menu_open Columnists
Editorial

Editorial

The Statesman

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

I love my surname. It just took a while

My Instagram handle now has ‘Adivasi’ written and my name in Santhali script, Ol Chiki. A little late but I grew out of seeing myself as...

05.01.2025 10

Indian Express

Editorial

H-1B visa row brings in differences between Indian and American rights

While denouncing globalism and labour displacement, populists remain entwined in the capitalist structures they ostensibly oppose. The H-1B visa is...

02.01.2025 5

Indian Express

Editorial

The embattled historian: Who gets to speak for India’s past?

Are historians meant to clear up questions of what lies beneath Mughal-era mosques? Historians don’t tell the nation what to think about a...

01.01.2025 10

Indian Express

Editorial

The embattled historian: Who gets to speak for India’s past?

Are historians meant to clear up questions of what lies beneath Mughal-era mosques? Historians don’t tell the nation what to think about a...

31.12.2024 6

Indian Express

Editorial

The challenge of raising a decent son in Delhi

This large city, with aggression on its streets, sexual assaults in its corners, and increasingly a callous population that believes that...

31.12.2024 20

Indian Express

Editorial

Bhima the tragic hero: Reading and rereading M T Vasudevan Nair’s ‘Randamoozham’

Being a prince but growing up like a refugee, being the strongest, but also mocked as a dimwit, being the fastest but called slow-minded, in the...

30.12.2024 4

Indian Express

Editorial

How Manmohan Singh balanced growth with equity

Had he not altered the direction of the Indian economy in 1991, India would not have been on the road to becoming a developed nation.

30.12.2024 6

Indian Express

Editorial

How Manmohan Singh balanced growth with equity

Had he not altered the direction of the Indian economy in 1991, India would not have been on the road to becoming a developed nation.

30.12.2024 10

Indian Express

Editorial

Why guaranteeing MSP is essential for farmers and India

Guaranteeing MSP through law is necessary to prevent farmer suicides and reduce the impact of inflation, as well as to conserve water, protect...

26.12.2024 10

Indian Express

Editorial

Why guaranteeing MSP is essential for farmers and India

Guaranteeing MSP through law is necessary to prevent farmer suicides and reduce the impact of inflation, as well as to conserve water, protect...

26.12.2024 20

Indian Express

Editorial

This is what Indian chess players learnt from Anand and have now taken it to another level

D Gukesh became the youngest to win the World Chess Championship at 18. Arjun Erigaisi reached the gold-standard ELO rating of 2800. India bagged...

24.12.2024 4

Indian Express

Editorial

Linguistic Pride Erased

No language belongs to a particular religion—Sanskrit is not inherently Hindu, nor are Arabic and Persian exclusively Muslim. Urdu, as much a...

21.12.2024 4

Free Press Journal

Editorial

What Supreme Court's policy wing didn't explore about electronic monitoring

There is barely hidden enthusiasm in it for embracing a 'successful' techno-penal innovation that it takes EM to be, whereas what is needed is...

19.12.2024 60

Indian Express

Editorial

Trump 2.0 presents fresh possibilities for India’s technology sector

India needs to prepare for what Trump’s second administration could mean for the country. Indian space race, AI innovation, EVs, defense...

18.12.2024 5

Indian Express

Editorial

BJP needs to display compassion, not triumphalism

To secure its future, BJP needs to broaden its political imagination to appeal to minorities, not as benefactors but as equals.

09.12.2024 20

Indian Express

Editorial

How India is doing better in the war against TB

From pioneering research that has led to advanced diagnostics and treatments, to the introduction of universal social support provisions, India...

07.12.2024 30

Indian Express

Editorial

How to raise a boy: The first lesson on boundaries starts with the mum -- and it's best drawn as early as possible

Managing boundaries is about power in a relationship. Maybe there are multiple layers and systems at work and, as a parent, I have to work on...

18.11.2024 10

Indian Express

Editorial

We knew what caused air pollution 25 years ago – but governments still won’t act

Acknowledging the true impact and sources of our pollution crisis is the first step toward meaningful action

17.11.2024 3

Indian Express

Editorial

Don’t give hosting rights to Pakistan in future if India refuses to travel for the Champions Trophy

Tensions between the two countries have always existed, but India and Pakistan have played bilateral cricket in the past. There may always be...

16.11.2024 10

Indian Express

Editorial

52ea2f1c9d37e208907ca0b6d46291ca