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Modi's Media Triumph With Uncertain Returns
Modi's Media Triumph With Uncertain Returns

'Unsurprisingly, Trump shared Modi's podcast with Fridman on his Truth account.''The...

The North-South Battle Gets Ugly
The North-South Battle Gets Ugly

With its age-old fascination for education, southern states have done better than the...

Leaders, Heed The 11-Year Rule!
Leaders, Heed The 11-Year Rule!

There is a reason this 11 year phenomenon is a rule as much as it is an observation. It...

How Will Trump's Tariff Threat Affect India?
How Will Trump's Tariff Threat Affect India?

Unless something changes, Mr Trump is a huge threat right now, which is perhaps not...

Murthy, Subrahmanyan Aren't Wrong About Long Hours
Murthy, Subrahmanyan Aren't Wrong About Long Hours

Leaders who built and manage these incredible global companies cannot be tyrants,...

History in Minutes: The Meerut Conspiracy Case
History in Minutes: The Meerut Conspiracy Case

The Meerut Conspiracy Case was aimed at curbing communist influence in India. However,...

Arming Armed Forces: India's Choice Not Trump's
Arming Armed Forces: India's Choice Not Trump's

We need to equip the Indian Armed Forces, not 'commercial' as Trump wants, but...

Salvaging Marx From The 'Marxists'
Salvaging Marx From The 'Marxists'

'If we truly wish to understand and apply Marx's insights today, we must reject the...

Putin Has To Tread Carefully With Trump

'There is no question that Putin's preference will be to avoid unpleasantness with...

Memories Of Another Holi Day

On the way we met many groups moving towards Juhu.If the group was smaller than us we...

Why Trump Wants All Wars To End

The US involvement in Ukraine and the Middle East is a distraction which has to end...

What Does 99% Promise?

'Does 99 percent guarantee character and capacity for an independent awareness of life...

Who Will Define What Is Negative News?

The government resolution does not spell out what action would be taken, if any,...

Was Modi Right About The Opposition?

'While suppression of information is acceptable for the government, the Opposition's...

BJP Hands 'Tamil Pride' On A Platter To DMK

If the DMK is able to sustain the momentum until the assembly polls, the AIADMK...

Cow Hospitals And Wah Taj! in Agra

'Be it tourist guides, hotels, rickshaw drivers, all have a livelihood thanks to Shah...

After Oval Office Fracas, What Will Trump Do Next?

Trump knows by now that the western narrative of Biden's war is a load of bullshit...

Trump-Putin Bonhomie: Checkmate Xi?

The US move to align with Russia is prompted by fear of a Sino-Russian joint...

Why The Census Is Important

It will be interesting to see what shifts have been recorded in the last...

Unless I Take Care Of 'Me', I Can't Help

Life will continue to throw curve balls at me and I will have to keep evolving my...

Deep State And Beyond: The Rise of Conspiracy Theories

From bhikshus of Ashokan 3rd century BC and medieval Sufis to Oxfam, Omidyar and Soros...

Will LG Allow Rekha Gupta To Function?

'Will the LG be ready to rule with a light hand, having been vested with powers that...

Why Tharoor Gives The Congress A Headache

The Kerala unit of the Congress instantly gets a headache when Shashi Tharoor lets...

Indian Army Is Ready For Dharma Guardian

Dharma Guardian 2025 will primarily focus on urban warfare tactics and...

Are Trump and Musk Dismantling American Democracy?

We the people are left in the wind, waiting on the whims of an unengaged president and...

History In Minutes: The Communist Manifesto

On its 177th anniversary, Utkarsh Mishra explores the history and relevance of The...

Why Modi's White House Visit Was A Success

Modi lived up to his declaration that his visit was purely meant to strengthen India's...

One Month Of Trump: The World Is In Shock

The US is currently Earth's most powerful country and a certain latitude of...

Can Rekha Gupta Deliver BJP Promises To Delhi?

The monthly Rs 2500 payment for poor women is expected to cost Rs 11,000 crore while...

Why Do They Use Dunki Route To Leave India?

How have aspirations, ambitions and hopes broken down for these young men from the most...

Will India Have A Peace Keeping Role In Ukraine?

A peace keeping role for India is a distinct possibility. Indian military has both the...

ChatGPT Vs DeepSeek: The Plot Thickens

The tech community, which was getting ready to use the ChatGPT fever and raise...

Trump Turns Up At Lit Fests All Over!

The dramatic moves of Donald Trump, which have shaken up the global order, dominated...

Wake-Up Call For India-US Ties

The real intention of the 'Tariff Man' (as Trump calls himself) may not even be to put...

President's Rule In Manipur: Need Of The Hour

The solution to Manipur's problems lies in the government giving concessions to Meitis...

