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Would it be too far-fetched to equate the situation with George Orwell’s 1984, in which not singing the praise of the “great leader” is considered sedition?

Naseeruddin Shah writes: When a university speaks power to truth

February 05, 2026 1:54 pm

The university, after informing me that I needn’t attend ( giving no reason, forget an apology) considered this not insulting enough. So they decided to rub a little salt in by announcing that I had refused to be there.

Students protesting against the new UGC regulations. (Express photo by Vishal Srivastav)

UGC regulations on caste are narrowly framed

February 05, 2026 1:57 pm

If the Indian state is serious about addressing caste, it must confront it as an institution in its entirety. This requires pedagogical reform that teaches caste, including caste privilege, as a lived social reality.

My walks with Andre Beteille: He was a true scholar who never thought of himself as an academic star

February 06, 2026 5:44 am

I had recently arrived in Delhi and was lonely and overwhelmed by my new job. Andre couldn’t really care less when I tried to confide in him.

Moira Rose, Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek,

Catherine O’Hara taught us to hold on to the Moira Roses in us

February 03, 2026 4:40 pm

That she loved her craft is, of course, evident in her work but it was more than a vocation for her. In an interview with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation alongside the ‘Schitt’s Creek’ cast, she said acting was an opportunity to learn life skills: ‘I always told people to take the classes just for life’

An illustration of a man and a woman on a date depicting the rise of 'hot take dating'

Why 2026 daters are swapping small talk for 'hot takes'

January 29, 2026 5:39 pm

Skipping small talk and going straight to strong opinions—‘hot take dating’ is reshaping modern romance. A psychologist explains why singles are embracing radical honesty early on

C Raja Mohan writes | Beyond BRICS and the Quad: Forget the grand Design, focus on the mundane

July 02, 2025 7:17 am

PM’s five-nation tour is an opportunity beyond BRICS, Quad. At a turbulent time, Delhi must focus on securing its interests — not an expansive ideological vision

jagannath temple, digha jagannath temple, mamata banerjee,

Jagannath temple in West Bengal is TMC’s response to BJP’s Hindutva

May 01, 2025 3:09 pm

It’s a political statement, a cultural symbol, and a strategic manoeuvre designed to consolidate political power and cultivate a distinct regional identity

With Pakistan and terror, an uneasy sense of deja vu

April 28, 2025 11:11 am

Coercion should be a means to an end, with its impact leading at some point to the adversary climbing down to a more reasonable position. Pakistan has so far shown no change in its behaviour

Pope Francis interpreted the Bible in a radical way to place ecology at the centre of Christian concerns

April 25, 2025 6:22 pm

The current global environmental crisis has arisen out of the modern industrial economy based on Western utilitarianism – that human desires alone count, and that Nature is a mere resource to this end. Pope Francis has helped in delegitimising this millennia-old attitude