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A podium to speak and heal, not wound further

So used have we become to the current standard of comments, posts and speeches emanating from the White House that we forget the great thoughts and...

18.04.2026 10

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Two leaplings who nearly changed India’s history

If this were a leap year, there would have been a February 29, instead of March 1 following February 28. And leaplings, as those born on February 29...

02.03.2026 10

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Remembering the heroes of our resilient Republic

26.01.2026 30

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A few silver linings on the South Asian horizon

11.01.2026 20

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Building on the gains, reversing the decline

01.01.2026 30

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A prescription for getting Delhi to breathe fine again

Delhi must relocate many of its institutions. It must remain the nation’s capital — no question about that. But it has to become a leaner, cleaner...

21.12.2025 20

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Khrushchev era lessons on ceasing nuclear tests

Moscow must hear India’s voice seeking to secure the world against the burgeoning nuclear peril

06.12.2025 10

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Diplomat for difficult times, friend for all seasons

In these times of geopolitical churn, India’s diplomatic and strategic sinews needed PS Raghavan’s brains and his balance

29.11.2025 20

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Today’s nuclear world needs Gandhi’s values

Before buttons of hatred are pressed and rockets fly, Gandhi’s espousal of non-violence to resist violence must be heard by the world

02.10.2025 20

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An age for introspection, reflection and gratitude

Nothing can so befit a person in high office than an owning of deficiencies, mistakes and mis-steps

17.09.2025 30

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An Independence Day message from Red Fort

The Red Fort tells us that the nation must choose between social collapse and social cohesion, between the poison of hate and the nutriment of...

15.08.2025 30

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Consequences if Yemen executes Nimisha Priya

If attempts to save her fail, India must sanction the regime in Sanaa, while also realising that death penalty is incompatible with today's...

23.07.2025 20

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When India was turned into a vast prison house

The 50th year of the Emergency is an opportunity for the Congress to apologise, and the government could release all political detenus.

23.06.2025 20

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Organic intelligence in the time of artificial intelligence

To be organically intelligent in these times is to be modern — but not as a robot clunking at the knees and beeping at the eyes to the tunes of a...

18.05.2025 20

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After Pahalgam, a nation united in battling terror

Trusting the government to do the right thing with all its might and maturity, we must assist it by resisting giving in to communal passions

27.04.2025 30

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We, the people; neither free of fear nor fearless

Fear pervades India, affecting communities differently. We must strive to overcome this addiction to fear, as law enforcers hold significant...

22.03.2025 30

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For politics which runs without fear or favour

If every MP has freedom of speech, every party has well-considered patience with the MP who uses that freedom, and the public puts cynicism aside and...

20.02.2025 20

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