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Long before the 1881 Census, the East India Company spent decades attempting to turn massive land tracts into an ordered empire.
The glorious koodai renaissance proves that traditional, recycled plastic weaves easily outclass fragile mainstream trends.
Visits by newly elected leaders in neighbouring countries to New Delhi are seen as a reiteration of a stable regional future. This seems to be...
Consulates and embassies are more sceptical of Indian applicants than they used to be. Too many Indians apply for tourist visas while their true...
Nani Palkhivala's warning against the misuse of Article 356 reminds us that federalism depends on limiting Delhi's power over elected state...
Anything associated with the Ram Mandir is usually sacrosanct. TV news channels usually report on it with respect or at least tread carefully around...
The 1975 Emergency exposed the dangers of concentrated state power. Nani Palkhivala argued that no Constitution can protect liberty without a...
Universal Adult Franchise needs stronger enforcement than it currently enjoys. But the prescription of elevation to fundamental right status is only...
The US Congress sorts itself into two near-perfectly separated clusters. Democrats on one side, Republicans on the other. Data shows that's not the...
As a newly elected MLA on 4 May, Swapan Dasgupta was talking about how West Bengal needs a new narrative. The new budget has shown what he meant.
The reason we’re not talking about the cost of an oil barrel yet isn’t that we paid for it; rather, someone else paid for it on our behalf and...
In the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Belgium has earned just two successive draws in Group G—a 1-1 stalemate against Egypt, followed by a tense, 10-man 0-0...
Norway's ‘Viking Row’ is charming and aggressive. It says that top players like Erling Haaland and Martin Odegaard are hardened warriors who have...
I will return with the commitment to restore democracy and the spirit of the liberation war, writes former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on the 77th...
Vijay has understood that the issue of petty corruption touches a political chord. Media's failure to recognise this was one of the reasons his...
Last week, during the G7 summit, the US Department of War announced that the United States Indo-Pacific Command has reverted back to its former...
The manifesto is the party speaking to voters. The question paper is the MP speaking to the state. But the size of the gap matters.
Today’s diplomacy often appears oddly eager for approval, as if foreign policy is an influencer campaign for Modi measured in likes, shares,...
From K Raghavendra Rao to the Justice Hema Committee, evidence rarely changes anything when powerful men are involved.
India is being written out of core contingencies – Taiwan and the South China Sea.
According to parliamentary records, approximately 30,000 families were registered and on the CARA waiting list as of 2022. For every child looking for...
After establishing a foothold in West Bengal, the BJP eyes the Sikh-majority state by building a new, aggressive electoral strategy.
By juxtaposing cultural diplomacy like International Yoga Day with high-stakes geopolitical dialogue, New Delhi cements its global role.
Relying on war-like efforts and prime-ministerial intervention for NEET exposes a deep lack of institutional strength.
Educational reforms should protect students caught between old and new systems. Instead, the present implementation of the new policy risks doing...
Fungal acne so closely resembles ordinary acne that many people endure prolonged frustration with the wrong treatments.
Sporting excellence requires more than passion. It demands infrastructure, coaching, discipline, exposure and continuity. Institutions like Gymkhana...
My father was present but left no memories. Now a father myself, I understand what he missed — and why involved fathers matter more than they admit.
Grindr’s married-with-two-kids, conservative CEO wants it to be more than just a hookup app. He calls it “The Global Gayborhood in Your Pocket™”.
By resurrecting Photoromance Darling and Manohar Kahaniya for the internet generation, Instagram’s AI-armed “authors” are scratching a familiar need.
In recent years, saying goodbye to the show has become an unfortunate ritual. Now, with the death of James Burrows, another important figure behind...
In 1994, former Ambassador of India to the US Abid Hussain delivered a speech as part of the Sardar Patel Memorial lectures, highlighting the features...
Even when victims file a case chats are deleted, facts are selectively disclosed and relationships are described incompletely. All the embarrassing...
Priyank Kharge's questions about the RSS's finances, legal status and transparency are legitimate. But the larger issue is why India's political...
India's digital sovereignty debate remains focused on where data is stored. But in the age of AI, sovereignty increasingly depends on who controls...
Study-abroad firms are focused on enrolling more students, not helping them plan long-term career prospects. And universities market opportunities...
World affairs in the last few years have made a certain gloom descend upon strategic thought. One does not need to be a pessimist to sense that...
Cristiano Ronaldo remains a legendary figure, but the numbers are hard to ignore. Against DR Congo, he failed to register a shot on target despite...
When Karazin University in Kharkiv fell silent in the spring of 2022, what was lost was not a database. It was a living epistemic...
2026 FIFA World Cup so far—messy, expensive, controversial and brilliant.
Today, with the celebration of International Day of Yoga in Kolkata, it feels like a beautiful homecoming of yoga to the land from where its message...
India’s yoga vision has always been universal. The expanding global embrace of yoga demonstrates that ancient wisdom continues to offer meaningful...
As a citizen of Indian democracy, I oppose socialism mainly on four grounds.
India is valuable to the G7 precisely because it is not Western.
Once in demand as far as Japan, over the course of the 10th and 11th centuries, Indian Buddhist translators found both international and domestic...
Imtiaz Ali's Main Vaapas Aaunga isn’t your typical Partition film. It isn’t about victimhood, or a yearning to return to the homeland or about...
It is quite clear that fraud has been committed in the NEET system. It needs major surgery. The ultimate result will be inferior quality of doctors.
Thanks to Chanel, we now live in a world where Sabyasachi sells terrifying tasselled leather bucket bags that look like mop heads.
The Modi-Trump meeting in Evian produced few concrete outcomes, but its significance lay in preventing a further deterioration of India-US ties. After...
For Colombia, the 2026 FIFA World Cup is about participating after almost a decade. But, for Falcao, it’s a reminder of a World Cup moment that...