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Why campuses must be kept free of party politics

For decades, the courts in India have worried that “campus politics” encourage “tension and lawlessness” at the cost of “academic...

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Must Lutyens fall so that Bharat can rise again?

Edwin Lutyens has been expelled from Rashtrapati Bhavan, the iconic structure he designed. His bust has been cast into one of our substandard museums,...

06.03.2026 10

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Xi’s ‘rejuvenating China’ vision hits demographic wall

07.02.2026 10

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The national anthem before our national anthem was adopted

24.01.2026 30

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Reserving the right to counter foreign media narratives

10.01.2026 20

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Higher education in India: Why making our universities great again won’t be easy

Great universities of modern Asia have been produced either by States with vision or by philanthropists. India once had both kinds. Now it has little...

27.12.2025 20

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India’s history, preserved in the distant archives of UK

Nearly eight decades after Independence, Indians must hope that Britain keeps calm and carries on, because it is their best chance of studying their...

13.12.2025 10

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For democracy, X marks the spot. But only for now

The user-location feature X rolled out gives democracy hope, but there are risks of it being withdrawn/weakened

29.11.2025 10

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Lessons from history for republic of rajas

History of monarchies remains pertinent for the modern republic: Where there are political dynasties, evils of disunity and incompetence are never far...

06.02.2025 10

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