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Architect of India’s oneness

Swami Vivekananda shines in the annals of Indian history like a radiant dawn after a long night of despair. At a time when India was bound in...

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Narayanan Kizhumundayur New Delhi

Strategic Sweet Spot

India’s new trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) marks a quiet but significant evolution in the country’s approach to...

yesterday 10

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New Delhi

Rising Beyond Tariffs

The imposition of steep tariff rates by the United States may seem irrational, even reckless, but their impact on India is both real and...

yesterday 10

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S S Saxena New Delhi

Talent Crossroads

China’s new K visa for foreign science and technology professionals is more than just an administrative change. It signals a bold attempt to...

yesterday 10

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New Delhi

Doctor’s scribble

In an age when most of the world has shifted to keyboards and digital records, the simple act of writing by hand still carries profound...

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New Delhi

Peace, love & ice cream

Many readers of The Statesman, like me, must have visited “Peace, Love & Ice Cream” outlets of Ben & Jerry’s in the USA or elsewhere. “Ben &...

previous day 2

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Partha P. Majumder New Delhi

Enduring Influence

The centenary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) marks far more than a symbolic milestone for a socio-cultural organisation. It represents...

previous day 2

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New Delhi

Two paths to truth

In the constellation of 20th intellectual giants, few figures shine as brilliantly or cast shadows as long as George Bernard Shaw and Rabindranath...

previous day 10

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Santanu Das New Delhi

Trust Deficit

Three decades ago, India embarked on a quiet revolution. The liberalisation of 1991 opened locked doors for entrepreneurs, dismantled layers of...

sunday 10

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New Delhi

Saving Water

In India, achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is on the agenda of the Government. By 2030, India is mandated to substantially...

sunday 2

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S K Sarkar New Delhi

Confluence of dharma and sacrifice

October 2 presents a truly rare and profound moment in the fabric of India’s cultural and historical consciousness. This day represents a...

sunday 10

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Rajdeep Pathak New Delhi

Fragile Framework

US President Donald Trump’s 20-point framework for Gaza is the most detailed American attempt yet to end the current war and rebuild a devastated...

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New Delhi

No Amnesty

Brazil’s streets have once again become the stage for a battle over the meaning of democracy. Tens of thousands of people marched across the...

03.10.2025 8

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New Delhi

Permanent Uncertainty

Britain’s immigration debate has entered a new and unsettling phase. A proposal by the Nigel Farage-led Reform UK party to abolish the right of...

03.10.2025 2

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New Delhi

100 Years of Service to the Nation

A hundred years ago, on the sacred occasion of Vijayadashami, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was founded. This was not the creation of something...

03.10.2025 4

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Narendra Modi New Delhi

1900s once again

The recently-concluded State visit of US President Donald Trump, along with First Lady Melania Trump, to the United Kingdom has provided global...

03.10.2025 1

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Raju Mansukhan New Delhi

Fragile Compassion

The quiet courage of Peter and Barbie Reynolds offers both inspiration and warning. For nearly two decades, the British couple devoted their lives...

02.10.2025 3

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New Delhi

Living longer, living better

W B Yeats’ iconic opening line of the poem ‘ Sailing to Byzantium’, 1926, declares on a sad note ‘that is no country for old men’. In a...

02.10.2025 5

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Rudrashis Datta New Delhi

Trump turns

US President Donald Trump’s declaration that Ukraine can reclaim all of its original territory marks one of the most striking ~ and bizarre ~...

02.10.2025 6

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New Delhi

Exercise in Futility

When the Supreme Court of India recently dismissed a petition to ban Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, it sent out a powerful message: book...

02.10.2025 10

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Santhosh Mathew New Delhi