22.03.2026 20

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When the oceans bleed: Hidden war on water

Diplomacy fills the headlines. The real price is being paid in silence - at the bottom of our oceans, in the rivers we drink from, in the skies our...

22.03.2026 30

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Rachna Lakhpati

The real battle for transgender rights

The year 2019 was a watershed  moment for the transgender community as it was in this year that they got their dignity as true Indian citizens.  The...

20.03.2026 20

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Connected yet alone: The reality of modern friendships

A teenager today may have over a thousand followers on social media, yet struggle to name one person they can call in times of distress. This paradox...

20.03.2026 20

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Sakshi Sethi

Turning gas crisis into an opportunity

In neighbourhoods from Delhi to the Deccan, a grimly familiar tableau has emerged. Lines of anxious families snake around gas agencies, where heavy...

20.03.2026 10

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Abhinav walia

Oil Shock 2.0: A global energy crisis unfolds

With the US and Iran showing resolve to fight a long war, with no side willing to sit at the negotiation table, the chances of a prolonged conflict...

19.03.2026 20

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Life is no sugar: A lesson learned over a lifetime

In 1984-85, I was in my final year of school in Delhi, preparing for the board examinations. Of all the subjects, English was my favourite. The...

19.03.2026 20

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Aps Malhotra

Towards sustainable energy transition

The story of India’s power sector is one of unprecedented scale and resilience. Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...

19.03.2026 20

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Shripad Yesso Naik

Afghan-Pakistan rift turns deadly

It is understated yet deadly and could have far-reaching implications for the South Asian region. The conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan is...

18.03.2026 20

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Contentment, not possession, holds the key to peace

It has often been observed that whenever people meet a spiritual personality or a learned, enlightened soul, they invariably express the feeling that...

18.03.2026 20

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Rahyogi brahma kumar nikunj ji

PPP: Reimagining national resource management

The common prevalent notion is that the Government has no business being in business. Is it time to move beyond and take a leap from PPP 1.0 to PPP...

18.03.2026 20

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Sushil kumar singla

The dangerous endgame of the Iran-US-Israel war

It has been more than two weeks since the US attacked Iran with missiles and stealth bombers, hoping to end the war within days. But, given the way...

17.03.2026 10

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Svabhava: The nature that shapes who we are

What do we normally remember about someone? It is mostly how he behaved towards us — kindly, warmly, angrily, etc. Looks, etc, become a faint...

17.03.2026 10

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Ajit Kumar Bishnoi

Speaker in the storm: The failed motion

The role of the Lok Sabha Speaker in promoting parliamentary stability and independence is incredibly important and deserves recognition. On March 11,...

17.03.2026 20

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Kalyani Shankar

The battle for the States: All eyes on Bengal

The election season has just begun. Polls will be held in the month of April in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the Union Territory of...

16.03.2026 10

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The common man in the shadow of war

When nations go to war, the language is always lofty - sovereignty, security, honour, strategic dominance. Yet beneath these grand abstractions lies a...

16.03.2026 20

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Rachna Lakhpati