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Can a manufactured civilisation unseat a century of self-respect?

Can a manufactured civilisation unseat a century of self-respect?

The fourth edition of the Kashi Tamil Sangamam has opened on the Varanasi riverfront with great confidence and colour. Lamps glow on ancient steps,...

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K.a. Shaji

India and human rights: The (mis)rule of law

India and human rights: The (mis)rule of law

Last month, along with Pakistan and Iraq, India was elected to the UN Human Rights Council from Asia. The UNHRC says it 'is responsible for...

Ashis Ray

When Trump has to worry about ‘affordability’...

When Trump has to worry about ‘affordability’...

For a person with a limited vocabulary, encountering a new expression is like discovering a diamond. At the beginning of his second term as...

Ashis Ray

Selling out our farmers and our seed sovereignty

Selling out our farmers and our seed sovereignty

India’s 150 million farmers are in danger of losing sovereignty over their vast agricultural genetic wealth. No other nation in the Global South...

Ashis Ray

Why I’m not boarding that flight to Sharjah

Why I’m not boarding that flight to Sharjah

Every November, as the Sharjah International Book Fair comes alive, a peculiar migration begins from Kerala — of writers, or rather people who have...

K.a. Shaji

Tit-for-tat buildup on the LAC

Tit-for-tat buildup on the LAC

On 12 November, India operationalised its Mudh-Nyoma air base in the frontier Union Territory of Ladakh — a $26 million upgrade. At its foundation...

K.a. Shaji

Why the BJP suddenly loves the Cholas

Why the BJP suddenly loves the Cholas

The stone silhouette of the Gangaikonda Cholisvaram temple rises unobtrusively over the quiet village that carries its ancient name. There is...

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Ashok Swain

In Gaza, while you weren’t looking…

In Gaza, while you weren’t looking…

The attention of the world has shifted from Gaza, but for Palestinians the situation is more or less unchanged — the savagery of the Israeli...

Ashok Swain

The gang of 272 may be a sign of continuing (reverse) evolution

The gang of 272 may be a sign of continuing (reverse) evolution

Mutations in any species are part of natural evolution and essential to its survival, according to accepted Darwinian theory. Recent research has...

Ashok Swain

The devil in the new labour codes

The devil in the new labour codes

On 21 November, exactly five years after their passage in Parliament, the four new labour codes finally came into force. These codes — covering...

Ashok Swain

Ask why Assam does not need an SIR

Ask why Assam does not need an SIR

Sometimes, a tiny move gives the whole game away. On 27 October, the Election Commission of India (ECI) held a press conference to announce that...

Ashok Swain

Labour codes fail to win support amid economic woes, lack of consultation

Labour codes fail to win support amid economic woes, lack of consultation

The four consolidated labour codes, officially notified on 21 November 2025 after Parliament passed them in 2019-20, were hailed by the government...

Aj Prabal

The vendetta against Kashmir Times and how the media looked away

The vendetta against Kashmir Times and how the media looked away

A lot of things are being alleged by ’sources’ regarding a raid on a newspaper called Kashmir Times, and its editor, Anuradha Bhasin. Some...

Aakar Patel