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Shobha Sengupta | Changing avatar of reading, writing & selling books, art in social media ageColumnists
Shobha Sengupta | Changing avatar of reading, writing & selling books,...

Over two decades ago, I started a bookstore and art gallery in Gurgaon, when peacocks landed on verandas and goats...

3 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST

Wasbir Hussain | B’desh, Myanmar power shifts may hit N-E IndiaColumnists
Wasbir Hussain | B’desh, Myanmar power shifts may hit N-E India

Domestic or internal power shifts in countries can alter bilateral relations with their neighbours. This is what is...

2 Jan 2025 12:10 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Decoding Delhi’s latest babu jigsawColumnists
Dilip Cherian | Decoding Delhi’s latest babu jigsaw

The recent secretary-level reshuffle in New Delhi left some scratching their heads yet again. Like an unsolvable...

1 Jan 2025 12:00 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will a year of global wars set off more 2025 churn?Columnists
Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Will a year of global wars set off more 2025...

The world was at war. The world was on the move. With crooks and conmen everywhere, Indians never knew when the...

1 Jan 2025 12:00 AM IST

Aakar Patel | History is likely to remember Manmohan Singh quite warmly…Columnists
Aakar Patel | History is likely to remember Manmohan Singh quite...

Much has been written and will be written about what Manmohan Singh was. Here are a few lines on what he was...

31 Dec 2024 12:00 AM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Look ahead, not at past: Anger, rage hurts IndiaColumnists
Patralekha Chatterjee | Look ahead, not at past: Anger, rage hurts...

As the year winds down, one looks back in wonder and in anger. There is so much that India can be proud of, there is...

31 Dec 2024 12:00 AM IST

Sunil Gatade | An ‘A to Z’ guide to India’s politics in the year gone byColumnists
Sunil Gatade | An ‘A to Z’ guide to India’s politics in the year gone...

In the year gone by, “A” definitely stands for Gautam Adani, the controversial businessman who was in the news,...

30 Dec 2024 12:00 AM IST

Shobhaa De | A monster called AI is set to conquer world in 2025Columnists
Shobhaa De | A monster called AI is set to conquer world in 2025

Till that happens, for the last column of the year, here are a few wild, random remarks and observations, just to keep...

29 Dec 2024 2:36 AM IST

Shivshankar Menon | Manmohan brought decency into public life; restored faith in the political systemColumnists
Shivshankar Menon | Manmohan brought decency into public life;...

I first met Dr Manmohan Singh when he was finance minister and he came to Tokyo in 1991. The Indian economy was in...

29 Dec 2024 2:29 AM IST

Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Honk, but I’m not going any fasterColumnists
Krishna Shastri Devulapalli | Honk, but I’m not going any faster

Recently, a friend, an avid reader of both English and Tamil literature, made a most interesting observation when I...

29 Dec 2024 2:23 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | As world rejoices at Christmas time, Xmas tree burnt in protest in SyriaColumnists
Farrukh Dhondy | As world rejoices at Christmas time, Xmas tree burnt...

“Chappatis are what you knead, my friend ‘Cos there’s not enough naan to go around. The sun rises every day, it...

28 Dec 2024 12:07 AM IST

Manish Tewari | A gentleman and a scholar, he changed the India storyColumnists
Manish Tewari | A gentleman and a scholar, he changed the India story

It is trite to say Dr Manmohan Singh was an institution. He was a colossus who strode the economic and governance ...

28 Dec 2024 12:00 AM IST

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