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India’s civilisational cohesion

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Prafull Goradia

Reclaiming India’s role as a global education hub

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Vk Paul, Shashank Shah & Oshin Dharap

Gen Z inspires carefree living and confidence

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Asha Iyer Kumar

Tackling Delhi’s air pollution: A Systems problem demanding a systemic reform

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Pravin Kaushal

The lost art of ethical rule: Revisiting Milinda’s inquiry

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Nilantha Ilangamuwa

Putin visit: Reaffirming Indo-Russian solidarity

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Editor’S Take

Studying the Gita’s frameworks for today’s world

The Gita is regarded as one of the most respected and insightful sacred texts, known for its ability to guide individuals toward a clearer and more...

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Sakshi Sethi

Colonised minds: Modi didn’t speak the whole truth

Colonised minds: Modi didn’t speak the whole truth

Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to liberate India completely from the Macaulayite mindset. In his words: “Alongside pride in our...

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Balbir Punj

Bastar: Unfolding a new chapter beyond Naxalism

Bastar: Unfolding a new chapter beyond Naxalism

When leadership truly possesses the will to solve a problem, even the toughest challenges eventually bow down. The remarkable decline of Naxalism...

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Nandan Jain

Between Washington and Moscow, India chooses itself

Between Washington and Moscow, India chooses itself

In a world splintering into rival blocs, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi today is far more than diplomatic theatre. In an era...

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Uttam Kumar Sinha

India–Russia 2025: A roadmap for building a high-tech strategic partnership

India–Russia 2025: A roadmap for building a high-tech strategic partnership

The forthcoming visit of President Vladimir Putin marks a pivotal opportunity to redefine the India-Russia partnership beyond its long-standing...

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Aakash Guglani

Defining fake news: What is it, after all?

Winston Churchill once famously said, “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on.” Today, in the age of...

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Congress: The Karnataka power tussle

Congress: The Karnataka power tussle

Following the recent setback in Bihar, the Congress Party is grappling with a power struggle in Karnataka between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and...

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Kalyani Shankar

COP30 ends in disappointment with weak commitments

COP30 ends in disappointment with weak commitments

A week before COP30 began in Belém, Cyclone Montha formed in the Bay of Bengal and struck the Indian states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and...

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B K Singh

Value-based education: Essential for a civilised world

Value-based education: Essential for a civilised world

History shows that for ages, human beings have exploited other human beings and living creatures on the basis of gender, caste, creed, race,...

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Rajyogi Brahma Kumar Nikunj Ji

India-Russia: Exploring new frontiers for economic cooperation and partnership

India-Russia: Exploring new frontiers for economic cooperation and partnership

India and Russia remain extremely close and reliable partners on the economic and defence fronts. In FY 2024-25, bilateral trade reached a record US...

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Priya Gupta

Kashi Tamil sangamam 4.0: A dialogue India needs

Kashi Tamil sangamam 4.0: A dialogue India needs

As India navigates a moment of renewed cultural assertion and rising linguistic anxieties, the Kashi Tamil Sangamam (KTS) returns at precisely the...

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Chamu Krishna Shastry

Revenue over health: The gutka cess debate

Revenue over health: The gutka cess debate

Pan masala and gutka are words familiar to every Indian, even those who have never used the products. In North India, government buildings and...

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Quo Vadis, Indian Economy?

Quo Vadis, Indian Economy?

For a country to achieve long-term stability and sustainable prosperity of an equitable nature, it is necessary for its economy to be managed...

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Mohan  Kanda

The vanishing ethics of Indian democracy

The vanishing ethics of Indian democracy

The eternal human pursuit of progress and excellence, which sustains communities and nations in the long march of global civilisation, succeeds...

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Js Rajput

Post-Bihar poll debacle: INDIA bloc at the crossroads facing uncertain future

Post-Bihar poll debacle: INDIA bloc at the crossroads facing uncertain future

The outcome of the Bihar Assembly elections must be accepted at face value unless those alleging wrongdoing come forward with clear and irrefutable...

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Anil Anand

What happened to the internet we once loved?

There was a time-nostalgic, sepia-toned, and almost mythical-when social media feeds overflowed with sunset photos, cheerful selfies, and the...

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Shainy Sharma

Winter chill in Parliament session

Winter chill in Parliament session

Winter is about to commence, but in the Winter Session of Parliament, the chill has already set in. It opened on December 1  amid brewing political...

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Seven days in the remarkable life of Mother Teresa

Seven days in the remarkable life of Mother Teresa

“I present this Mother almost as a CEO of a multinational company-relentless and ambitious,” says Teona Strugar Mitevska about her new feature film...

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Faizal Khan

IFFI: Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost!

Jean-Luc Godard, the French film director and screenwriter, once said, “cinema is the most beautiful fraud in the world.” It is true, and we...

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Choosing Divine Shelter: Trap of Self-Dependence

Lord Krishna repeatedly emphasises in the Bhagavad Gita that we must take His shelter, yet most of us prefer to take our own shelter. What I mean...

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Ajit Kumar Bishnoi

The Forgotten Heroes of Rezang La

The Forgotten Heroes of Rezang La

The Battle of Rezang La, fought on 18 November 1962 during the India-China War, remains one of the most extraordinary last stands in global...

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Tc Rao

When the desert falls silent: saving rajasthan’s folk music

The Thar Desert is often captured in photographs — endless dunes, blazing sun, and silhouettes of camels. But the deeper soul of this landscape...

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Bhaswati Sarma

From labour reform to EoDB 2.0: The structural shift India needs for growth

From labour reform to EoDB 2.0: The structural shift India needs for growth

India’s decision to implement the long-pending labour codes deserves appreciation. For decades, the country’s entrepreneurs have operated under a...

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Samriddhi Prakash

From potential to prosperity: Bihar’s unfinished revolution

From potential to prosperity: Bihar’s unfinished revolution

There is something irresistibly powerful about the soil of Bihar — its social fabric, value systems, and milieu. Bihar has long been a land of...

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Saagar Srivastava