menu_open Columnists

The Pioneer

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

The US ends its clear non-proliferation policy

The US ends its clear non-proliferation policy
yesterday 10

The Pioneer

Editors Take

The climate reckoning has begun

The climate reckoning has begun
yesterday 10

The Pioneer

Rajyogi Brahma Kumar Nikunj Ji

AI can reshape environmental governance

AI can reshape environmental governance
yesterday 10

The Pioneer

Leena Nandan Suryaprabha Sadasivan

Tunnel collapse: Safety cannot be an afterthought

Tunnel collapse: Safety cannot be an afterthought
previous day 10

The Pioneer

Editors Take

Soul searching is required now not later

Soul searching is required now not later
previous day 10

The Pioneer

Ajit Kumar Bishnoi

The Pawar puzzle: Can he make a comeback?

The Pawar puzzle: Can he make a comeback?
previous day 10

The Pioneer

Kalyani Shankar

Monsoon of discontent

Monsoon of discontent

Four weeks, 28 pending Bills, and a House that adjourned within hours of convening: the Monsoon Session has begun with a storm Parliament’s Monsoon...

wednesday 10

The Pioneer

Editors Take

The quiet return of spiritual seeking

The quiet return of spiritual seeking
wednesday 10

The Pioneer

Sitender Sehrawat

A state caught in the regional crossfire

A state caught in the regional crossfire
wednesday 10

The Pioneer

Bhopinder Singh

FIFA World Cup: Spain rules the world again

FIFA World Cup: Spain rules the world again

Football once again demonstrated its unrivalled global appeal, uniting nations, cultures and generations in a way few events can Cricket may be the...

21.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Editors Take

What India can learn from Japan’s teaching culture

What India can learn from Japan’s teaching culture

Every education system in the world generates instructors. Very few produce teaching cultures. This delicate, almost invisible distinction is what...

21.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Sakshi Sethi

The entrepreneurs building a self-reliant India

The entrepreneurs building a self-reliant India

India has long been home to millions of skilled micro-processors making distinctive local products. What many of them lacked was affordable finance,...

21.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Chirag Paswan

Skyroot’s moment, ISRO’s test

Skyroot’s moment, ISRO’s test

While private participation has broadened India’s space ecosystem, the country must ensure that ISRO does not lose talent to emerging ventures On...

20.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Editors Take

Age bars for social media: Necessity or choice

Age bars for social media: Necessity or choice

Social media for the present generation is more than a form of simple communication; it is a holistic mechanism for socialising, education,...

20.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Kajleen Kaur

Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decade of power

Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decade of power

A decade after surviving the failed coup attempt that shook Turkey to its core, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has emerged not merely as the...

20.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Nilantha Ilangamuwa

Anger covers more ground than its title suggests and delves deep

Anger covers more ground than its title suggests and delves deep

Anger: Why We Get Angry and How We Should Respond to Provocation isn’t the kind of self-help title that promises five easy steps to a calmer you,...

19.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Gyaneshwar Dayal

Ukraine war: NATO’s proxy war against Russia hurts India’s interests

Ukraine war: NATO’s proxy war against Russia hurts India’s interests

A summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) from 7-8 July in Ankara has delivered an expected outcome: the allies reaffirmed their...

19.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Vladimir Ladanov

Semicon 2.0: India’s silicon gambit

Semicon 2.0: India’s silicon gambit

The Union Cabinet’s approval of a Rs 1.27 lakh crore semiconductor programme is timely — the real test now is execution, not intent. On July 15,...

18.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Editors Take

When the unprecedented becomes routine

When the unprecedented becomes routine

It was not so long ago that scientists predicted climate change would make monsoons unpredictable; as a result, rain-fed food grain cultivation in...

18.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Rajyogi Brahma Kumar Nikunj Ji

Recalibrating communication for the Global South

Recalibrating communication for the Global South

India can help build it by placing the orange economy, educational leadership, media exchange and digital cooperation at the centre of its engagement....

18.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Chaitanya K Prasad

India’s economy feels the heat of a distant war

India’s economy feels the heat of a distant war

The latest economic data suggest that geopolitics is once again becoming a decisive force shaping India’s macroeconomic outlook Four numbers landed...

17.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Editors Take

The meaning of ownership

The meaning of ownership

It is now more than twelve years since I stepped away from my techno-managerial career to pursue passions I had long postponed. It had been a...

17.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Sanjay Chandra

Sardar Teja Singh Samundri: A colossus of Sikh awakening

Sardar Teja Singh Samundri: A colossus of Sikh awakening

A century after his martyrdom on July 17, 1926, remembering the man whose quiet courage and unwavering principles reshaped the Sikh panth When the...

17.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Sardar Manjinder Singh Sirsa

India and Britain’s trade deal finally gets real

India and Britain’s trade deal finally gets real

The India–UK Trade Agreement came into force on July 15, and the real test of whether it lives up to its billing as a ‘gold standard’ pact now...

16.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Editors Take

Let us take shelter of God, not of human beings

Let us take shelter of God, not of human beings

Lord Krishna has very emphatically instructed us to treat all souls equally. Aren’t we all part of God? (The Bhagavad Gita 15.7) Let us see what...

