Integration must be accompanied by development and dignity, not by coercion or neglect.

Sonam Wangchuk’s arrest under the National Security Act has only granted greater thrust and popularity to the issues around Ladakh.

SIR has shifted constitutional balance — from facilitation to suspicion, from inclusion to exclusion

The Sangh has endured because it understands that institutions outlast individuals, service outlasts ambition, and civilisations outlast empires

When the diaspora fails to defend India against negative policy assaults, it forfeits its moral voice

Private sector can help reduce our dependence on import of natural resources

India’s first fully digital Census offers opportunities for sophisticated metadata analysis. These technological capabilities will be wasted if data collection remains conceptually limited to expansive categories

In ‘For a Just Republic: The People of India and the State’ Chatterjee locates the enduring crisis of the Indian state in the tension between its two layers: the ‘nation-state’ — the formal state apparatus — and the ‘people-nation’, the ground reality that refuses to play by the given script

With growing transactional ties with US, defence pact with Saudi Arabia and solid support from China, Pakistan is slowly emerging from the geopolitical tight spot in which it had found itself.

The policies of the UPA government gave short shrift to both the integrity of electoral rolls and national security by diluting the citizenship requirements and replacing them with a vague, ambiguous, undefined ‘resident’.

It’s critical to ensure a smooth and uninterrupted supply of chemical fertilisers. Joining hands with Morocco, which accounts for almost 70 per cent of the world’s phosphate reserves, could be a game-changer for both countries.

Before its current name, between 1937 and January 26, 1950, it was called the Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC). On October 1 this year, the highest recruiter of officials to the Indian government will enter its centenary year.

Since not changing your surname after marriage is so forbidden, news like the court decision in South Africa brings much comfort. Change comes as an act of defiance, one at a time.

The Prime Minister is right when he imposes upon India Swadeshi 2.0. But unless the quality of swadeshi improves dramatically and unless politicians and bureaucrats get out of the way of businessmen trying to do business, our story will remain hopeless.

From protests over exam leak to anger over natural disasters and sand mining, Uttarakhand is rife with discontent

If women stopped reading, the book market would collapse overnight. And if women are reading, why are we not talking enough about women who write?

When institutions use the UGC’s framework to teach modern Mathematics well, and then ask students to test claims from classical sources with today’s tools, they create graduates who reason across traditions and time.

It compromises current strength in core Mathematics, fails to root itself in Indian heritage

By casting all Pakistanis as the same — a monolithic entity of malevolence—we are not only being intellectually foolish but also strategically naïve

From Ayushman Bharat to POSHAN Abhiyaan to Swachh Bharat, initiatives rolled out since 2014 have reduced disease burden protected household savings and unleashed human capital

For perhaps the first time in decades, the economic mathematics may favour building technological capabilities closer to home

Its ideas are critical for us today. It’s time to recall, repurpose and renew its political and ideological resources.

These reforms come after the recent income tax relief package, which exempted earnings up to Rs 12 lakh for millions of salaried individuals and small businesses.

Perhaps it’s time to rest the idea that authenticity is a God given divine right to “live your truth”. And turn back, to celebrate compromise, tact and maturity instead.