Edit Profile
crown
Subscribe Now
Saved Articles
Following
My Reads
Sign out
Get App
Copyright © HT Digital Streams Ltd. All rights reserved.
Sign in

    opinion

    CM Modi to PM Modi: A tale of continuity and evolution

    opinion
    Published on Oct 23, 2026 24:45 IST
    In PM Modi, I recognised something of the CM I had met in Gujarat: the emphasis on getting things done and a visible concern and empathy for ordinary people. (PTI)

    Shakti sidelined: Missing women in India’s workforce

    Although the main thrust of the current youth protests is about voter rolls and the credibility of the Election Commission, there are parallel protests about women’s safety and agency over their lives. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 23, 2026 24:40 IST

    The safety belt for your investment ride

    The only way to reduce risk is to have little bits of different assets so that they all do not go up and down at the same time. (Bloomberg)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 23, 2026 24:36 IST

    Tenzing Norgay and the many variants of man’s relationship with nature

    The film Tenzing , released on Apple TV on October 16, addresses these questions through a not-quite-biographical account of Tenzing Norgay (1914-86), who became the first person to reach the summit of the world’s highest peak in 1953, along with Edmund Hillary (1919-2008). (Apple TV via AP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 23, 2026 24:30 IST

    Yesterday’s student leaders must not curb dissent today

    Yesterday’s rebels, who have become today’s leaders, should remember that the students outside the barricades are asking for the same democracy they once demanded for themselves. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 22, 2026 24:45 IST

    End the UNSC control on picking the next UN chief

    UNGA can adopt a resolution with a simple majority, and, irrespective of how the P-5 vote, request the nomination of more than one candidate for the post. This way, the ultimate choice will lie with UNGA, not the UNSC. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 22, 2026 24:40 IST

    Rules about LAWS: India must lead from the front

    Every technological revolution in warfare has tested the rules, customs, and moral restraints that seek to limit its consequences. (Getty Images)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 22, 2026 24:35 IST

    The AI that knows everything about you will ask you to click a link

    For business leaders, the lesson is to treat every AI tool as a vendor with access to your people and customers, and to ask the same hard questions you would ask of a bank or an auditor. For the rest of us, it is simpler. Be most careful with the tool that seems to know you best. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 21, 2026 13:18 IST

    Waste water, not funding, should go down the drain

    Despite years of investment, Indian cities continue to discharge nearly 72% of their sewage untreated. Access to the Special Infrastructure Grant is conditional on integrated wastewater management plans, signalling a deliberate move away from piecemeal works towards coordinated, city-level solutions. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 21, 2026 24:45 IST

    Technology is central to the agri-transformation vision

    Our objective must now be to produce more — with less water, land, and energy, and fewer avoidable inputs, while ensuring higher quality, safety, and nutrition. (ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 21, 2026 24:40 IST

    French protests highlight deep, historical faultlines

    Protesters are facing the most heavily weaponised crowd-control arsenals in Europe. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 21, 2026 24:35 IST

    Route mental health care through communities

    Deinstitutionalisation is a cultural shift that requires the meaningful involvement of people with lived experience, health service providers, and the whole of society. To support this transition, the World Health Organization has released new, practical guidance to help health leaders navigate each step. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 20, 2026 24:45 IST

    A new round of political boxing in Pakistan

    Imran Khan was imprisoned a year later on what are largely believed to be politically driven convictions, but his arrest sparked unprecedented protests. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 20, 2026 24:40 IST

    What India must do when energy gets weaponised

    No single technology holds the answer to India’s future energy security. We must develop a portfolio of technologies to meet this challenge. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 20, 2026 24:35 IST

    What happens when the act of reporting becomes an act of resistance?

    HT Photo/Raj K. Raj
    opinion
    Published on Oct 19, 2026 02:30 IST

    Reading the tea leaves before the UP elections

    Yogi Adityanath will complete his tenth year as chief minister (CM) of UP in March 2027. He enjoys a unique image due to his uncompromising working style. As the CM, he has always been at the top of his game (PTI)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 19, 2026 24:45 IST

    The revolution that the West is imagining

    People seem to be more concerned about rising prices and blocked roads than about the protests. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 19, 2026 24:41 IST

    Starlink and the digital sovereignty question

    A technology partnership needs attention to licensing conditions and plans for what happens if access is cut. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 19, 2026 24:35 IST

    The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: An unnecessary controversy in Dubai over Michelin stars

    Michelin’s Dubai awards once made headlines with historic three-star wins for FZN and Tresind Studio.
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 18, 2026 13:15 IST

    Vigilantism of any kind only erodes the State

    The political usefulness of violence forces governments to look away. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 18, 2026 24:50 IST

    Crimes against women, control, and the railways

    During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Railway Protection Force launched “Meri Saheli,” aimed at deploying female personnel at stations and in trains to ensure the safety of women passengers. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 18, 2026 24:46 IST

    Air India is wilfully flying into turbulence

    There’s no denying the fact that Air India has a bad reputation. At least some of it is because of the airline itself. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 18, 2026 24:40 IST

    The right, gutsy choice for the 2026 Nobel Peace prize

    Pillay is the fifth South African to get the Nobel Peace Prize, after Chief Albert Luthuli (1960), Bishop Desmond Tutu (1984), and former presidents Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk (shared, in 1993). (AP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 18, 2026 24:35 IST

    The remarkable plainness of the Peter Nagy I knew

    Peter’s eye was made in New York; brought to Delhi, it let him see what the rest of us walked past every day, the larger language an artist was trying to speak; sometimes, even before the artist could. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 17, 2026 09:06 IST

    Time for New Delhi to assert itself with action

    On defence, India can slow the pipeline on additional P-8Is and Javelin co-production, and MQ-9B drone purchase, and also cut back some of its joint exercises with the US. Some of this can and should be done without any announcement. (Indian Army/ANI)
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 17, 2026 09:06 IST

    Wait out Trump’s term without rocking the boat

    EAM S Jaishankar recently mentioned one particular drag on India-US ties: terrorism, with an obvious context. (Bloomberg)
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 17, 2026 09:06 IST

    Reviving the rhino: A true conservation gain

    The Indian Rhino Vision 2020 (IRV2020) was launched in 2005 to push up the population to 3,000 across seven protected areas in Assam. Today, the count exceeds 3,200, with Kaziranga alone housing 2,600. (@narendramodi X/ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 17, 2026 05:28 IST

    Women’s turn to visit a doctor need not come last

    For much of India’s public health history, a woman met the system chiefly through her reproductive role — antenatal visits, institutional deliveries, family planning — services built out systematically on the logic that a healthy mother meant a healthy child. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 17, 2026 05:22 IST

    Indian democracy: Views of voters and experts at variance

    A premise of democracy is that every individual deserves an equal vote because they have equal worth. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 17, 2026 05:17 IST

    Worse than unemployment is the loss of hope

    The lesson is not that unemployment doesn’t matter, but that the critical driver of youth unrest is the gap between what education promises and what it delivers. (Raju Shinde/HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 16, 2026 01:00 IST
    Home / Opinion
    • mint-logo
    • HH-logo
    • mint-lounge
    • htauto-logo-v6-black
    • ht_tech_logo_white@2x
    • ht-bangla
    • healthshots
    • OTT-icon
    • slurrp-icon
    • smartcast-logo
    • ht-kannada
    • ht-tamil
    • ht-telugu
    • ht-marathi
    • logo-fab-play
    • VCCircle_logo-white
    • TechCircle_logo_white
    • VCCEdge_logo_white
    • edge-insights-logo
    • shineLogo
    © 2026 HindustanTimes