In Bengal, TMC and BJP’s vote-bank politics undermine genuine engagement with minority concerns

Both the BJP and TMC have indulged in religious polarisation politics. The BJP consolidates the Hindu electorate using Islamophobia, and the TMC uses Muslims as a 'captive vote bank' by using the fear of the BJP

We proved that an inclusive movie screening is possible. With CBFC’s new rules, it can be made sustainable

Entertainment — cinema, sport, music, cultural participation — sits at the bottom of an unspoken hierarchy of disability rights, as though joy were a luxury to be pursued after the serious business of inclusion is complete

From page to screen, from a character to Ryan Gosling: The shifting tones of ‘Project Hail Mary’

The film avoids exploring the ethical ambiguity of the mission. It avoids the psychological cost of isolation that is so central to the novel’s interiority

Draft amendments to IT Rules threaten healthy competition. Here’s how

The digital world stands at a tipping point: it cannot be governed through ever-changing rules that ignore their wider implications. Decision-makers must immediately and meaningfully engage with the full complexity of digital governance.

In western UP, who gets to define what development means?

The Noida International Airport crystallises this question that will shape Western UP in the run-up to the 2027 elections

Trump’s latest tantrum shows US-Europe alliance is teetering on the brink

By and large, European capitals are determined to avoid being drawn into the conflict, reflecting a sentiment earlier articulated by Kaja Kallas, who stated that ‘this is not Europe’s war’

The first day of school, the start of a shared responsibility

Every academic year is a meaningful step forward in realising the vision of the NEP, which has placed curiosity, understanding and holistic development at the centre of learning

India must reboot neighbourhood policy — trade is the keySubscriber Only

The rapidly changing international context makes early action on neighbourhood trade urgent

I know how IOC’s sex test can ruin an athlete’s life: Dutee Chand

IOC’s aim seems to be to protect the female category. But is there enough scientific evidence to prove that transgender athletes, or even female athletes, with a positive SRY test, have an advantage in track and field?

All eyes are on Iran, but Lebanon must not be ignored

While the security concern for Israel is real, treating Hezbollah solely as a military target risks ignoring the structural conditions that produced it.

How a two-pronged approach overcame the Maoist challenge

Meeting the deadline was made possible not only by acceding to the logistical and infrastructural demands of the security forces to counter the Maoists but also by focusing simultaneously on the development of the region

Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: Democracy has already lost the war

Even those fully aware of the impending catastrophe feel utterly disarmed and disempowered, as though democracy itself has been evacuated as a site for reflection on war

Lesson in the Rupee’s fall: Fix the economy, not the exchange rate

In a world where external conditions are likely to remain volatile, durable adjustment will have to come from within. The absence of structural change simply ensures that it is the rupee that will have to continue to bear the weight

Assam and the Gandhi-Bordoloi peace praxis: Revisiting a forgotten history

Peace in Assam, as historically in this region, cannot be achieved through coercion or exclusion, but through steadfast commitment to non-violence, justice, and recognising that injustice to one community does not justify injustice to another

The life of Puja: Vlogging from a village, a global citizen

She challenges the internalised idea that culture is a members-only club, open solely to the privately schooled, foreign-educated individuals of a certain pedigree, who were taught the Queen’s English as soon as they learnt to babble

Beyond AI: Let’s rehumanise our relationships

Go and get your fish and groceries from the mandi, where you will meet your friends in real time. Such ordinary acts spawn new relationships

Vijay’s electoral promises in Tamil Nadu mirror others, but where is the ideology?

In a state where the ruling party is writing its electoral case in the language of rights, growth, and institutional delivery, arriving with a borrowed welfare model and an unshakeable fan base is a beginning

As Houthis join the fray, Iran war enters the ‘Strait of Death’

Their entry coincides with the deployment of thousands of extra US troops in the region, and the strong possibility of a ground invasion

War signals a reversal of civilisational progress. India must be a peacemaker

Debate foreign, defence policies, but tempered dissent is heard louder than vitriol.

Vijaypat Singhania and his thwarted newspaper dream

Most of the write-ups on Singhania ignore another hat which he wore proudly, albeit briefly, as the founder and owner of The Indian Post, a respected Mumbai newspaper.

In Kerala, the election has a new secular edge

The state’s two broad-based veteran alliances in the fray are accusing each other of hobnobbing with not just the significant saffron player but every fringe Islamic group. In so many words, CPI(M) and Congress are acknowledging an election that is getting less one-sided.

Yogendra Yadav writes: Census is opportunity to correct injustice towards Denotified, Nomadic Tribes

Cutting across governments and parties, the Indian state has stubbornly refused to acknowledge these communities. Some of them are listed as Scheduled Castes, some as Scheduled Tribes, some as OBCs, and many find no mention anywhere.

On fund transfers from Union to the states, let’s unblock last-mile flows

When funds at this scale stall, the cost is not just fiscal. It is measured in houses not built, wages not paid, and services not delivered

Why the candidature of Menaka Guruswamy must be celebrated

Why limit her to one constituency when she offers the possibility of expanding the ambit of every citizen’s rights?

India is the pharmacy of the world. But we are losing the drug development race

To lead the AI-driven biotech revolution, we must dismantle a centralised regulatory bottleneck that lets China and the US outpace us by years