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Learning who’s left out of the UPI ecosystem

Learning who’s left out of the UPI ecosystem

The next step for UPI is not just about larger transaction numbers but also about broader participation

yesterday 10

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Hindustantimes Editorial

Vinod Kumar Shukla: The writer who wrote of the sublime in the ordinary

Vinod Kumar Shukla: The writer who wrote of the sublime in the ordinary

Vinod’s emergence as a Hindi poet in the late 1960s was marked by a poetic language and perception that was unconventional

yesterday 10

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Hindustantimes Editorial

Building the Bharat of Vajpayee’s dreams

Building the Bharat of Vajpayee’s dreams

Many of his far-sighted decisions helped build India’s strong infrastructure and revitalised human development programmes

yesterday 20

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Hindustantimes Editorial

Powerlessness of the powerful bureaucrat

Powerlessness of the powerful bureaucrat

The travails of booth-level officers engaged in the process of electoral roll revision put the spotlight on the lived realities of government...

previous day 9

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Yamini Aiyar

Making legislative scrutiny rigorous and process-driven

Making legislative scrutiny rigorous and process-driven

Modern legislation is both technical in the subjects it deals with and complex in its policy implications for India’s 1.4 billion people

previous day 8

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Chakshu Roy

Hamlet to Bhumika: Benegal and Bombay’s theatre world

Hamlet to Bhumika: Benegal and Bombay’s theatre world

Designing masks and make-up of over 20 actors who went on stage for Hamlet was a massive task that Shyam Benegal had taken upon himself

previous day 10

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Amrit Gangar

Sreenivasan and reinventing the comic genre as serious cinema

Sreenivasan and reinventing the comic genre as serious cinema

Sreenivasan once remarked that his contribution to Malayalam cinema is not what he has scripted or acted in but the 500 films he didn’t do

tuesday 10

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Damodar Prasad

The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: An unlikely boom in champagne

The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: An unlikely boom in champagne

It’s the world most famous wine but the bottles that are now being coveted come from brands you have never heard of.

tuesday 1

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Vir Sanghvi

The good, the bad and the downright ugly: 2025 version

Summing up the year in gender is never easy. Yes, there were dark spots, but the bright also shone through. Read on…

tuesday 8

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Namita Bhandare

US, Japan & China: New configuration on Taiwan

US, Japan & China: New configuration on Taiwan

In order to grasp the evolution of the recent spat, it is first important to understand the context around Takaichi’s remarks

tuesday 10

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Manoj Kewalramani

Reform jobs scheme, but build on its gains

Reform jobs scheme, but build on its gains

Fix implementation, but do not revoke the right to employment itself

tuesday 10

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Sandip Sukhtankar

Delhi’s toxic air can’t be ignored any longer

Delhi’s toxic air can’t be ignored any longer

India must act quickly on the issue. China’s experience with containing and clearing out Beijing’s pollution shows this is possible

22.12.2025 10

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Shashi Shekhar

Why New Delhi needs to handle Dhaka with care

Why New Delhi needs to handle Dhaka with care

Whichever way one looks at it, the current state of bilateral relationship is deeply unhelpful to India

22.12.2025 10

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Happymon Jacob

Vande Mataram: A nod to culture, not theology

Vande Mataram: A nod to culture, not theology

Vande Mataram’s divinity is metaphorical, maternal and ecological — the land as giver and witness

22.12.2025 20

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Hindustantimes Editorial

Keeping a date with the oddest happenstances

Keeping a date with the oddest happenstances

The fact is I have always been fascinated by the 21st day of December, or bewitched and bewildered by it

21.12.2025 40

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Karan Thapar

Ending the male monopoly in bar councils in India

Ending the male monopoly in bar councils in India

Across India, only six of 441 elected representatives in 18 state bar councils are women. And 11 of these bar councils have zero women executive...

21.12.2025 6

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Namita Bhandare

A prescription for getting Delhi to breathe fine again

A prescription for getting Delhi to breathe fine again

Delhi must relocate many of its institutions. It must remain the nation’s capital — no question about that. But it has to become a leaner, cleaner...

21.12.2025 2

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Gopalkrishna Gandhi

The anxieties of the soft-parenting club

The anxieties of the soft-parenting club

We seem to be following the soft-parenting rulebook like an annoying front-bencher, yet we are scared and struggling. What are we doing wrong?

21.12.2025 1

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Nishtha Gautam