Express Opinion

Kristin Cabot, whose intimate moment with her boss was caught on the jumbotron, was already separated from her husband. But even that detail is beside the point. Even if she had been ‘cheating’, what moral

In 2017, the last corporation election in Mumbai, the BJP and Shiv Sena contested separately, with the latter scraping through a victory in a nail-biting finish

The Unnao case has a long association with questions of power, impunity, and accountability. The suspension of a life sentence on the basis of a narrow statutory interpretation is bound to be closely scrutinised

Asking them to vocally defend India on contentious geopolitical issues, especially when their own acceptance in host countries remains fragile, is asking them to risk their hard-won social and professional capital

Whether this case ends in genuine accountability will determine not only the fate of one family, but the credibility of India’s constitutional promise of unbiased justice

There is a need for intervention to ensure healthy electoral competition and to diversify the sources of political funding. Otherwise, it is always the citizens at large who end up paying for the costs of

Shukla, who died on December 23 at the age of 88, occupied a singular place in Hindi — and Indian — literature, a writer whose work stood slightly apart from its moment, quietly undoing expectations

If the government continues to treat the Opposition as an irrelevant vestige, it leaves many with no choice but to take the argument from the floor of the House to the dust of the streets

Equally significant is the Church’s outreach to society’s most neglected: The poor, Dalits, tribals, migrants, and the differently abled

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on December 25, 1985.

Among the most significant structural changes in the VB-G RAM G is the shift from unconditional, demand-driven obligation to budget-capped provisioning, with the states bearing a 40 per cent share of expenditure

Let us not forget that the ‘real issues about religions and religiosity’ rest on the bedrock of faith in supernatural power, which shapes our destiny

Everyone gets obsessed with 'Window'. We read other writers — great writers — but we keep asking each other what it is about the Shukla book that keeps calling us back

In India, despite the prevalence of milk, cheese never quite took off — barring in some communities — because of the interdiction on fermenting/curdling “pure” milk

The yardstick now accepted by the Court to define the Aravalli goes against the red flags raised by expert agencies

Making the price build-up of blended petrol public, including the ethanol share, its procurement cost, and its tax treatment, would enhance accountability, improve fiscal coordination between the Centre and states, and give consumers a clear

The Supreme Court has long stood as the ultimate guardian of India’s environmental legacy, a role that this judgment now risks diluting

The ISA proved to be a diplomatic win for India in a multipolar world to forge a new treaty-based international organisation. India not only reached out to “solar-rich” developing countries, but actively brought on board

What Selvaraj ultimately captures is a simple but unsettling truth: Love, in such worlds, is not merely emotional sustenance but a survival strategy

The plan would identify permissible areas for mining, ecologically sensitive areas, and core areas only after incorporating a thorough analysis of the cumulative environmental impacts and include post-mining restoration and rehabilitation measures

Despite appearances, the ‘MAGA 2.0’ administration is governed by personality-driven whims rather than systematic process, making US policy highly unpredictable and reactive

As temperatures rise across India and South Asia, heatwaves are triggering crop failures, humanitarian disasters, and a growing crisis of heat-related illness

As the world leaves the Compute Era and enters the Diffusion Era, India – its companies, its institutions and governments – must ask three questions

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on December 24, 1985.

Applied to electoral rolls, completeness demands that no eligible citizen is disenfranchised, whereas soundness demands that no ineligible person is included. These goals often come into tension in real-world systems.