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    A backbone for India’s grassroots democracy

    opinion
    Published on Jun 25, 2025 15:22 IST
    The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments laid down the vision of self-governing villages and towns, backed by decentralised planning and execution. (HT Photo)

    Interpreting the right of nations to self-defence

    American strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities are legally suspect. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 25, 2025 15:22 IST

    Inconvenient truths to impactful policies

    India’s international climate initiatives embody the principle of vasudhaiva kutumbakam. (Getty Images)
    opinion
    Updated on Jun 25, 2025 15:21 IST

    Détente and discord: Tehran’s dilemmas

    Israel’s targeting of nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities and the destruction of civilian infrastructure have left Iran with stark choices. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 24, 2025 23:38 IST

    What the nuclear power vision needs for take-off

    Providing a guaranteed return as done for other generators where tariffs are fixed on a cost-plus route may not be enough. (AP)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 24, 2025 15:15 IST

    How the Emergency left India’s judiciary bruised

    The constitutional text, on its own, would not be able to carry out this function in the absence of a political climate that ensures the working of the Constitution. (HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 24, 2025 15:14 IST

    FATF’s Pak challenge: Tracing routes of funds

    The Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 security personnel happened even as Islamabad was threatened with blacklisting. (Waseem Andrabi/HT)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 23, 2025 15:22 IST

    Battle against salt must begin with school meals

    Dietary habits formed early in life tend to persist, excessive salt consumption during childhood can shape taste preferences, making children more likely to prefer salty foods later in life. (HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 23, 2025 15:22 IST

    The Emergency and politics of the body

    The political and administrative zeal to comply with Sanjay Gandhi and his bulldozer gang was shaped by the nature of power he wielded over regional leaders. (HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 23, 2025 15:22 IST

    The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Is gastro-tourism the new way to travel?

    Gastro-tourism is a a burgeoning trend.
    opinion
    Published on Jun 23, 2025 13:00 IST

    Ecostani: Arrowhead, a tigress who lit up the forests of Ranthambore

    Arrowhead, the legendary Ranthambore tigress died on June 19 at an age of 11-years after suffering from bone cancer. (Instagram/sachin_rai_photography)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 23, 2025 08:55 IST

    Keeping up with UP| Caste census: An exercise with wide-ranging ramifications

    The opposition’s contention is that the BJP was opposed to the caste census as they believed it would divide the society. (File photo)
    opinion
    Updated on Jun 23, 2025 06:00 IST

    💪 Mind the Gap: The big fat pride quiz

    A pride parade.
    opinion
    Published on Jun 23, 2025 02:30 IST

    Sri Lanka must move beyond triumphalism and bitterness

    Activism that seeks to delegitimise an entire country risks alienating younger generations from any meaningful process of reconciliation (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 22, 2025 15:10 IST

    How Indian democracy survived the Emergency

    During the Emergency, the bureaucracy, hand in glove with the government, had turned alarmingly autocratic (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 22, 2025 14:58 IST

    When America joins Israel’s war with Iran

    The US-Israel attack will deepen divisions and sharpen existing global geopolitical fault lines (REUTERS)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 22, 2025 14:54 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).
    opinion
    Updated on Jun 22, 2025 12:09 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)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 21, 2025 14:49 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)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 21, 2025 13:01 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)
    opinion
    Updated on Jun 21, 2025 12:59 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
    opinion
    Published on Jun 21, 2025 12:54 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)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 20, 2025 15:07 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)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 20, 2025 15:06 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)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 20, 2025 15:06 IST

    In climate of conflicts, a corridor of necessity

    IMEC is often imagined as a mega infrastructure project along a single multimodal route. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 19, 2025 14:58 IST

    The Emergency and its external dimension

    The imposition of Emergency was publicly disapproved by the US state department and American media. (HT Photo)
    opinion
    Updated on Jun 19, 2025 14:58 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)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 19, 2025 14:57 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)
    opinion
    Updated on Jun 18, 2025 14:46 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)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 18, 2025 14:36 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)
    opinion
    Published on Jun 18, 2025 14:36 IST
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