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Lakshmi Puri

Lakshmi Puri

Articles by Lakshmi Puri

A west-created myth of the uncivil Indian

No civilisation has a monopoly on eccentricity or civic virtue. Europe offers its own mirror: football hooliganism. (Getty Images)

Updated on Jun 13, 2026 14:09 IST

Nari Shakti to vikas: Focus must shift to women-led progress

Migrant workers returned from Maharashtra working under MGNREGS during the lockdown in Seoni on Tuesday. (ANI Photo)

Updated on Dec 3, 2025 03:25 IST

Review: Friends; India’s Closest Strategic Partners by Sreeram Chaulia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin in New Delhi on December 6, 2021. (Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jan 3, 2025 12:04 IST

Delhi summit offers a salute to nari shakti

Inspired by Chandrayaan-3, we could refer to six touchdown points of Delhi G20 on nari shakti. (File Photo)

Updated on Sep 14, 2023 16:36 IST

A historic leap to advance India’s G20 women agenda

The G20’s overarching priority of economic and financial management and resource mobilisation for global good – including crisis response which was the raison d’etre of the G20 – must also be gender responsive. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Apr 1, 2023 07:23 IST

Global human solidarity is the only way forward

For 75 years, multilateralism has ebbed and crested in the four projects of humanity: Sustainable development, peace and security, human rights, and humanitarian action. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on Dec 21, 2021 14:48 IST

The significance of PM Modi’s visit to the US

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden, Washington, US, September 24, 2021 (REUTERS)

Updated on Oct 1, 2021 10:03 IST

Afghanistan: Don’t sacrifice women’s rights at the altar of geopolitics

Afghan women hold placards during a demonstration demanding better rights for women in front of the former ministry of women affairs in Kabul on September 19. (AFP)

Updated on Sep 20, 2021 14:26 IST

Covid-19: An opportunity to create a more equal world | Opinion

Gender equality is a proven public good and India’s gender equality dividend alone could be close to a trillion dollars by 2025.

Updated on Aug 9, 2020 24:59 IST

The migrant worker crisis needs a multipronged response

Many were unable to access information on the relief, benefit and transport provided by governments, further complicating the crisis

Updated on May 24, 2020 06:22 IST

Support and empower India’s migrant workers

Migrant workers cover their children with saris to protect them from heat as they wait to get on a bus to reach a railway station to board a train to their home state of Bihar, Ahmedabad, May 20, 2020

Updated on May 23, 2020 16:52 IST

Covid-19: Economic opportunities and challenges | Opinion

Economic activity has been curtailed to enforce social distancing — an indispensable bullet in the Covid-19 war

Updated on Apr 6, 2020 13:59 IST

India is on the right path in its fight against Covid-19. But the road ahead is long

All of India, all in government, all of society stood by the government in its efforts not just to contain the virus, test, stop community spread, and treat, but also to build morale

Updated on Apr 4, 2020 05:45 IST

How India and the world must respond to Covid-19 | Opinion

The lockdown is a truly staggering, but necessary, response.Transformational behaviour change is the key to success.

Updated on Apr 4, 2020 05:42 IST

No city is smart if its women are unsafe

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Updated on Jun 22, 2015 22:15 IST

Listen to your better half

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Updated on May 29, 2013 17:42 IST

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