16.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Ajit Kumar Bishnoi

Uttar Pradesh: Can the BJP hold its bastion?

Uttar Pradesh: Can the BJP hold its bastion?

With Uttar Pradesh once again emerging as the country’s principal political battleground, the contest is shaping up as a test not only of competing...

16.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Kalyani Shankar

EPI: An imperfect index, an uncomfortable truth

EPI: An imperfect index, an uncomfortable truth

India ranks 176th in the 2026 Environment Performance Index. Is the index unfair, or is the country failing to confront its environmental crisis?...

15.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Editors Take

Are schools preparing children for the future?

Are schools preparing children for the future?

When families who can afford the finest schools begin looking beyond them, education systems should pay attention. For generations, success followed a...

15.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Sakshi Sethi

The next flashpoint in global geopolitics

The next flashpoint in global geopolitics

With the Strait of Hormuz under strain, the Malacca Strait has emerged as the world’s most strategically significant maritime chokepoint, reshaping...

15.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Ashok K Mehta

India finally arrives in the South Pacific

India finally arrives in the South Pacific

Prime Minister Modi’s visit to New Zealand — the first by an Indian Prime Minister in four decades — resets bilateral ties after years of...

14.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Editors Take

The infrastructure we cannot afford to ignore

The infrastructure we cannot afford to ignore

Whenever a new highway, bridge or airport is inaugurated, it becomes a visible symbol of India’s progress. Such projects inspire confidence because...

14.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Siddharth Roy

Dual nationality and divided loyalties

Dual nationality and divided loyalties

The Dutch-Moroccan experience, shaped by decades of integration challenges, political controversy and competing visions of citizenship, offers a...

14.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Bhopinder Singh

Vietnam boat capsize: A preventable tragedy

Fifteen families are now mourning the death of their loved ones. The only honest tribute to them would be to ensure that this will not happen again...

13.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Editors Take

The healing power of sleep

We spend close to a third of our lives asleep, and treat almost none of it as time well spent. It’s a fact that sleep is the best form of...

13.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Rajyogi Brahma Kumar Nikunj Ji

The missing grammar of land governance

India’s land reforms have entered a decisive phase where digitisation alone cannot resolve long-standing disputes over ownership, boundaries and...

13.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Vivek Kumar Singh

China’s law of one identity

The new law places strong emphasis on promoting standard Chinese language while stating that minority languages remain protected. The conflict lies in...

12.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Nilantha Ilangamuwa

India–Australia ties come of age

Modi’s third visit to Australia, shows a relationship that has moved past symbolism into the business of contracts and commitments When Prime...

11.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Editors Take

India’s mental health challenge needs more than awareness

Mental health is no longer a silent issue. It is now one of the largest public health challenges facing the world, India included. According to an...

11.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Praveen Gupta

Viksit Bharat demands a techno-bureaucracy

To achieve Viksit Bharat by 2047, the existing administrative framework must be strengthened. India needs a governance model that combines the...

11.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Moni Madaswamy

US-Iran: The truce that could not hold

As missiles fly over the Strait of Hormuz again, the fragile peace signed at Versailles in June lies in ruins and once again the world may pay the...

10.07.2026 30

The Pioneer

Editors Take

Safeguarding Gen Z from the digital addiction trap

India's digital revolution has reshaped how the country learns, works, pays and unwinds, powered by cheap data, smartphones, digital payments and...

10.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Santanu Mishra

America @250: Mired in global challenges

As the war in Gaza continues to divide global opinion, a new United Nations report accusing Israel of grave violations against Palestinian children...

10.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Mr Dua

Delhi’s ridge gets a second chance

Delhi has launched its most ambitious afforestation drive in years but it will mean little unless it is matched by cutting emissions at their source...

09.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Editors Take

Elder care is not optional, it is a social responsibility

In India, there was a time when caring for the elderly was not discussed as an option-it was simply a way of life. Respect and regard for ageing...

09.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Geetanjali Chopra

The weaponisation of the UN

As the war in Gaza continues to divide global opinion, a new United Nations report accusing Israel of grave violations against Palestinian children...

09.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Manjari Singh

‘Act East’ finds its firmest foothold

The success of PM Modi’s Indonesia visit will ultimately be measured by how effectively the agreements are translated into tangible outcomes When...

08.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Editors Take

Get empowered now not later

It is sad for me to see people around where I live falling sick in old age and getting restricted to their bedrooms, served by servants. All the...

08.07.2026 10

The Pioneer

Ajit Kumar Bishnoi

Restoring trust in India’s examination system

The successful conduct of the rescheduled NEET-2026 examination offered India a moment of relief after weeks of uncertainty triggered by a devastating...

08.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Js Rajput

A flood of neglect, not just rain

Every year the rains return and Mumbai drowns. This year’s erratic monsoon should force some overdue questions about who is accountable. Mumbai is...

07.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Editors Take

Why quiet contributors deserve more than applause

In contemporary organisations, the ability to draw attention is increasingly being misunderstood for the ability to generate effect. Visibility often...

07.07.2026 20

The Pioneer

Sakshi Sethi