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Shikha Mukerjee | Can Cong Learn From Didi, UBT About Smart Politics?

Shikha Mukerjee | Can Cong Learn From Didi, UBT About Smart Politics?

Instead of being peevish about who from its side was put on the list of delegates by the government, the Congress should...

29 May 2025 7:46 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | Shift in Tone: India’s Diplomacy Gets a Political Makeover

Dilip Cherian | Shift in Tone: India’s Diplomacy Gets a Political...

This hybrid diplomatic offensive — part old-guard gravitas, part new-age outreach — suggests India is hedging its bets

28 May 2025 10:11 PM IST

K.C. Singh | Show Guile Abroad, Empathy at Home in War of Narratives

K.C. Singh | Show Guile Abroad, Empathy at Home in War of Narratives

Domestically, a review of obvious intelligence lapses and military performance is necessary. Heated rhetoric and...

28 May 2025 8:44 PM IST

Shobhaa De | Trump, The Anti-intellectual, vs Harvard: Who’s Winning?

Shobhaa De | Trump, The Anti-intellectual, vs Harvard: Who’s Winning?

Shockwaves shook the academic world as panicky foreign students, some of them mid-course, wondered what awaited them now...

28 May 2025 1:00 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Have No Illusions On What Hyderabad Was Before It Was A Part Of The Union

Mohan Guruswamy | Have No Illusions On What Hyderabad Was Before It...

The city is dotted with numerous institutions in their unique architecture which stand testimony to his proclivity for...

28 May 2025 12:35 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Democracy Must Uplift Any Nation By Empowering All Its Individuals

Aakar Patel | Democracy Must Uplift Any Nation By Empowering All Its...

Democracy, the culture of it, the practice of it and the spirit of it must lift a nation by lifting its individuals...

27 May 2025 1:46 AM IST

Dev 360 | US Crackdown On ‘Illegals’ to Hurt India Global Image | Patralekha Chatterjee

Dev 360 | US Crackdown On ‘Illegals’ to Hurt India Global Image |...

As New Delhi grapples with this challenge, the implications for India’s reputation and its complex relationship with the...

27 May 2025 1:38 AM IST

SANJAYOVACHA | Need Sustained, Credible Outreach Over Terrorism | Sanjaya Baru

SANJAYOVACHA | Need Sustained, Credible Outreach Over Terrorism |...

He (Modi) has visited the United States ten times. Yet, for all that effort he is now constrained to depute an...

25 May 2025 9:10 PM IST

Pradeep S. Mehta | Can Indians Battle Terrorism Unitedly, But Also Safeguard Democratic Rights?

Pradeep S. Mehta | Can Indians Battle Terrorism Unitedly, But Also...

Complaints from Renu Bhatia, chairperson of the Haryana State Commission for Women, and Yogesh Jatheri, a BJP Yuva...

25 May 2025 8:53 PM IST

Anita Katyal | Jaishankar vs Goyal On Deals; Why BJP Can’t Fire Vijay Shah

Anita Katyal | Jaishankar vs Goyal On Deals; Why BJP Can’t Fire...

The Madhya Pradesh government is facing the heat for not removing its minister Vijay Shah for his crude and crass...

24 May 2025 11:23 PM IST

Pavan K. Varma | Celebrate Armed Forces, Only They’ll Keep Us Safe

Pavan K. Varma | Celebrate Armed Forces, Only They’ll Keep Us Safe

There is the question also why Trump announced the ceasefire. What exactly was America’s role, and what does it mean for...

24 May 2025 10:55 PM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Can’t Peace Be Both The End And Means?

Ranjona Banerji | Can’t Peace Be Both The End And Means?

How advantageous is it to keep fighting with your neighbour, when a small amount of compromise can perhaps lead to a...

24 May 2025 10:48 PM IST