With Justice Mohana’s appointment, breaking the legal glass ceiling — and why the SC needs a gender quota

While we take pride in Justice Mohana’s appointment, we have to work towards getting an equal number of women judges on the Supreme Court of our country and build a road map to get there

Yogendra Yadav writes: Question isn’t whether we should study Indian Knowledge Systems, but why and how

On a generous reading, the current focus on rediscovery of India’s intellectual heritage is closely aligned with the political project of establishing India as the ‘vishwaguru’

To revive ISI, reform its governance

ISI admits around 550 to 600 students a year. IITs admit close to 2,500. For an institution that wants to be genuinely competitive by its centenary in 2031, that gap has to close

A six-day Telegram ban won’t solve India’s paper leak problem

Even if Telegram really is the source of the problem, if access to it is restricted, channels for disseminating the same information will crop up elsewhere. Blocking Telegram solves nothing in such a scenario

Fifty years before Cockroach Janta Party, student anger in the Navnirman movement changed Gujarat — and India

It is far too early to predict how the CJP phenomenon will play out. But if one looks beyond its shiny trappings of ‘virality’ and ‘Gen Z,’ one might find continuities with and lessons to be drawn from student rebellions in the past and the present instead of an isolated phenomenon sans any connection on the ground

Behind the scenes in West Asia, the Art of the Deal vs market-style negotiation

The tragedy of US-Iran diplomacy is that both sides are reading from entirely different scripts

India and the next knowledge transition

The coming era offers India the chance to re-emerge as a civilisation that produces ideas, institutions and knowledge systems sought by the world

How (not) to save the mountains

And yet, the basics remain this: If you fence a rocky patch, protect it from grazing, woodcutting and illegal mining, the vegetation belonging to that land will return by itself. It always does

The Modi era and the remaking of governance in India

Investments in roads, railways, airports, ports, logistics corridors, and digital connectivity have expanded at an unprecedented pace. Infrastructure is seen as not just a development goal but a strategic foundation

Not West vs rest, India’s challenge is how to navigate within West itselfSubscriber Only

Where many in Delhi’s foreign policy community see an irreconcilable contradiction between the pursuit of strategic autonomy and partnership with the West, China demonstrated the art of transcending it — and against far steeper odds

When indigenous food meets Gordon Ramsay, MasterChef: It isn’t about taste, it’s about power

When indigenous food enters elite culinary spaces, it is rebranded as heritage cuisine or sustainable gastronomy. When it is practised within indigenous communities, it is treated as evidence of backwardness

Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: On US-Iran ceasefire, the mediation question is the wrong one

The sense of being a supplicant in the face of the US, and too cowardly to name any crime in the international order, is palpably visible for the world to see. The problem is that we are seen as incapable of defending any principle whatsoever

Himanshu Jangra row: When the room laughs, cruelty gets a pass

It is the audience laughing in the dark. It is the viewer forwarding the clip with a shocked emoji. It is the platform watching outrage and entertainment merge in the analytics. And it is also me, scrolling late at night, appalled by what I am seeing but watching until the end

Dear NEET aspirant, you didn’t fail. We, your guardians, did

Accountability isn’t a word reserved for newspaper editorials or press conferences. It must be lived, and it must be distributed honestly across everyone who failed you

At a time when hate is a safe bet, ‘Main Vaapas Aaunga’ trusts our instinct to love

To watch such a film is a relief. A friend whose grandparents had to come to India from Lahore during the Partition wrote on social media that the film is like a balm

The Settebello attack signals a dangerous new era at sea

The core tenets of freedom of navigation, the protection of shipping, and restraint in the use of force came under strain from the very power that once claimed to defend them but did not hesitate to target neutral-flagged vessels in pursuit of strategic ends

A 12-year story of peace and progress in Bastar

The transformation of Bastar shows how focussed governance and welfare delivery can change lives in even the most difficult regions, creating a safer and more hopeful future for all

Why are we afraid of the Dancing Girl of Mohenjo-daro?

More than nudity, perhaps what’s most frightening to the ruling class is the gaze of a woman who knows her worth and has nothing to prove

Iran-US deal leaves questions for New Delhi, especially about its place at the negotiating table

Proximity is not leverage, access is not influence and the visibility that you or others have does not translate into strength if the country that needs to heed that visibility is not also willing to use it.

The US just forced Anthropic to cut off access to Indian users. That’s why India needs its own lawfare

The dispute between Anthropic and the US government may yet be resolved. But the vulnerability exposed by the episode will return, in other technologies, through other legal instruments and under other flags, because the underlying logic now favours it

In Hauz Rani victims’ rescue, a larger truth: Only Fraternity can bridge communal divide, douse flames of hate

Ambedkar defined Fraternity as ‘a sense of common brotherhood of all Indians’ and warned that without this psychological solidarity, the structural rights of Liberty and Equality would be ‘no deeper than coats of paint’

At G7 summit, India should help shape global frameworks

Few countries today can engage comfortably with advanced and developing economies while carrying influence with both

BJP’s rise is about filling a void, not just ideology

What is needed now is a redefinition of Viksit Bharat, one that measures development not in GDP alone but in how its gains are distributed across caste, community, gender, and the urban-rural divide.

A doctor writes on Sejal Pawar row: Where is the empathy in medical training?

Sensitisation needs to begin early in medical education, and the dissection hall is the first place in the long journey of a medical student where the importance of dignity is learnt

Even the football World Cup now has water breaks — it’s about time hydration was taken more seriously

Heat Action Plans do emphasise both rest breaks and drinking water for vulnerable groups. Mandatory hydration breaks in schools and workplaces, however, are an evidence-based intervention that merits urgent attention