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    The revolution that the West is imagining

    opinion
    Published on Oct 19, 2026 00:41 IST
    People seem to be more concerned about rising prices and blocked roads than about the protests. (Reuters)

    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 00:35 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 00:50 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 00:46 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 00:40 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 00:35 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

    AI gets cheaper, but human thought remains priceless

    AI prices fell four times faster than DNA sequencing, 18 times faster than lithium-ion batteries, and 54 times faster than electricity. These results come from five benchmarks that cover mathematics, hard science, and game skills. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 16, 2026 00:45 IST

    India & the UK: From ties of history to scripting a future

    Much like the rest of the world, the UK has a massive interest in India being the biggest, best version of itself, and of being part of that journey. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 16, 2026 00:40 IST

    Indispensable partners, unfinished business

    The opportunity of the next decade is to let trade, capital and people move freely enough to build true resilience. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 16, 2026 00:35 IST

    Fix the Tejas problem fast, and then move beyond it

    Modern air warfare is increasingly about systems rather than individual platforms. Sensors, electronic warfare, missiles, communications, command-and-control networks, training and doctrine can be as important as the aircraft itself. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 15, 2026 00:45 IST

    Jantar Mantar, when it was not a protest site

    Jantar Mantar and its environs have always occupied a very distinctive place in Delhi’s landscape. Its history begins sometime in the 16th century, when Akbar occupied the Mughal throne. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 15, 2026 00:41 IST

    SIR and the perils of a free run for executive law-making

    Executive-made rules are almost never struck down by the courts on grounds of being outside the scope of the parent statute. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 15, 2026 00:35 IST

    Lost in crafting narratives, instead of presenting alternatives

    The Congress’ long record in government must be judged not merely by its achievements, but also by its failures, policy choices and accountability. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 14, 2026 16:37 IST

    New conflict in Ethiopia can become a global problem

    Ethiopia is currently witnessing fighting in its Tigray province that borders Eritrea, renewed tensions in Amhara, and the formation of an extraordinary alliance of armed groups opposed to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government/ (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 14, 2026 00:45 IST

    Moving governance from welfare to empowerment

    A nation is judged not by those at the top of the ladder but by those on its lowest rung. PM Modi has turned this philosophy into a method of government. Its focus is the poor, women, the young and farmers. Its instrument is direct delivery, so that what the State sends is what the citizen receives. (Narendra Modi Photo Gallery/ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 14, 2026 00:40 IST

    Preparing for a super, monster, Godzilla El Niño

    The effects of El Niño could creep into coming seasons through crops, water, heat, food prices, forests, and seas. (AP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 14, 2026 00:36 IST

    Pakeezah’s new journey in search of admirers

    It is poignant to watch Meena in Pakeezah, as in her life, wanting to step across the brink, willing to leave everything behind. One can only imagine the pain that she must have borne that made the pursuit of death sweeter than life itself. (PTI)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 13, 2026 00:45 IST

    Indian military must adapt, just like Russia & Ukraine

    Ukraine’s most competitive drone firms maintain seamless contact with combat units, receive real-time feedback from the front, and iterate designs accordingly. The traditional boundaries between users, developers, and manufacturers have diffused. (Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 13, 2026 00:40 IST

    Emerging economies need to use AI differently

    AI does not need to replace the work done by a farmer, construction worker, or nurse. It can improve decisions related to such work. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 13, 2026 00:35 IST

    Keeping up with UP: When compulsion drives a fragile political alliance

    While the NDA appears cemented in the state, the Opposition remains in disarray, even though the INDIA bloc, mainly the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress, may jointly take on the BJP.
    opinion
    Published on Oct 12, 2026 09:23 IST

    When obituaries erase the women who speak up

    As Anna Seth in Parinda, a role that won Nana Patekar a National Award for best supporting actor in 1990.
    opinion
    Published on Oct 12, 2026 02:30 IST

    What the October 10 protest says about the Opposition

    The other members of the INDIA bloc don’t want the Congress to expand in their states beyond a point. But they need its support to ward off existential threats. (@INCIndia X/ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 12, 2026 00:45 IST
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