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Sri Lanka must move beyond triumphalism and bitterness

Published on Jun 22, 2025 08:40 pm IST

Activism that seeks to delegitimise an entire country risks alienating younger generations from any meaningful process of reconciliation (AFP)

How Indian democracy survived the Emergency

During the Emergency, the bureaucracy, hand in glove with the government, had turned alarmingly autocratic (HT Archive)

Published on Jun 22, 2025 08:28 pm IST

When America joins Israel’s war with Iran

The US-Israel attack will deepen divisions and sharpen existing global geopolitical fault lines (REUTERS)

Published on Jun 22, 2025 08:24 pm IST

Book Box | The story hunter: Rahul Bhatia on narrative and nation building

Rahul Bhatia and M. Rajshekhar ( head of the table L to R).

Updated on Jun 22, 2025 05:39 pm IST

When India was turned into a vast prison house

Jayaprakash Narayan, as he was being taken to jail, is said to have remarked vinasha kaale vipareeta buddhi. (HT Archive)

Published on Jun 21, 2025 08:19 pm IST

Spotting Purvanchal of 1800s in the Caribbean

Cricketer Nicholas Pooran, on being asked if he wishes to some day return to his ancestral land to search for his roots, didn’t seem very interested. (AFP)

Published on Jun 21, 2025 06:31 pm IST

India must push Taliban on upholding women’s rights

The Taliban perceive women as a major danger to their concept of an ideal State (AFP)

Updated on Jun 21, 2025 06:29 pm IST

Blinded by devotion to power and her son

The truth is, as Srinath Raghavan’s book points out, Indira Gandhi never thought very highly of democracy

Published on Jun 21, 2025 06:24 pm IST

Yoga as a mass campaign to build a healthier India

Yoga must be seen not just as a practice, but as a participatory movement — a jan andolan for health and wellness. (AP)

Published on Jun 20, 2025 08:37 pm IST

Reel life in the dark room of Emergency

Playback singer Kishore Kumar was another artiste who fell out with the authorities during the Emergency. (HT Photo)

Published on Jun 20, 2025 08:36 pm IST

New enemy in the West is the illegal migrant

Record numbers of people moving past national borders are also ensuring that the word migrant has an edgy and controversial connotation. (AFP)

Published on Jun 20, 2025 08:36 pm IST

In climate of conflicts, a corridor of necessity

IMEC is often imagined as a mega infrastructure project along a single multimodal route. (Shutterstock)

Published on Jun 19, 2025 08:28 pm IST

The Emergency and its external dimension

The imposition of Emergency was publicly disapproved by the US state department and American media. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jun 19, 2025 08:28 pm IST

The G7’s unravelling and India-Canada reset

For Canada, caught between an unpredictable US and an increasingly untrustworthy China, engagement with India offers a stabilising alternative. (DPR PMO/ANI)

Published on Jun 19, 2025 08:27 pm IST

No thug life moment for film releases

The fact is those uncomfortable with a film have the freedom not to watch it but have no right to disrupt its public exhibition once cleared by a State agency. (PTI)

Updated on Jun 18, 2025 08:16 pm IST

In South Korea, continuity with cautious progressivism

Beyond domestic issues, President Lee Jae-myung will also have to navigate a complex, shifting regional environment in the wake of Trump’s return to office, an intensifying US-China rivalry, and a reinvigorated North Korea with its close security alignment with Russia. (AFP)

Published on Jun 18, 2025 08:06 pm IST

Trump vs Musk: Perils of confronting POTUS

There’s also an instructive — and cautionary — lesson here for Democrats eager to welcome Musk into their fold. (AFP)

Published on Jun 18, 2025 08:06 pm IST

Unfinished business of gender parity in India

When women demand their social and biological realities be taken into account, it is seen as seeking indulgences. (Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jun 18, 2025 08:05 pm IST

Why the Kedarnath Yatra has become accident prone

Kedarnath is not merely a destination; it is a living embodiment of India’s spiritual and cultural heritage. (PTI)

Published on Jun 17, 2025 07:48 pm IST

Parliamentary diplomacy & gains from global outreach

The mission of the all-party parliamentary delegations covered permanent UNSC members and strategic partners in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia, collectively presenting a single, cohesive voice on behalf of India. (via PTI)

Published on Jun 17, 2025 07:45 pm IST

The age of adventurism and its cost for nations

Netanyahu may well be tempted to see how far he can go in not just ending the Palestinian dream of statehood but also invading another country. (AP)

Published on Jun 17, 2025 07:43 pm IST

Scientifically Speaking: How a fake journal is hijacking science

A visit to their most recent issue reveals the spectacular scope of this academic farce. (Representative file photo)

Updated on Jun 17, 2025 03:44 pm IST

Balance reproductive choices with population policy push

The immediate imperative is for state governments to audit and reconsider all service rules that cap maternity benefits at two children. (ANI)

Published on Jun 16, 2025 07:25 pm IST

Iran and Israel: Shadow war now out in the open

Israel has orchestrated a war led by its intelligence units to degrade Iran’s nuclear programme and delay the time frame within which it could develop a bomb. (AFP)

Published on Jun 16, 2025 07:25 pm IST

Political and economic roots of the Emergency

Jayaprakash Narayan gave a call for sampoorn kranti (total revolution) in 1974 to cleanse Indian politics of corruption. (HT Archive)

Published on Jun 16, 2025 07:25 pm IST

Maternity leave is a constitutional right. Now let’s talk about paternity leave

Maternity

Published on Jun 16, 2025 06:00 am IST

Elderly-focussed health care is a demographic imperative

For rural seniors especially, establishing district-level help desks for the elderly can provide crucial navigation assistance for those with limited mobility, resources, and digital literacy

Published on Jun 15, 2025 09:44 pm IST

Five years on, the lessons of Galwan

How Beijing’s ruling elite views us was evident recently during the military conflict with Pakistan last month. China openly sided with Pakistan (AP)

Updated on Jun 15, 2025 09:40 pm IST

An arena for Islamabad to do grandstanding

During its presidency, Pakistan can be expected to do all it can to have an open debate on Jammu and Kashmir (AP)

Published on Jun 15, 2025 09:20 pm IST

The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Why we must hold back judgment on the Air India crash

The Air India crash has led to premature judgments and media frenzy.(AFP)

Published on Jun 15, 2025 06:03 pm IST

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