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Kaushik Das Gupta
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Climate justice lets super rich in developing world off the hook: Prize-winning historian Sunil Amrith
October 30,2025 22:11:09 PM
Historian Sunil Amrith’s The Burning Earth explores how centuries of human ambition and exploitation have bound together empire, industry, and the environment
Fri, Oct 31, 2025
From the Opinions Editor: Reversing brain drain requires honest introspection of what caused it in the first placeSubscriber Only
October 26,2025 15:19:23 PM
Offering operational flexibility to attract scholars settled abroad is welcome. The sentiment, however, won’t amount to much without the freedom to ask difficult questions
Sun, Oct 26, 2025
How green can your Diwali be? Not much, but don’t blame the firecrackersSubscriber Only
October 15,2025 17:22:26 PM
To burst crackers or not — every year on Diwali, people in Delhi face this uncomfortable question. But Diwali isn’t the problem — Delhi’s year-round pollution apathy is
Wed, Oct 15, 2025
From the Opinions Editor: When doctors can’t tell if a person is brain deadSubscriber Only
October 05,2025 15:44:05 PM
An AIIMS study shows that this knowledge gap impacts organ donations. For lakhs of patients with chronic diseases, this is a life and death issue
Mon, Oct 06, 2025
From the Opinions Editor | Can artificial rain quell Delhi’s pollution? Experiments in capital must be backed by scienceSubscriber Only
September 28,2025 18:24:23 PM
The scale of the capital’s pollution problem is vast, and it requires continuous and intense rainfall over a large area to have a measurable impact. Rain triggered by cloud seeding can, at most, temporarily wash away pollutants but it does not address the source of particulate matter and pollution levels could rebound in a short time.
Sun, Sep 28, 2025
In Is a River Alive? Robert MacFarlane deliberates if water bodies are meant for human useSubscriber Only
September 28,2025 05:00:46 AM
At the core of the book is Macfarlane’s contention that if a river is alive, laws, politics and, most significantly, our perceptions, must change
Wed, Oct 08, 2025
I believed in cricket diplomacy between India and Pakistan. Not anymoreSubscriber Only
September 18,2025 13:18:05 PM
The Asia Cup match between the two neighbours wasn't rivalry — it was revanchism. Why play sport, if the players cannot be its best servants?
Tue, Sep 23, 2025
From the Opinions Editor | UNICEF report has a message: India faces an obesity epidemicSubscriber Only
September 14,2025 18:21:46 PM
The country also has policies to tackle the crisis. It needs to tweak them, many of them substantially
Sun, Sep 14, 2025
From the Opinions Editor: In the worrying toll taken by floods is a message to policymakers — listen to scienceSubscriber Only
August 31,2025 17:47:30 PM
Forecasting systems have improved in recent years; so has understanding of weather patterns and geology. Failure to use the information to protect lives is unpardonable
Mon, Sep 01, 2025
When Cheteshwar Pujara won, India wonSubscriber Only
August 25,2025 12:44:35 PM
Who knows — the recent accolade-earning draw in England could well have been a victory had India had a number 3 of Pujara’s class. Perhaps this was the only chink in the batting armoury on that tour
Mon, Aug 25, 2025
From the Opinions Editor: Viksit Bharat cannot be built on broken ecosystems. Uttarakhand flash floods, waterlogged Delhi are warningsSubscriber Only
August 10,2025 17:40:49 PM
It’s both a political and knowledge-related imperative. In a world challenged by global warming, refashioning the ecology-economy link has as much significance as that of syncing skills with the demands of new cybertech, AI and robotics
Sun, Aug 10, 2025
Washington Sundar, Ben Stokes and a handshake at Old Trafford: Why Test cricket is still beautifulSubscriber Only
July 28,2025 15:55:40 PM
It would be pity if the English captain's petulance in the last half hour is even a footnote in the annals of the match. But even one of the greatest ambassador's of the modern day game would admit – perhaps grudgingly – a draw was a victory for the Indian team
Mon, Jul 28, 2025
From the Opinions Editor: NCERT textbook revisions — a point-by-point counter isn’t enoughSubscriber Only
