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SANJAYOVACHA | Globalisation’s unravelling and fall of the ‘Davos Man’ | Sanjaya Baru

SANJAYOVACHA | Globalisation’s unravelling and fall of the ‘Davos...

The WEF is known around the world for its hosting of the annual Davos Forum in Switzerland and several country specific...

27 April 2025 11:19 PM IST

Anita Katyal | Omar Needs A Balancing Act; Centre Keeping An Eye on Yogi?

Anita Katyal | Omar Needs A Balancing Act; Centre Keeping An Eye on...

If the latest bureaucratic reshuffle in Uttar Pradesh is any indication, it would appear that the Bharatiya Janata...

27 April 2025 12:18 AM IST

$The Trinamool Congress on Thursday criticised Governor Jagdeep Dhankar for his \partisan approach\ in blaming the West Bengal government for the Jadavpur University fiasco, terming it \unfortunate and shocking\ that he went to campus without informing the ruling dispensation. (Photo: File)$ Columnists

Pavan K. Varma | Fight Terror, But Also Seek Accountability From Govt

We have yet to see what that will be, but it has to be more than just a Balakot kind of strike. In view of the continued...

27 April 2025 12:09 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Stop Griping About ‘Toxic Masculinity’

Ranjona Banerji | Stop Griping About ‘Toxic Masculinity’

How does one define toxic masculinity? The term became popular in the 1980s and ‘90s in academia

27 April 2025 12:04 AM IST

Mohan Guruswamy | Indus Waters: Yawning Gap Between Threat and Reality

Mohan Guruswamy | Indus Waters: Yawning Gap Between Threat and Reality

The geography makes it next to impossible to stop the flow of the waters from the Indus, Chenab and Jhelum. Yet there...

25 April 2025 10:49 PM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | The ‘Grand Mughals’ at London’s V&A: Of Tipu Sultan, Sufis & Some Surprises Too | Farrukh Dhondy

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | The ‘Grand Mughals’ at London’s V&A: Of Tipu...

The exhibition’s curators presented all the pomp, but none of the circumstance. The V&A exhibition connived to present...

25 April 2025 10:41 PM IST

K.C. Singh | Post-Balakot Deterrence: Did It Fail In Pahalgam?

K.C. Singh | Post-Balakot Deterrence: Did It Fail In Pahalgam?

It appears that Pakistan’s then Prime Minister Imran Khan may have obtained assurances from mediators, such as Saudi...

24 April 2025 11:37 PM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Pakistan in Bid to Reverse Kashmir’s Rising Normalcy

Syed Ata Hasnain | Pakistan in Bid to Reverse Kashmir’s Rising...

Pakistan-backed attack hits peace in J&K; India urged to respond with strength and care

23 April 2025 9:45 PM IST

Dilip Cherian | ED Extensions and the Curious Case of IPS Tenure ‘Relaxation

Dilip Cherian | ED Extensions and the Curious Case of IPS Tenure...

Top officers get special deals, public fights, and unfair rules in India's government offices

23 April 2025 8:19 PM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will New Pontiff Continue Pope Francis’ Glasnost?

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Will New Pontiff Continue Pope Francis’...

Even as he adopted the name of Francis after St. Francis of Assisi, he showed his commitment to the Franciscan vows of...

23 April 2025 12:26 AM IST

Pradeep S. Mehta | India’s ‘Circular Economy’: It’s An Old Concept For a New World

Pradeep S. Mehta | India’s ‘Circular Economy’: It’s An Old Concept For...

Sustainability wasn’t strategy, it is a way of life. It was sanskar (culture) -- part of how we were raised to think and...

23 April 2025 12:03 AM IST

Aakar Patel | China’s GDP Will Outstrip US Soon: Tariff War Last Bid To Check Beijing?

Aakar Patel | China’s GDP Will Outstrip US Soon: Tariff War Last Bid...

In the 18th century, the two largest global economies were China and India. This was a function of a world without many...

22 April 2025 12:25 AM IST