Trump's Disruptions: Blessing In Disguise

We must bring a laser focus on our own interests, and define our friends and foes more...

Ranveer Allahbadia's Rise, Journalism's Demise

Ranveer Allahbadia found an easy way of asking questions which made sense to him and...

Disquieting Deeds Can't Wipe Out Work AAP Has Done

'A government whose policies are focused around making the life of ordinary citizens,...

What If China, America Make Up?

Trump spoke approvingly of his recent telephone conversation with Xi Jinping.This could...

Trump 2.0: Tough Navigation Lies Ahead For India

'As the global economy undergoes significant transformations in 2025, India's ability...

Defence Is Key To India US Relationship

The China threat continues to resonate in the strategic partnership between India and...

Iran: Trump Talks Tough, But Keeps...

The stage may be set for a recalibrated US-Iran relationship, suggests Ambassador M K...

Did Muslims Turn Their Backs On Kejriwal?

The Delhi assembly results have underscored that a section of Arvind Kejriwal's...

I Am Grateful To Be Alive!

Sometimes I run past a house where the owner has died. The children are abroad. The...

'Largest Peaceful Gathering Of Pilgrims'

Through history, the Mela has held different meanings for ascetics, the colonised,...

AAP + Cong Would Still Have Lost To BJP

Many were so disillusioned with AAP that they left it in droves. A 10% drop in AAP's...

It Won't Be An Easy Term For The BJP

Delhi faces a severe financial crunch and the deficit is largely due to numerous...

DeepSeek: China's AI Guerilla War On US

DeepSeek is a case in point on how economic interdependence between nations are...

Netanyahu's Gaza Plan: Trap For Trump?

'Netanyahu lured Trump into a trap by enticing him with a seductive scenario of massive...

Facebook Knew More About Me Than My Wife

Facebook turns 21 today, February 4.Most early Facebookers have migrated to other...

Nirmalaji Releases The Nuclear Genie

'If the BJP detoxifies the nuclear liability law, it will bring economic, environmental...

Heeding Azad, Partition Could Have Been Prevented

Abul Kalam Azad chose not to contest Congress Presidency and to throw his weight behind...

How Dr Singh Changed Finance Minister's Role

'Suddenly we had a new comprehension of affairs, which reminded that the luxury of...

Remembering Dr Singh, Finance Minister

'The critical event signalling a new era for India was Dr Singh's 1991 Budget in which...

Budget 2025: Defence Must Be The Priority

'The first and most basic responsibility of any government is to protect its people...

Travails Of A Hindu School in Meghalaya

A state government that came to power after swearing to protect all people without...

Can Kejriwal Make It Three In A Row?

The BJP may win more seats in the February 5 assembly election, but not enough to trump...

A Desi Jugaad Experience on Air India

As for now, let's just say Air India has a long way to go before it can be the...

Is Trump A Lot Like Modi?

After being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, Trump started his...

Trump 47: Disruptor Or Savvy Dealmaker?

Donald Trump's exaggerated opinion of his dealmaking capacity can get him into trouble,...

How Can India Deal With Trump 2.0?

It would be a challenge to India's policy makers how to deal with Trump so that mutual...

Women Voters: The Rising Power Transforming Politics

'Women' as a political constituency appears to be an idea that has come of age. It is...

UGC Draft Regulations And AMU

Will the Draft UGC Regulations 2025 undermine our universities?Unlikely, notes...

Engaging The Indian Diaspora Is A Must

The Indian Diaspora has been able to carve a niche in their adopted countries as a...

Warning! Trump 2.0 Will Be Very Different

'Trump has no more elections to fight and his soaring ambition, which is no secret,...

Blue Economy Needs Strong Navy Protection

Naval assets take years to build, and therefore, not only is futuristic force planning...

India Must Not Lower Guard With China

The Galwan clash occurred six months after the Doklam disengagement and two...

When Dr Singh Took On Congress Bosses

Many were hoping that with Vajpayee's NDA gone, there would be a return to the Congress...

Tsari Yatra May Help Ease India China Tensions

Why can't the Indian government propose to the Chinese a corridor circumambulating the...

It Wasn't Wise To Underestimate Manmohan Singh

There was more to him than he let on, asserts Aditi Phadnis.

How History Will Remember Dr Singh

Manmohan Singh represented the finest aspects of India, asserts Aakar Patel.

In An Era Of Puppets And Puppeteers

'As we enter 2025, it must be acknowledged that there is a convergence of capital,...

2024: The Year Of Shift In Politics

Much drama is likely to continue in the coming year, within the Sangh Parivar as well...

Is Nuclear Deal PM Singh's Biggest Achievement?

The India-US nuclear deal was aimed at ending India's nuclear isolation and nuclear...