July 20,2025 15:19:07 PM
The challenge is to reckon with history of violence in medieval ages and nudge people to see it in context
Tue, Jul 22, 2025
Akash Deep’s success captures the pulse of a rising BharatSubscriber Only
July 08,2025 11:36:57 AM
The bowler's journey shows that India’s path to becoming a sporting powerhouse and a Viksit Bharat runs through its most underprivileged towns
Tue, Jul 08, 2025
From the Opinions Editor: Dealing with heat waves and floods is a knowledge challengeSubscriber Only
June 15,2025 18:32:50 PM
Climate-proofing cities require paradigm shifts in engineering and planning institutes. But first school classrooms should find ways to engage with environment as people’s lived realities
Tue, Jun 17, 2025
Amitav Ghosh’s Wild Fictions is a heartfelt essay collection on how climate crises are shaping human activitySubscriber Only
June 14,2025 16:37:46 PM
Like his works of fiction, the essays showcase what Ghosh is best at — lending an attentive ear to migrants, sailors, soldiers, tribal communities, friends, neighbours
Wed, Jun 18, 2025
From Opinions Editor: Schools, colleges, universities and waterlogging – the missing linksSubscriber Only
June 01,2025 17:39:35 PM
Environmental education is part of curricula. But rarely does it encourage the student to engage with, and find solutions to, real-life problems
Sun, Jun 01, 2025
From Opinions Editor: Indian trade negotiators need to look out for spinoffs of Trump’s drug price control orderSubscriber Only
May 18,2025 16:51:45 PM
It may not affect Indian generic industry immediately. But as big pharma is forced to recalibrate prices, it will step up pressure for stricter intellectual property rules
Sun, May 18, 2025
After Virat Kohli, does the new crop of Indian cricketers have what it takes?Subscriber Only
May 16,2025 06:46:22 AM
Gill, Jaiswal, and Rahul have the talent. Can they summon the tenacity and technical discipline?
Fri, May 16, 2025
Hitman signs off: For fans, Rohit Sharma’s Test legacy will be about wanting moreSubscriber Only
May 08,2025 18:54:46 PM
When timing met grace, Sharma was the easiest on the eye. When the two didn't sync, fans were left tearing their hair in frustration over what could have been. Perhaps they were unfair. But players like Sharma tend to always leave fans greedy for more
Fri, May 09, 2025
Abhijit Banerjee’s Chhaunk is an invitation to a less discriminatory, and more open, tolerant and curious societySubscriber Only
April 04,2025 18:51:12 PM
The book prods the reader into discussions on issues that are sometimes seen as the domain of experts, policymakers, perhaps activists: how to draw more women into the workforce? How to deal with the epidemic of depression afflicting the elderly? Why is affirmative action important? How can people be nudged into saving energy?
Fri, May 16, 2025
In Our Opinion: Water will be the litmus test for Delhi’s double-engine sarkarSubscriber Only
February 23,2025 16:42:30 PM
It will have to find creative ways to reduce Delhi’s dependency on neighbouring states, and ensure that capital’s residents, especially the poor, do not run out of water during the lean season
Sun, Feb 23, 2025
In Our Opinion: Education reforms need to give teachers their dueSubscriber Only
February 02,2025 14:57:20 PM
Post-Covid recovery in learning, highlighted by ASER report, is a tribute to teachers. They need to be empowered, given proper training and resources
Sun, Feb 02, 2025
Caution, anxiety in Pakistani and Bangladeshi press over return of ‘disruptive’ TrumpSubscriber Only
January 25,2025 13:41:34 PM
View from India’s neighbourhood: Immigration, election, crisis in West Asia and the implications of an inward-looking US — in Bangladesh and Pakistan, these are the issues that took centre stage as Donald Trump returned to the White House
Sat, Jan 25, 2025
In Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Pact, some hard truths about the UN and Global NorthSubscriber Only
January 21,2025 12:36:30 PM
World’s second GHG emitter has marched out of the deal, and with impunity. In a way Trump has shown a mirror to the UN agency that anchors climate change negotiations: It had a moral bedrock, but chose to chip away at it
Sat, Jan 25, 2025Journalism of Courage
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