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Shreya Sen-Handley | Alternative awards for the year-end warp-up

Shreya Sen-Handley | Alternative awards for the year-end warp-up

We wrap every year up at its end with tinsel, and meaningless pleasantries about the next. But let’s not mince words...

22 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Air gets too toxic to breathe: Whose problem is it really?

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Air gets too toxic to breathe: Whose...

Delhi’s Central Pollution Board, the Committee for Air Quality Management (CAQM) for the National Capital Region and...

21 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Christmas seems to come earlier every year… amid the spirit of giving

Farrukh Dhondy | Christmas seems to come earlier every year… amid the...

“Shah Jahan was obsessed with his wife Is the Taj a monument to her life Or just to her death? -- A bitter ...

21 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

Kamal Davar | Strict watch on the challenge of ‘Khalistan’ is vital in Punjab

Kamal Davar | Strict watch on the challenge of ‘Khalistan’ is vital in...

Some weeks ago, former Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, undergoing religious penance at the holy ...

20 Dec 2024 7:45 PM IST

Patralekha Chatterjee | Let people celebrate, or India’s rise will be hurt

Patralekha Chatterjee | Let people celebrate, or India’s rise will be...

In this season of celebrations, can anyone be denied their right to celebrate? That is exactly what happened to...

20 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Many dangers in Mideast ahead; Syria up for grabs

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Many dangers in Mideast ahead; Syria up for...

What West Asia needs is not ecstatic triumphalism but peace and reconciliation that will allow all factions in Syria,...

19 Dec 2024 12:00 AM IST

Dilip Cherian | Why are states dodging mandate of apex court on police reforms?

Dilip Cherian | Why are states dodging mandate of apex court on police...

Several states continue defying 2006 DGP appointment guidelines, frustrating the Supreme Court's efforts to ensure...

19 Dec 2024 12:00 AM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Centralising India amidst imperatives of coalitions

Shikha Mukerjee | Centralising India amidst imperatives of coalitions

Reversing the inexorable advance towards centralisation of executive power, programmes and election schedules...

18 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

Anita Anand | Things to consider if you’re planning to go to Goa: It’s not for everyone…

Anita Anand | Things to consider if you’re planning to go to Goa: It’s...

Are you planning a holiday in Goa, considering investing in a property or business, or relocating to the state? Goa...

18 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

Aakar Patel | How India keeps falling in global indices: The issue is governance…

Aakar Patel | How India keeps falling in global indices: The issue is...

In 2021, I wrote a book called Price of the Modi Years. In one of its chapters I compared India’s rankings on various...

17 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

Syed Ata Hasnain | Will Syrian implosion spur a fresh Iran Mideast drive?

Syed Ata Hasnain | Will Syrian implosion spur a fresh Iran Mideast...

For a fairly long time, the world appeared to be fixated on the understanding that Iran and Syria acted as almost one...

17 Dec 2024 12:10 AM IST

Sunil Gatade | As Fadnavis’ star rises, will he be the BJP’s next Yogi?

Sunil Gatade | As Fadnavis’ star rises, will he be the BJP’s next...

There are ironies galore, and more so in politics. It took the BJP nearly 12 days to anoint Devendra Fadnavis as the ...

16 Dec 2024 12:20 AM IST