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

40 years ago March 31, 1986: 2 terrorists killed in Punjab

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on March 31, 1986.

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

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

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

Tarique Rahman and Balen Shah, stepping forward and back

Unity has been the dominant message in Rahman’s first few weeks in office. Shah is the leader of supporters and detractors alike; failing to govern in that capacity would undermine the legitimacy not only of

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?

Sex test for women in elite sports takes toll on right to equality, privacy

A policy intended to ensure fairness and safety for women in sports needs to be grounded in scientific evidence. It cannot come at the cost of basic rights, and by making conditions for participation tougher

Charles Darwin’s teacher is back in Cambridge

Cambridge University's decision to return to the teaching tools of a 19th-century teacher is significant. It's an invitation to students to engage patiently with the living forms they study.

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

After Banksy: Death of the artwork, birth of the brand

As we obsess over Banksy’s identity, we must confront a hollow truth: The modern art market cares more about the signature than the soul of the work

Recognition without protection: The flaw in India’s anti-discrimination logic

Recent controversies over caste and gender laws reveal a common crisis — Indian law sees identity where it is irrelevant and misses discrimination where it is most real

Sri Lanka’s fuel crisis, triggered by war, shows why structural reforms can’t wait

Sri Lanka has sought help from countries like India. New Delhi has already extended emergency fuel aid of 38,000 metric tonnes

In deploying ground troops in Iran, US is doubling down on failure

Notwithstanding its military might, the US has had many failures across the globe in recent decades, both in interventions and in ground invasions: Bay of Pigs, Afghanistan, Vietnam, and Iraq, to name a few

40 years ago March 30, 1986: Jalandhar terror attack Subscriber Only

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on March 30, 1986.

Trump may have triggered the process of regime change — but not in Iran Sign In to read

It would be ironic if the theocratic regime in Iran survives, but the Republican Party loses its hold over the US Congress in November in a prelude to the loss of the Presidency in 2028

Meta, YouTube verdict’s message: Regulation must redesign the digital landscape itself

The jury’s finding is clear: Harm stems less from children’s choices than from platforms’ business model

A quiet diplomacy, based in national interest

By keeping communication channels open with all parties, India preserves room for manoeuvre. It avoids being drawn into regional rivalries that it neither controls nor benefits from

We need a green exit from the urea trap

Producing green urea alone will not be sufficient. We must also optimise urea consumption, because urea is significantly overused in the country, polluting land, water and climate

West Asia crisis must spur efficient use of resources, search for alternatives

This war could be to India what the 1970s energy crises were to the Western economies

The West Bengal puzzle: Social gains have not translated into higher incomes Subscriber Only

The state is not short of resources. It lacks the political will to invest, modernise, and compete