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Rahul Sagar

Rahul Sagar

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Reserving the right to counter foreign media narratives

As India became a sizeable market and a prospective ally, the foreign press became much more interested in understanding — and shaping — India’s rise. (ANI)

Published on Jan 09, 2026 09:15 pm IST

Higher education in India: Why making our universities great again won’t be easy

A few institutions, particularly the IITs and IIMs, have remained autonomous and grown in stature. But, in the international race, it is not enough to walk briskly. (HT Archive)

Published on Dec 26, 2025 08:56 pm IST

India’s history, preserved in the distant archives of UK

What makes this imbroglio a cause of particular concern for India is that the British Library is the principal repository of the records and holdings of the India Office. (Shutterstock)

Published on Dec 12, 2025 08:50 pm IST

For democracy, X marks the spot. But only for now

Transparency reduces the scope for sensationalism on X and thus imperils user engagement, a metric Musk cares deeply about. So, perhaps, in a few weeks the algorithms at X will magically boost complaints about “user privacy”. (AFPafp)

Published on Nov 28, 2025 09:45 pm IST

Lessons from history for republic of rajas

A visitor looks at a picture scene during her visit to the opening of

Updated on Feb 05, 2025 10:45 pm IST

Trump’s triumph and the revival of America’s creed

A supporter in the crowd holds up a baby wearing headphones as Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 1, 2024. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (AFP)

Published on Nov 15, 2024 09:20 pm IST

What a false quote about Bengal reveals about our past

The eager or embittered babu may have been the most visible consequence of English learning in Calcutta, but the same books produced a very different outcome in the Native States(Shutterstock)

Updated on Sept 22, 2024 10:19 pm IST

The custodial death of Indian history

The task of digitising and presenting archival materials must be entrusted to a dedicated non-profit foundation governed by a board composed solely of experienced professionals (Chaitanya Library, Kolkata/ Nidhi Shukla, 2020)

Published on Mar 12, 2023 08:29 pm IST

The 7 habits of highly effective Maharajas

Between 1858 and 1883, Raja Sir Tanjore Madhava Rao had the unique distinction of serving successively as dewan to the maharajas of Travancore, Indore, and Baroda. In each instance, he was lauded for transforming moribund regimes into Model States (WIKICOMMONS)

Updated on Sept 14, 2022 09:11 pm IST

China’s aggression will fail to thwart India’s ambition

Perhaps hardliners in China believe that scooping up pieces of territory or inflicting a military defeat will fatally embarrass the present government, and thus bring its troubling adroitness to an end. If so, they have misidentified their adversary. (PTI)

Updated on Jun 03, 2022 06:54 pm IST

The BJP and Indian democracy

Whether BJP’s Hindu nationalist policies are an expression of democracy or a threat to it hinges on methods it employs(Burhaan Kinu/HT PHOTO)

Published on Jan 28, 2020 07:45 pm IST

The US Left and Indian democracy | Analysis

The abrogation of Article 370 is criticised but little concern is shown for iniquities that sheltered under the benign term, for example, the ethnic cleansing of Pandits, discrimination against Dalits, corruption, and the blight of dynastism(Amal KS/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jan 06, 2020 06:29 am IST

Discovering India’s intellectual past

The periodicals show the reverence of our forefathers for modern knowledge, and their conceptions of India(IdeasofIndia.org)

Published on Dec 02, 2019 06:30 am IST

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