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Shashi Warrier | You, I and AI In This Beautiful World

Shashi Warrier | You, I and AI In This Beautiful World

We had both become old and staid and I hoped he wouldn’t reminisce too much about the old days because Prita didn’t know...

2 Nov 2025 1:12 AM IST

K.C. Singh | Trump-Xi Interim Truce Narrows Strategic Space

K.C. Singh | Trump-Xi Interim Truce Narrows Strategic Space

The other one was the long-awaited meeting of the Chinese and US Presidents, which took place at an airbase near South...

2 Nov 2025 12:51 AM IST

Anita Anand | Three Children For Hindu Families? Women Must Say ‘No’ to RSS’ Call

Anita Anand | Three Children For Hindu Families? Women Must Say ‘No’...

The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in 1950 was 5.7 live births per woman. In 2025, this figure has decreased to 1.9 live...

2 Nov 2025 12:43 AM IST

Shobhaa De | Get Ready To Meet Our desi bhooths… It’s Halloween!

Shobhaa De | Get Ready To Meet Our desi bhooths… It’s Halloween!

Good question. I recall the first ever Halloween society party which I attended in Mumbai around thirty years ago. It...

31 Oct 2025 11:21 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Will UK Investigate And Crack Down On Pak ‘Mirpuri’ Link To Grooming Gangs? | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Will UK Investigate And Crack Down On Pak...

Then there’s Elon the lone Musketeer who presumes that because he has stacks of dollars, made on the backs of and...

31 Oct 2025 9:43 PM IST

DC Edit | Will Work Permit Move Help US?

DC Edit | Will Work Permit Move Help US?

With elimination of the 540-day automatic extension, the Trump administration will force legally present workers to stop...

31 Oct 2025 8:26 PM IST

DC Edit | Focus On Jobs Welcome As Bihar Readies To Vote

DC Edit | Focus On Jobs Welcome As Bihar Readies To Vote

It remains to be seen whether such a scenario as being projected by the rival alliances will indeed fructify, but the...

31 Oct 2025 7:26 PM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Missing AQI data: Optics Trump India’s Outcomes

Patralekha Chatterjee | Missing AQI data: Optics Trump India’s...

The air is abuzz with talk of cloud seeding and artificial rain. The BJP-led Delhi government is promoting it, echoing a...

31 Oct 2025 12:01 AM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Sardar Patel, BJP and Idea of India: The Ideological & Moral Gulf Is Wide

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Sardar Patel, BJP and Idea of India: The...

Mr Singh praised Nehru as “Rashtra Purush”, saying the first PM led the country at a critical juncture and gave a new...

30 Oct 2025 11:47 PM IST

DC Edit | Kerala Ends Extreme Poverty

DC Edit | Kerala Ends Extreme Poverty

It took nearly four-and-half years of intense micro-planning and effective implementation, coordinated by the local...

30 Oct 2025 11:37 PM IST

DC Edit | World Economy Breathes Easy After Trump Meets Xi

DC Edit | World Economy Breathes Easy After Trump Meets Xi

Accustomed as the world has become to dealing with the huge gaps between what he says and what he does, a ‘pause’ might...

30 Oct 2025 11:26 PM IST

Vamshi had a good command over English. It helped him get placed at a call centre which offered him a good salary. However, he was dissatisfied with his earnings as he wanted a more luxurious lifestyle. (Representational image)

DC Edit | Service Sector Reforms Vital to Sustain Growth

Niti Aayog’s latest report on India’s services sector lays bare the paradox of the service sector — an economy that is...

30 Oct 2025 12:11 AM IST