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    The middle-power question that New Delhi faces today

    opinion
    Published on Oct 12, 2026 00:40 IST
    if the middle-power coalitions turn into talk shops, New Delhi’s interest will fade fast. If they deliver on trade and technology, India may find the middle a more comfortable place to wait than it expected. (@PiyushGoyal X/ANI)

    Fat commissions, thinning markets

    Insisting that insurance is “different” and, therefore, beyond the reach of regulatory action has harmed the growth of the industry. (Stock.adobe.com)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 12, 2026 00:35 IST

    Migrant ethics, and life in the Maximum City

    Mumbai is where you will find the most well-behaved autorickshaw drivers. They are mostly migrants. (Satish Bate/HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 11, 2026 00:50 IST

    Split the women and child development ministry

    The girl in Mainpuri needed a State capable of noticing a lost child before a bus crew did. The children in Jamui needed protection from the roadside to the classroom, including the digital space in between. And the adult woman boarding a bus at night needs the rights and reality of an equal citizen with the freedom to move freely. That is the distinction our institutional architecture has yet to make. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 11, 2026 00:45 IST

    Gandhi’s evolution, and making of the Mahatma

    The young Gandhi of his early days in South Africa was an “unthinking racist”. Ramachandra Guha writes, “in his first few years in South Africa, Gandhi was strongly prejudiced against Africans and used extremely pejorative language about them.” (Getty Images)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 11, 2026 00:40 IST

    South Asia’s tragedy of Himalayan proportions

    The Hindu Kush Himalaya region is one of the world’s most important mountain water systems, acting as Asia’s water tower. This phrase in the hydrological parlance underscores the region’s critical role in sustaining the continent’s freshwater supply. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 11, 2026 00:35 IST

    Gig work, beyond the livelihoods argument

    Platforms need to consider the actual work-hours spent, net earnings, and threats faced — instead of classifying gig-workers as partners/captains/contractors, etc, to escape regulatory obligations. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 10, 2026 00:45 IST

    The silver lining on the clouds of farm smoke

    In a country as diverse as India, the Shahjahanpur model might not be the perfect solution for every stubble burning crisis. Instead, it shines a light on the less-discussed idea of process innovation and reminds other states and districts that a solution does exist to this problem. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 10, 2026 00:40 IST

    What the far-Right’s rise in Germany could hold for India

    Given the new round of cooperation between India and Germany was nurtured on the German side by a centre-Right dispensation in Berlin, India has watched electoral developments in Germany with keen interest. (Press Information Bureau (PIB))
    opinion
    Published on Oct 10, 2026 00:35 IST

    In Modi’s 25 years, lessons for building Viksit Delhi | CM Rekha Gupta writes

    PM Modi’s emphasis on transforming the quality of school education through the PM SHRI framework has given us a powerful national template for what a modern government school can aspire to become. (Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times)
    opinion
    Updated on Oct 9, 2026 01:54 IST

    India’s ground reality: In land, we cannot trust

    According to one analysis, a quarter of cases decided by the Supreme Court have involved land. Judicial statistics understate the extent of land disputes because many land cases are handled by revenue authorities rather than courts. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 9, 2026 00:40 IST

    A rising India needs to play peacemaker

    India facilitated direct engagement between the UAE and Iran at the BRICS summit, with the aim of easing tensions between the two. (West Asia News Agency (WANA) via Reuters)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 9, 2026 00:35 IST

    Apex court’s SIR ghosts of past, present & future

    In Lal Babu Hussein v. ERO, the Court held that once a voter’s name appeared on the rolls, there is a presumption of validity. In TN Seshan v. Union of India, it rejected the idea that the CEC stood above the other Election Commissioners (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 8, 2026 00:46 IST

    Good governance can earn good electoral outcomes

    India’s young voters seem to have little interest in a battle of political narratives. They seek substantive outcomes. (AP)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 8, 2026 00:40 IST

    India-US: Difficult times call for difficult measures

    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)
    opinion
    Published on Oct 8, 2026 00:36 IST

    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 00:45 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 00:40 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 00:35 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 00:45 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 00:40 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 00:35 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 00:45 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 00:40 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 00:36 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 00:50 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 00:45 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 00:40 IST
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