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Devi Kar | Let’s Be Selective On ‘Facts’ We Ask Kids To Remember, Maybe MemoriseColumnists
Devi Kar | Let’s Be Selective On ‘Facts’ We Ask Kids To Remember,...

Memorising is not at all a bad thing, if the purpose and application are sensible and meaningful. It is indeed beautiful...

28 Dec 2025 1:42 AM IST

Shreya Sen-Handley | Six Reasons Why 2025 Wasn’t A Total DisasterColumnists
Shreya Sen-Handley | Six Reasons Why 2025 Wasn’t A Total Disaster

But 2026, by its very name, deserves at least six bequests of hope from 2025, to give it something to build on. The six...

28 Dec 2025 1:22 AM IST

Manish Tewari | Too Big To Compete: How Duopolies Are Killing India’s MarketsColumnists
Manish Tewari | Too Big To Compete: How Duopolies Are Killing India’s...

From aviation and e commerce, to digital payments and food delivery, duopolies have become the hidden architecture of...

28 Dec 2025 12:29 AM IST

Shobhaa De | Mumbai On Verge Of Being Bartered To Highest Bidder?Columnists
Shobhaa De | Mumbai On Verge Of Being Bartered To Highest Bidder?

The BJP and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena are already in a celebratory mood, seeing the warring cousins on the...

27 Dec 2025 2:33 AM IST

OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | 2nd Open Letter to Usha Vance… (as yet only) 2nd Lady of the USA | Farrukh DhondyColumnists
OF CABBAGES AND KINGS | 2nd Open Letter to Usha Vance… (as yet only)...

I speculate that the conversion of JD, perhaps influenced by your very perceptive and predictive self, to MAGA nonsense...

27 Dec 2025 2:24 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Gujarat Babus Get A Message And A DeadlineColumnists
Dilip Cherian | Gujarat Babus Get A Message And A Deadline

On paper, this looks like routine governance, review meetings, status reports, and coordination memos. In reality, it...

26 Dec 2025 12:57 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Centre vs State: G-Ram-G Fresh Thorn in Torn FleshColumnists
Shikha Mukerjee | Centre vs State: G-Ram-G Fresh Thorn in Torn Flesh

New G-RAM-G law shifts welfare burden to states and weakens rights-based employment

24 Dec 2025 11:30 PM IST

Bhopinder Singh | Bangladesh, Under Yunus, Appears To Be Sinking Rapidly Into Planned ChaosColumnists
Bhopinder Singh | Bangladesh, Under Yunus, Appears To Be Sinking...

Violence, extremism and historical revisionism threaten the nation’s fragile future

24 Dec 2025 11:04 PM IST

Sunil Gatade | Heroes, Villains, Side Artistes and Extras in India’s Politics of 2025Columnists
Sunil Gatade | Heroes, Villains, Side Artistes and Extras in India’s...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains the star performer of his party as the BJP created a hat-trick by winning Haryana,...

24 Dec 2025 6:36 AM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Amid B’desh Turbulence, Risks of Disorder in EastColumnists
Syed Ata Hasnain | Amid B’desh Turbulence, Risks of Disorder in East

Unlike Pakistan, where the military still exerts some restraining influence over clerical power, Bangladesh lacks a...

24 Dec 2025 6:30 AM IST

Anuja Bapat | Labour Codes: The Makeover Opportunity For MSMEsColumnists
Anuja Bapat | Labour Codes: The Makeover Opportunity For MSMEs

With 99 per cent micro-enterprises, the MSME sector is characterised by the traits of informality

22 Dec 2025 8:16 PM IST

Aakar Patel | Key Bills’ Passage Without Scrutiny by House Panel Is Always a Bad IdeaColumnists
Aakar Patel | Key Bills’ Passage Without Scrutiny by House Panel Is...

Voice votes and no committee review — democratic safeguards sidelined in a rush

22 Dec 2025 7:57 PM IST

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