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Dengue Moment

For a country that has lived with dengue as a seasonal inevitability, the emergence of DengiAll, India’s indigenous single-shot dengue vaccine now...

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The significance of AI architects

One of the oldest and most impactful media traditions is Time magazine’s Person of the Year title, first given to legendar y aviator Charles...

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Atanu Biswas New Delhi

We, the People

As the nation prepares to celebrate yet another Republic Day on 26th January, 2026, some serious reflections on the health of the republic are the...

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Jayita Mukhopadhyay New Delhi

Procedural Overreach

The controversy over the notice issued to Nobel laureate Amartya Sen is not really about a clerical error or an age mismatch. It is about the...

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Forgotten Courage

For decades, the 1962 war has occupied an awkward place in India’s national memory. It is recalled more for strategic failure than for individual...

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The Soul in the Machine

The intellectual landscape of Bengal has historically been a dialogue between the “Red Flag” and the “Ochre Robe,” a dialectic between Karl Marx’s...

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Sindhunil Barman Roy New Delhi

The battle against superstition

At the initial stage of my six-year involvement in uplifting society through skill-based initiatives, particularly by promoting handicraft work and...

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Debapriya Mukherjee New Delhi

Sorry state of education

Addressing the Sixth Ramnath Goenka Lecture on 17 November 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed Macaulay’s 1835 education policy for...

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Devendra Saksena New Delhi

Dhaka Reset

India’s diplomacy in South Asia has often been accused of being overly personality-driven, tethered to familiar interlocutors and legacy...

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Selective Amnesia

Building a winning electoral narrative involves selectively emphasizing past events to create a compelling and politically useful interpretation of...

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Bhopinder Singh New Delhi

Conditional Liberty

The Supreme Court’s recent refusal to grant bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam does more than decide the fate of two undertrials. It exposes a...

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After Caracas

Venezuela was not an aberration. It was a declaration. The forcible removal of Nicolás Maduro was presented as a corrective to criminality and...

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Recalling martyrs of Dombari Buru

As we approach the 126th anniversary of the tragic events at Dombari Buru on 9 January 1900, it is imperative that we pause to remember the martyrs...

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Dr. Pradip Verma New Delhi

Military Transformation

Warfare today is witnessing a massive change. But when we analyse some ongoing wars, it is hard to decipher what is changing, and what is not. In...

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Harinder Singh New Delhi

Grounded Ambitions

India’s aviation boom has become a shorthand for its economic momentum. Passenger numbers are rising sharply, airports are expanding, and domestic...

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National Blindspot

The murder of a young man from the Northeast in a northern Indian city is not just a crime; it is a mirror held up to a society that still...

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Growth of the Muslim League in Odisha

As the Muslim League solidified its base in the coastal districts, a parallel and significant expansion was occurring in Western Odisha,...

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Nishant Kumar Hota New Delhi