That Rarity Of Rarities, A Good Man In Politics

As a leader, he was ambitious, not for himself but for India and its people. His was...

Dr Singh, Devoted Husband And Father

Nitin Desai, who has known Dr Singh from 1971, extends his 'deepest condolences to his...

RSS Ideologue: 'A Great Soul Of India'

He won two terms in office, which was a stunning feat for a leader who used his silence...

Can Trump Fix India's US Problem?

No single individual, institution, or action is to blame for this.The BJP is responding...

Why Latin America Loves India And...

The warmth and respect for India were evident wherever I went and noticed how most...

Atalji@100: Vajpayee's Unmatched Legacy

It was good fortune for India to have Atal Bihari Vajpayee lead the government at a...

Why BJP Is A Divided House In Karnataka

The BJP may be in the Opposition in many states, but nowhere is it as divided as it is...

Time Services Acted On Modi Diktat!

Almost five years later, the three services have still not fully understood that...

Time We Understood America's Game

Sections of our media and elites take Western reports/judgements at face value and are...

Is One Nation, One Election A Ploy?

What India needs more than one simultaneous election is better governance both at the...

Beware The American Deep State

Do not underestimate the ingenuity of the Deep State in America to have its way.Keeping...

Al-Qaeda Genie Is Out Of The Bottle

... and there is no stopping its pan-Islamic agenda, cautions Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

Sending Team To Pak Would Be Dangerous

Even a whiff of an incident like the violent 1989 shirt-ripping attack on...

Column: China Flourishes While India Digs Up Past

We no longer have the ambition to rival China save through words.We are happy to be...

Jyoti Punwani: December 6, 1992, All Over Again?

Can ordinary citizens counter this backward march?Can peace activists ensure that the...

What You Can Now Expect Every Election

A freebie once granted can hardly be discontinued. All that can happen is to substitute...

How Will History Remember Chandrachud?

He could have blazed a trail that few Indian judges had. It was a missed opportunity of...

India, Don't Spurn Bangladesh

Our visa operations in Bangladesh constitute the largest visa operations India conducts...

Can We Wish Away Any Part Of Our Life?

'What would it be like if one had the power to transcend the universe like the...

Can We Fight China, Pakistan With...?

Everybody talks of China as the real threat, but we aren't even building a decisive...

Eknath Shinde Has No Cards Left To Play

The meeting in New Delhi etc is just the BJP being nice to the man who helped it...

What Modi Can Learn From Trump's DOGE

'Our politicians solely depend on bureaucrats who are unaccountable and follow their...

Munambam: The Politics Of Waqf Land

The specter of how the Munambam issue was exploited during the November by-elections is...

How Modi Bounced Back From LS Setback

A new kind of history has been created in Maharashtra. Accept it. We need to give...

Let Us Salute Narayana Murthy

No great achievement or discovery or invention has been achieved without hard...

What Maharashtra Win Means For Modi

'Undeniably, Modi's position has stabilised and he has staged a comeback of sorts from...

The Strange Hoopla Over AI

The purpose for which AI should be used cannot be left to AI developers, asserts Vice...

Battle For Survival For Pawars, Uddhav, Shinde

Voters, it is said, get the government they deserve. We will soon see what voters in...

Delhi's Pollution Nightmare!

Clean air needs action all year round; and that it will work only if we act jointly and...

Maharashtra: Why BJP Wants To Be Single...

This would give BJP the chance to explore Constitutional options for government...

Cricket Is A Game, Not A War

Boycotting the Champions Trophy will not tackle the issue we have with Pakistan, points...

How To Combat Digital Crime Epidemic

The fundamental responsibility for preventing such crimes and for bringing the...

What Our Netas Can Borrow From Trump

Our politicians need to take a leaf out of Mr Trump's personalised merchandise sale: It...

Ladakh Disengagement: What's The Reality?

The government needs to answer the critical question of whether it has accepted any...

Will Japan Instability Derail India Ties?

There is nothing to be worried about as bilateral ties are robust with solid...

America Stoops to Conquer

The Biden administration's failure in stopping two major wars and several minor ones...

Pak Army Chief Will Stay Till Nov 2027

Whenever tenures of army chiefs were extended in the recent past, prime ministers were...

Trump's Election Should Worry The World

'There are ominous portents of an isolationist administration not only building a...

Voting For Trump Will Only Hurt America

'To everyone voting for Trump, I have only this simple question: Would you let him have...

Time For India To Revisit Western Alliances

It's time India re-visited its Western alliances for the attitude and approach that the...

The Elevance of Kamala Harris

Kamala has finessed bubblegum conversation about whether she is Black or Indian.Her...

'If Trump Loses, 100% He'll Throw A...'

'Accusations would be flung about his votes being stolen. He'll say dead people were...