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As April 9, the election day in Assam, approaches, the atmosphere in the state is politically charged, and tempers are running high on both sides. The...
Think of a person who has offended you. He has now realized his mistake, and comes to apologize sincerely. What will you do? You will certainly give...
Delhi has always been a city of stories. Political, cultural, deeply personal, something is always unfolding here. This March, cinema found its way...
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...
The air during the past few days has been heavy with tension and unease, with several regions witnessing rising geopolitical strain and strategic...
The assault on corruption and misgovernance has begun in Nepal. On March 28, in the first high-voltage act of PM Balen Shah, the government ordered...
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...
As the world observes the ongoing conflict in West Asia, its effects are being experienced far beyond the immediate region. Rising fuel prices,...
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...
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...
Great managers are not born in leadership courses. They are forged in the uncomfortable decision to put someone else’s growth before their own...
The role of the Lok Sabha Speaker in promoting parliamentary stability and independence is incredibly important and deserves recognition. On March 11,...
When it comes to gender issues, mostly crimes against women take centre stage — dowry deaths, domestic violence, infanticide, rape and molestation...
In this pioneering research work in India, interviews with happy Indians aged 100 and above reveal one finding: happiness is chosen, cultivated, and...
Never before have climate science and geopolitics converged so sharply, or so consequentially. The ongoing conflict involving Iran is not merely a...
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...
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...
Modern India envisions its freedom as a victory not only of a nation but of foundational truths. Our founding fathers of the Constitution equated...
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...
People all over the world are getting quite disturbed. Lives are being lost, precious resources are being squandered and supply lines are getting...
There is a dangerous gap between what climate models are telling policymakers and what is actually unfolding on the ground across India’s cities....
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...
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...
Tamil Nadu is poised for a competitive three-way contest in the upcoming Assembly elections scheduled for April 23. This election has significant...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In neighbourhoods from Delhi to the Deccan, a grimly familiar tableau has emerged. Lines of anxious families snake around gas agencies, where heavy...
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...
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...
The story of India’s power sector is one of unprecedented scale and resilience. Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,...
It is understated yet deadly and could have far-reaching implications for the South Asian region. The conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan is...
It has often been observed that whenever people meet a spiritual personality or a learned, enlightened soul, they invariably express the feeling that...
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...
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...
What do we normally remember about someone? It is mostly how he behaved towards us — kindly, warmly, angrily, etc. Looks, etc, become a faint...
The role of the Lok Sabha Speaker in promoting parliamentary stability and independence is incredibly important and deserves recognition. On March 11,...
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...
When nations go to war, the language is always lofty - sovereignty, security, honour, strategic dominance. Yet beneath these grand abstractions lies a...
“Whoever rules the waves rules the world’s trade.” — Alfred Thayer Mahan A tiny island in the northern waters of the Persian Gulf has suddenly...
It is difficult to define Badri Mishra in a single phrase. In the temple town of Puri he is known as many things—social worker, actor, writer, and...
After six months of detention, the activist and environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk has been released. The Government revoked the NSA slapped on him even...
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was created in 2010 during the 16th Conference of Parties (CoP) of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
Two headlines - both equally belligerent and spewing fire — confronted me this morning. “Trump threatens Iran with consequences ‘at a level...
There are many quotes attributed to Mahatma Gandhi that often require verification-whether it is “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind,”...
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