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Instant gratification and its portents

Updated on May 10, 2026 03:16 pm IST

With ever-growing socio-professional networks, instant gratification rules most of our interactions. A new person is barely given a chance beyond a blink, and thus the need to be at one’s performative best almost all the time (Shutterstock)

Why balancing work and motherhood is still hard

Until care is seen as a human responsibility shared equally by both parents and not segregated by gender, the old guilt will travel generation to generation. (HT Archive)

Published on May 09, 2026 09:01 pm IST

An age of loneliness, of permanent afternoons

Relationships and marriages often devolve into transactional setups. But the affection for your child remains pure. (Shutterstock)

Published on May 09, 2026 09:01 pm IST

Recollecting legends and lores about India’s forces

All three salutes are performed with the right hand raised to the forehead. In the army case, the palm faces outwards. In the navy, it faces down. In the air force, it’s angled upwards. (HT Archive)

Published on May 09, 2026 09:01 pm IST

A relationship of unequals: US-India trade ties & twists

America’s exposure to India, while growing, remains manageable and is definitely not critical. This is the structural reality that entraps every conversation between the two countries. (Reuters)

Published on May 09, 2026 09:01 pm IST

Fatigued pilots and a tired roster regulation

DGCA permits a pilot to be scheduled for 60 hours of duty per seven days but a 2021 WHO-ILO report finds that anything above 55 hours of flying per week elevates the risk of stroke by 35% and the risk of death from ischemic heart disease by 17%. (HT Archive)

Published on May 09, 2026 01:39 pm IST

TMC’s loss is rooted in anti-incumbency

Social welfare schemes stemmed the tide for some time, but the accumulated weight of grievances proved too heavy. (@ECISVEEP X/ANI)

Published on May 09, 2026 01:23 pm IST

Tech & worsening of sexual violence within marriage

In Hrishikesh Sahoo v. Union of India , the Supreme Court will decide whether the marital rape exception to Section 375 of the IPC violates the fundamental rights of married women. (HT Archive)

Published on May 08, 2026 08:50 pm IST

In the West Asia crisis, an opportunity for China

Aware that Beijing’s economy faces slower growth and that the adventurism of Donald Trump in West Asia and Vladimir Putin in Ukraine have done them and their countries no favours, Chinese President Xi Jinping has avoided using America’s current distractions to take on new risks. (Reuters)

Published on May 08, 2026 08:50 pm IST

After poll defeats, an Opposition in serious disarray

The Congress may have moved too quickly, in panic and without a plan. The aim, its leaders say, was to deny a backdoor entry to the BJP or its proxies. (PTI)

Published on May 08, 2026 08:50 pm IST

India’s antibiotic crisis has a vaccine solution

India must expand its vision to address drug-resistant infections, which requires vaccinating not just children, but adults also. (HT Archive)

Published on May 07, 2026 09:31 pm IST

Rahul Gandhi’s politics of fruitless opportunism

So, what exactly is Rahul Gandhi’s — and his party’s — core politics today? (@INCIndia/ANI)

Published on May 07, 2026 09:31 pm IST

Pakistan, a year after Operation Sindoor

Pakistan, perhaps even more than other countries, feeds on geopolitics for its overall national mood and psyche. (AFP)

Published on May 07, 2026 09:31 pm IST

Subsidising the status quo: How BEE fails EV transition

Nearly half of India’s car market is controlled by companies that have been consistently and systematically outpaced in every global EV market. (HT Archive)

Published on May 06, 2026 09:21 pm IST

Anchor judicial recusal in institutional design

Courts have repeatedly emphasised that litigants cannot be allowed to “choose their judge,” warning that doing so would undermine judicial independence. (HT Archive)

Published on May 06, 2026 09:21 pm IST

Operation Sindoor set a new strategic course

Deterrence is not an event. It must be continuously maintained, periodically demonstrated, and structurally embedded. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)

Published on May 06, 2026 09:20 pm IST

The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: How jhal moori became India’s most talked-about snack

Jhal moori has gained unprecedented fame following Prime Minister Modi's unscheduled stop during the Bengal assembly election campaign. Picture generated by ChatGPT.

Published on May 05, 2026 09:16 pm IST

Operation Sindoor & the doctrine of consequence

The conceptual core of Sindoor was simple. Not revenge, but consequence. Revenge is emotional; consequence is colder. (PTI)

Published on May 05, 2026 08:52 pm IST

Extreme punishments: When care morphs into control

Child protection norms must be enforced consistently and without exception. Equally, there is a pressing need to challenge the social acceptance of harsh discipline through public awareness and parenting interventions that promote non-violent, evidence-based practices (HT Archive)

Published on May 05, 2026 08:52 pm IST

Need a grand bargain to boost job growth

If Indian capitalism has to grow while India remains a democracy, we must build a rational, fair labour regime. (Sunil Ghosh /HT Photo)

Published on May 05, 2026 08:52 pm IST

Rebranded Left lost old cadres, minority support

The LDF was seeking a third consecutive term, having, in 2021, broken with Kerala’s tradition of office alternating between the two fronts. (PTI)

Updated on May 04, 2026 11:25 pm IST

Verdict Bengal: Decisive win in a divided state

A little more than a decade ago, who would have imagined that the major states of eastern and northeastern India — Assam, Bihar, Odisha, and West Bengal — would all be under the BJP? (PTI)

Published on May 04, 2026 11:22 pm IST

How Kerala mandate impacts the UDF, the LDF and the BJP

The people of Kerala, desiring change, voted the LDF out (reducing its tally from 99 seats in the 2021 assembly polls to just 35 this time). The mandate is for the UDF, which now has 102 seats in the assembly. (PTI)

Published on May 04, 2026 09:10 pm IST

A Dravidian mutation in Tamil Nadu called TVK

Vijay has been vocal in attacking the DMK for being corrupt, while also opposing the communal politics of the BJP. (@TVKHQITWingOffl X/PTI)

Published on May 04, 2026 05:42 pm IST

The bench and the body

Supreme Court

Updated on May 04, 2026 12:38 pm IST

On counting day, a look at the quality of electoral politics

The 92.47% voting in West Bengal and above 80% voting in the three other states and one Union Territory is testimony to the fact that voters have performed their duty exceptionally well. (AP)

Updated on May 03, 2026 11:19 pm IST

India’s renewables sector needs a fundamental reset

The question is no longer how much renewable capacity India can build, but whether that capacity can deliver reliable, affordable, round-the-clock power in a world of growing external uncertainty. (HT Archive)

Updated on May 03, 2026 11:16 pm IST

In West Asia, making of a post-OPEC order

A cartel has cracked. An order is being rewritten. The capitals doing the rewriting are few, the importers paying for the outcome are many. (AP)

Published on May 03, 2026 11:14 pm IST

An unbothered minstrel called Diljit Dosanjh

In an era when most artists and celebrities are yet to define their “it” factor, Dosanjh has stockpiles of it. (Getty Images)

Published on May 02, 2026 09:35 pm IST

The neglect of women’s health beyond fertility span

The depth of women’s illness across the life course is still being uncovered. As India undergoes a demographic transition, it is essential to ensure both gender and age inclusion in health policies (HT Archive)

Published on May 02, 2026 09:35 pm IST

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