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Pope, AI, and the many meanings of godhead

Perhaps the greatest benefit of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is that it has provoked a much needed public discussion on technology. The unquestioned...

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Sundar Sarukkai

The fatal sadness of Marjane Satrapi

‘When people are fighting for democracy, we should support them.’ Marjane Satrapi wrote in a letter to the French government in January 2025,...

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Nishtha Gautam

From Delhi to Lahore, what’s in a name?

Last month, a headline in this newspaper caught my attention and captured my imagination. It read: “Pakistan to restore original names of Lahore...

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Karan Thapar

How women experience summers in the city

Gulshan wraps herself in a wet dupatta and tries to sleep. It is sizzling in the roughly 25-square foot room where she lives with her husband and four...

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Namita Bhandare

How Birsa Munda lives in new Bharat

When India recalls its great freedom fighters, one name rises from the forests of Chotanagpur with enduring moral force — Bhagwan Birsa Munda,...

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Ranjana chopra

Don’t drop Twisha Sharma’s death from news cycle

Perhaps not since the murder of 13-year-old Arushi Talwar, who was found dead in her own bedroom in 2008, has India been as fixated with a crime as we...

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Barkha Dutt

Medicines, and not just renaming, heals disease

When a medical condition is given a new name, it begins to cast a different sort of shadow over the people who live with it. Polycystic Ovarian...

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Ruma Satwik

Saving the saviour: the Himalayas need us

In July 2023, Himachal Pradesh endured a season of destruction. Monsoon rainfall ran nearly 50% above normal, triggering cloudbursts and landslides...

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Durwood zaelke

What India refuses to register

Last week’s release of early results from the sixth National Family Health Survey (NFHS) made headlines, not just for its main findings, but also...

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Ramanan Laxminarayan

Let’s make critical minerals deal work

On May 26, India and the US signed a bilateral critical minerals framework; the same day, Quad unveiled a $20-billion initiative spanning mining,...

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Hindustantimes Editorial

Making Delhi dust-free is our environmental duty

World Environment Day is not merely an occasion for reflection. It is rather a call to action. At a time when cities across the world are grappling...

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Bhupender Yadav

What will it take for this flight to take off?

Facing soaring costs across fronts, airlines in India sounded the alarm to the authorities. The government has announced a ₹10,000-crore support to...

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Anjuli Bhargava

Ananya Pandey and classical dance in the age of virality

Over the last few days, the Indian classical dance fraternity has voiced outrage over actor Ananya Pandey’s dance in the movie, Chand Mera Dil....

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