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    India-US: Difficult times call for difficult measures

    opinion
    Published on Oct 8, 2026 24:36 IST
    India has been a significant buyer of US arms for more than a decade, and is the largest operator of two US platforms outside America. (HT Archive)

    Hanuman Chalisa and Smit Machchhar’s courage in the face of death

    In a critical moment, Machchhar enabled people from many nations to work together and save lives. In recognition of this, the UAE lit up the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, in India’s colours. (Government of Dubai Media Office/AP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 7, 2026 15:00 IST

    Apprenticeship can help solve India’s jobs problem

    The All India Survey on Higher Education 2023-24 indicates that there are 45 million students in higher education. Undergraduate students form 76.8% of total enrolment with the arts accounting for 32.1%, Science for 13.5%, and Commerce for 12%. Students in these fields bring communication, analytical, social, scientific and commercial knowledge. An apprenticeship can help them apply that knowledge to real problems while preserving the breadth of their degree. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 7, 2026 24:45 IST

    Transparency can bolster trust in government data

    Census 2027 is now under way. Until the new numbers become available, much of our planning still depends on a population picture drawn in 2011. (ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 7, 2026 24:40 IST

    Preventing a Jurassic Park moment for AI

    The real danger of AI is not some hypothetical superintelligence’s decision to destroy humanity; it is corporate recklessness. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 7, 2026 24:35 IST

    Protect children growing up in the shadow of AI

    AI has the potential to personalise learning, bridge educational gaps, and make knowledge more accessible through native-language and voice experiences. But greater access also entails greater responsibility. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 6, 2026 24:45 IST

    Caste bias has made empathy impossible

    India may have transformed in the seven decades since, but feelings about reservation haven’t; if anything, the upward mobility and political empowerment of some marginalised castes have only calcified upper-caste resentment. (ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 6, 2026 24:40 IST

    Reform the Raj-style politically useful police

    The political class is not enthusiastic about policing reforms because that would dilute their authority over the police. (Santosh Kumar/HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 6, 2026 24:35 IST

    Keeping up with UP: Bureaucrats entering politics – the hits and many misses

    IAS officer Divya Mittal, who left the service to become, as she put it, the “unheard voice of the people”.
    opinion
    Published on Oct 5, 2026 07:42 IST

    The right to loiter

    Rage and loathing on the streets.
    opinion
    Published on Oct 5, 2026 02:31 IST

    India and Canada can create human capital for the future

    India aims to become a developed economy in just 21 years. This will require one of the largest education and skills transformations in modern history. This is where Canada can make a meaningful contribution. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 5, 2026 24:45 IST

    Pilots’ mental health needs much greater attention

    The FlyDubai incident has once again proved that the threat to airplanes is present in the cockpits too. It’s clear that new, effective norms for fliers and pilots can’t be ignored any longer. (AP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 5, 2026 24:40 IST

    Digitalisation is the next phase of discom reforms

    A mapped distribution network can be tracked for what people actually receive. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 5, 2026 24:36 IST

    When Gandhi fed curds to Lord Mountbatten

    One of Gandhi’s great contribution was to pose the question: What does it mean to be modern and Indian simultaneously? (Getty Images)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 4, 2026 24:50 IST

    Talking to men: A much needed conversation

    For years we’ve taught our daughters how to stay safe — don’t go there, don’t wear that, don’t come home late. Now, we need a different conversation, this one with our sons: Don’t harass her, don’t police her, don’t laugh when your friends do, don’t look away. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 4, 2026 24:45 IST

    What is up with the English language?

    Just look at the number of ways the word “Up” can be used. In the morning we wake up, at meetings a topic comes up, if you talk softly you’re told to speak up. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 4, 2026 24:40 IST

    Europe’s anxieties, and its push for geopolitical revival

    Over the last 18 months, Brussels has demonstrated that it has enough mettle to support Kyiv on its own and will not let Washington and Moscow decide the terms of war. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 4, 2026 24:35 IST

    Narendra Modi’s 25 years have been about building the nation

    Modi opened up the space and defence sectors, which had remained closed for decades, to the private sector and young startups. Today, young Indian scientists and private space startups are sending their own rockets and satellites into space. (@narendramodi X/ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 3, 2026 13:45 IST

    Delhi’s new master plan can soothe parking pains

    Delhi Master Plan-2047 (MPD-2047) notified on August 20, 2026, aims to disincentivise the use of private vehicles, encourage more public transport use, and “enhance the potential of active travel of walking and cycling as an affordable, comfortable and safe mobility option”. (Sonu Mehta/HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 3, 2026 24:45 IST

    Unwise to ignore what Xi’s US visit pageantry masked

    The US-China rivalry — though muted — remains robust in substance. The relationship is K-shaped: leader-level diplomacy is on the rise, even as competition in trade, technology, and military domains continues underneath. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 3, 2026 24:40 IST

    The political ascetic who set the stage for a cricketing prince

    Ranjitsinhji did not become the sort of constitutional ruler that Swami Anandashram had hoped would ascend to the throne. But his administrative record was hardly unsatisfactory. (Getty Images)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 3, 2026 24:36 IST

    A different way to think about prosperity

    From the infrastructure or built capital, to the capabilities and skills embodied as human capital and the the ecosystems that enable the economy, A country’s capital comes in several forms. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 2, 2026 11:40 IST

    Gandhiji was a man of God, hence Mahatma

    We cannot procure love and truth as we can procure rifles and pistols. They can issue only out of faith in God. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 2, 2026 05:11 IST

    Gandhi, the man and the idea, lives on in Hindustani

    Without mincing words, and with great economy of expression, Gulzar says that just as Gandhi’s legacy lives, so does that opposing view that killed him. (Getty Images)
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 2, 2026 04:59 IST

    Finding the Mahatma in a divided Pakistan

    Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, who led the non-violent freedom struggle in the North West Frontier Province, became Frontier Gandhi . (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 2, 2026 05:10 IST

    India’s elderly women need better social security cover

    Elderly women play a critical role to the Indian economy through their paid and unpaid care work. They are engaged in agriculture, petty production, and informal jobs. They also spend nearly 20 hours per week caring for their grandchildren, husbands, and disabled or dependent family members. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 1, 2026 24:45 IST

    India must urgently get its own AI Safety Institute

    If India waits, others will define what AI safety means for the developing world, and India will inherit their answers. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 1, 2026 24:40 IST

    The UN can still work towards restoring trust

    This year’s high-level debate at UNGA has again brought the question of reform to the fore. Member-States broadly agree that the UN must adapt to stay relevant, even if they differ sharply on how. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 1, 2026 24:35 IST

    Trust deficit and caste at India’s premier institutions

    It is a priori assumed that the excellence of IITs is built upon its unrelenting pressure and demanding system. It is seen as a crucible of forging toughness where the weak cannot survive. There is of course no pedagogical validity to such a logic. (Praful Gangurde/HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 30, 2026 24:45 IST

    Will West Bengal’s real Trinamool please stand up?

    A TMC without Mamata Banerjee is a legitimate eventuality. But the instrument of its political demise must be popular will. (@AITCofficial X/ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Sep 30, 2026 24:40 IST
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