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English-speaking India’s King Lear moment

Updated on Aug 2, 2026 01:41 IST

King Lear is perhaps the ultimate depiction of how the old are mistreated.

Women seldom receive the solidarity they extend

Central to both protests, and all the others in between, have been the presence of women who have unfailingly shown up.

Updated on Aug 2, 2026 01:38 IST

Theory of everything: Dissent, derision, and demonstrations

Some critics of the CJP protest have likened it to a mela, a carnival. And they are absolutely right. This protest indeed was a carnival, and that’s the reason it was successful.

Updated on Aug 2, 2026 01:21 IST

The British ceremonies of PMs demitting office

In that short time, one chapter has closed, and another opened. One man’s tenure is over. Another’s has begun.

Updated on Aug 2, 2026 01:14 IST

PoJK protests show Pakistan’s Kashmir policy is unravelling

The world’s focus is, and should be, on what is happening in the part of Kashmir that is under Pakistan’s occupation and control.

Updated on Aug 1, 2026 24:56 IST

Screens as the ‘other’ in intimate partnerships

No partner can compete with the level of stimulation a smartphone provides — mental, emotional, visual, and auditory, all at once.

Updated on Aug 1, 2026 24:55 IST

The real call of duty for India’s foresters

A forester regards forests as irreplaceable ecological capital accumulated over centuries.

Updated on Aug 1, 2026 24:54 IST

Why airport forms won’t keep Ebola out

Traveller questionnaires have long been part of the public health response in India to emerging infectious diseases but their effectiveness depends on whether the information provided is accurate. At Indian airports, immigration officials collect forms with little opportunity to verify answers. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Jul 31, 2026 13:31 IST

Scripting an endgame in the Russia-Ukraine war

Putin has already seen security forces challenge the regime due to failures in Ukraine with the Prigozhin mutiny in 2023.

Updated on Jul 31, 2026 01:23 IST

Air India’s turnaround goes off the flight plan

Some industry representatives find the idea of a panel quite unfathomable.

Updated on Jul 31, 2026 01:18 IST

Apple shouldn’t judge CCI for copy-pasting

The surprise is, therefore, not that Apple finds itself before the Competition Commission of India (CCI) but how it has chosen to defend itself.

Updated on Jul 31, 2026 01:15 IST

Education needs a radical overhaul for the AI age

The education system clearly demands a radical overhaul and AI can help India build something far better.

Published on Jul 30, 2026 02:18 IST

Single-minded agents may not be evil, but need reins

Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries, economies, and everyday life at an unprecedented pace.

Published on Jul 30, 2026 02:18 IST

Time to raise the legal shield for protestors

A democracy allows citizens to dissent and protest. It is the State that must justify restricting it.

Published on Jul 30, 2026 02:17 IST

AAIB grounded by doubts over its July 2025 crash probe

AAIB submitted that accident investigation is an intensely technical, scientific, and specialised discipline requiring expertise across numerous disciplines that take years to master. (PTI)

Updated on Jul 29, 2026 15:19 IST

The Modi-Takaichi era dawns in India-Japan ties

During Sanae Takaichi's visit, the two leaders concurred to call each other “elder brother” and “younger sister”.

Published on Jul 29, 2026 02:26 IST

Stronger India-Europe ties, courtesy China, US and Russia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with European Council President António Luís Santos da Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.

Published on Jul 29, 2026 02:24 IST

India’s middle class grew sevenfold, but salary growth remained weak

Efforts to formalise and widen the tax net are working. But, unless average wages go up for individuals, consumption will begin to drag.

Published on Jul 29, 2026 02:22 IST

When maturity took a day off on Monday

A video widely circulated showed some worthies of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) loudly celebrating the end of their struggle and the resignation of the minister — an event that should have been marked with gravitas and quiet contemplation. (PTI)

Published on Jul 28, 2026 16:42 IST

Treat all Hepatitis B cases immediately to save lives

If the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is suppressed, the risk of transmission to the family and close contacts is negligible.

Published on Jul 28, 2026 03:06 IST

Focusing on processes, not outcomes, as base for education reforms

We must resist the temptation to focus solely on the outcomes — exam scores, rankings, placements, and admissions.

Published on Jul 28, 2026 02:58 IST

From Sri Lanka to India, South Asian youth rallies: ‘Same same, but different’

The visuals of young people standing up to the might of the State to express the frustration that comes from the gulf between the haves and the have-nots were indeed strikingly similar.

Updated on Jul 28, 2026 03:33 IST

Cockroaches, Cinderellas, and a cloistered Cabinet

A resignation won at Jantar Mantar rather than on the floor of the Lok Sabha is a defeat dressed as a victory for institutional health. (PTI)

Updated on Jul 28, 2026 03:11 IST

Ram Mandir theft: A test of our dharma, not of God’s power

The purity of a temple was never kept in its vaults. Wherever there is dharma , there is Ram as well. Greed is an age-old weakness of mankind, and Ram has always met it with grace. (AFP)

Published on Jul 27, 2026 12:19 IST

Opportunity and avenues to save critical to women’s access to finance

Improved formal savings benefit women with stronger safety nets and an increased capacity to manage their personal, family, and business finance. (HT Archive)

Published on Jul 27, 2026 12:19 IST

Women at the forefront, again

Students celebrate after the education minister's resignation at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Saturday

Published on Jul 27, 2026 02:30 IST

Pakistan’s restive borders result from its crackdowns

From Islamabad’s perspective, the Balochistan case remains the most tense.

Published on Jul 27, 2026 02:13 IST

The lingering impact of ‘super’ El Niño: Largest heat effect may still lie ahead

Preparation for 2027 cannot begin next summer. Farmers need timely advice on sowing, short-duration crops and irrigation.

Updated on Jul 27, 2026 02:07 IST

Questions for society after NEET protest: 'Will ministers' exit fix the system?'

Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) supporters during a protest march, at Sansad Marg, in New Delhi, Monday, July 20,

Updated on Jul 27, 2026 04:15 IST

An Uncle’s guide to understanding the Gen-Z protest

Against all odds, you and thousands like you organised yourselves into the biggest mass protest that the country has seen in over a decade and a half. You took your name from the description of you by an entitled authority figure and self-identified as what he and others saw you as- a repulsive cockroach. (ANI)

Published on Jul 26, 2026 12:29 IST

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