This is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 8, 1984.

It can be read as a good-faith invitation. The BJP-led government in Delhi has invested considerable political capital in the revocation of J&K’s special status. But that should not prevent it from talking to the representatives of the people in Kashmir.

It is one of the sharpest platforms for negotiating. By definition, that requires concessions on all sides. A little more generosity from the Global South may, ironically, transform the Baku meet into a resounding success.

It is easy to dismiss it as perpetuating a consumerist culture where even a wisp of breath can be if it has the vaguest connection to a celebrity. But the story of a Canadian company selling canisters of fresh ‘Rocky Mountain air’ suggests that there may be something deeper.

With Team India 3-0 defeat and the World Test Championship (WTC) at stake, will the BCCI succumb to 'star culture' or is it time to make a tough call?

Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee, even as music in Bihar took a bawdy direction, Sinha propped up the region’s folk music on the national stage

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 7, 1984.

From an out-of-order Chicago neighbourhood, he became a musician — and a great one at that

The ruling does well to point out that the role of the court is not to lay down economic policy, but to facilitate the ‘intent of the framers to lay down the foundation for an economic democracy’

The original East India Company wound up over 150 years ago but a new breed of monopolists has taken its place. A new deal for progressive Indian business is an idea whose time has come

SC has rightly held that primary objective of madarsas is education. Verdict should put to rest contrived controversy over character of the institutions

November 6, 1984, Forty Years Ago: The ashes were collected in thirty-five urns. Three of the urns were kept at Teen Murti House for “darshan” by the people, where hundreds of people paid homage to the late Prime Minister.

As we look forward to the next administration, the issue isn’t so much American decline as it is the growing American temptation towards unilateralism as seen under both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

The debate is settled: The universe will end before monkeys can write ‘To be, or not to be’.

The report recognises India’s effort to curb tuberculosis but pace needs to increase to achieve original goal of elimination by 2025.

The turn America takes after November 5 – internally, towards diversity and externally, in how it sees its role in the world – will reverberate beyond its borders.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 5, 1984.

The DAP crisis highlights the futility of price controls – how these are not just an anachronism, but actually work against farmers. Their interests are better served by a regime that induces competition among suppliers to make available more and better fertilisers

In 1978, ‘The Lancet’ called Oral Rehydration Therapy the most significant medical advance of the 20th century and, in 1987, UNICEF stated, ‘No other single medical breakthrough of the 20th century has had the potential to prevent so many deaths in such a short time and at such low cost’

The challenge must be met through high-productivity firms and factories

The Taliban’s move underlines a misogynistic culture of invisibilisation. Years of rage and deprivation will make themselves felt; gender apartheids are not merely about women’s rights but about universal dignities

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 4, 1984.

Besides taking the fun out of learning, people are exhausted by the time they enter the workforce. If academics and careers could be seen as marathons not sprints, with zig zag routes and circles, some ups and downs, we may even relish the adventure.

If we continue to celebrate the different cultures and beliefs that exist in our many-hued land, India will continue to remain united. Uniformity is not something India wants or needs, so please, Prime Minister, can you stop banging on about ‘one nation, one law, one ration card’.