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Anita Anand | How to Behave in all Public Spaces: When Will Indians Learn Basic Norms?

Anita Anand | How to Behave in all Public Spaces: When Will Indians...

As a society, we have never been good at distinguishing between private and public spaces. One reason might be that we...

24 Aug 2025 5:22 PM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Dharali Paid Price of our ‘Progress’, Mumbai Next?

Ranjona Banerji | Dharali Paid Price of our ‘Progress’, Mumbai Next?

From Mumbai’s floods to Uttarakhand’s landslides, climate change and reckless construction are turning natural...

24 Aug 2025 5:09 PM IST

Manish Tewari | Trump Tariffs Dismantling US Security Architecture

Manish Tewari | Trump Tariffs Dismantling US Security Architecture

Trump’s tariff-driven protectionism risks dismantling seven decades of US-led global order, straining alliances,...

24 Aug 2025 5:06 PM IST

Shobhaa De | Romancing The Monsoon: Mumbai Smiles In Deluge!

Shobhaa De | Romancing The Monsoon: Mumbai Smiles In Deluge!

Mumbaikars do care! But there are many Louis XVs in Mumbai and in Maharashtra, and a few Madame Pompadours too! The...

22 Aug 2025 10:43 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Why Many Parsis Celebrate Navroz, Or Their New Year, Thrice Every Year! | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | Why Many Parsis Celebrate Navroz, Or Their New...

I’ll tell you gentle reader, when I’ve recounted two memories of India’s Independence Day: It was 1962. I lived with my...

22 Aug 2025 10:34 PM IST

John J. Kennedy | From Dreams To Drudgery: The PhD Scholar’s Plight In India

John J. Kennedy | From Dreams To Drudgery: The PhD Scholar’s Plight...

Three years on, she had two publications in obscure journals, not for breaking new ground, but because they were...

21 Aug 2025 11:30 PM IST

Claude Arpi | Today’s China Caught In Fix As Sacred & Profane Clash

Claude Arpi | Today’s China Caught In Fix As Sacred & Profane Clash

According to Beijing’s Marxist logic, the search, discovery and anointment of a Dalai Lama should be classified into...

21 Aug 2025 11:18 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | As Chief’s Exit Looming, RTI’s Watchdog Is on Life Support

Dilip Cherian | As Chief’s Exit Looming, RTI’s Watchdog Is on Life...

citizens waiting endlessly for decisions, and the RTI process is quietly choking on delay.

20 Aug 2025 9:07 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India’s Options Few Amid Trump’s Tariff Tantrums

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India’s Options Few Amid Trump’s Tariff...

US hikes duties on Indian goods, citing Russia oil and trade gap

20 Aug 2025 8:33 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Will INDIA’s ‘Shock’ Tactics Work Amid Bihar SIR Row?

Shikha Mukerjee | Will INDIA’s ‘Shock’ Tactics Work Amid Bihar SIR...

By championing the people’s right to vote, “One Man-One Vote”, the Opposition challenged the contention of the BJP and...

19 Aug 2025 9:15 PM IST

Bhopinder Singh | Donald Trump Has Proved That ‘Hugs’ With World Leaders Far From Diplomacy

Bhopinder Singh | Donald Trump Has Proved That ‘Hugs’ With World...

Rediscovering India’s “true friend” in Russia on the rebound is natural and even warranted -- but it took a Donald Trump...

19 Aug 2025 9:05 PM IST

Aakar Patel| New Maharashtra Security Law Open To Abuse, Threatens Rights; Say ‘No’ To It

Aakar Patel| New Maharashtra Security Law Open To Abuse, Threatens...

The term “Urban Naxalism” has no legal definition in Indian law. With its vague language, discriminatory focus, absence...

18 Aug 2025 11:05 PM IST