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Counting caste, confronting contradictions

May 04, 2025 1:47 pm

Caste lives on in identity even when its hierarchy is condemned. A census alone won’t resolve these contradictions

India’s strategic gamble with the Taliban

April 03, 2025 12:50 pm

Disengaging would yield ground to Pakistan and China, while full engagement risks undermining India’s moral standing and alienating former Afghan allies

For US's fentanyl crisis, another ‘war on drugs’ is not the solution. Working with countries such as India and China is

April 02, 2025 8:48 am

The US needs to prioritise international cooperation, promote multilateralism and foster the creation of a global fentanyl governance framework. A US-China-India trilateral working group seems to be the need of the hour

India's obsession with fair skin is too conspicuous to be overlooked. Kerala’s chief secretary does well to call it out

March 27, 2025 11:33 am

For a patriarchal society that still judges a woman by her skin colour, culinary skills and how well she attends to everyone's needs in the family, it hardly matters whether she flies an aeroplane or administers a state

March 19, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Diplomat Missing

March 19, 2025 7:22 am

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on March 19, 1985.

In a world of stereotypes, I am trying to raise a son who won’t conform

March 16, 2025 10:00 am

His favourite colour was lilac until last year. Then it changed to red because his friends told him lilac was for girls. I knew better than to compete with his peers. Instead, my husband and I exchanged an internal high-five when he chose a fuchsia pink bike for his birthday

In Delhi High Court, a setback for victims of crime

March 06, 2025 4:57 pm

By overturning its own earlier verdict, the court strikes a blow against compensation

It's not about idli-sambar. The real problem is visitors lack interest in anything beyond Goa’s beaches

March 03, 2025 7:42 pm

It is not uncommon, even today, to see large groups commandeering vast stretches of Goa’s most popular beaches, but eating their own home-cooked food

On delimitation, Centre must listen to the concerns of southern states

February 28, 2025 3:34 pm

Though Home Minister Amit Shah has assured that no state will lose a single seat, the concerns of southern states are genuine. Delimitation must preserve fraternity and federalism besides strengthening democracy and demographic control measures

Why we should worry about Aadhaar authentication for private entities

February 27, 2025 6:19 pm

As the system moves from a voluntary identity verification method to an essential requirement for accessing both public and private services, the risk of widespread surveillance becomes more pronounced

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