When we put grocery items on par with an emergency service that we would expect to reach our doorstep quickly, we end up treating our convenience as an inalienable need

No, this is not the Christmas we know. Harassing those earning a living selling Santa Claus caps on the roadside. Beating up those wearing them. Tearing down Christmas trees in malls. Ransacking decorations put up for the New Year. Threatening a congregation as they worship

Governments will continue to invoke the language of norms but employ it selectively and inconsistently. India is no exception

We are told that historical anxieties can be healed by deepening communal antagonism, as if recasting contemporary politics as an epic struggle between Hindus and Muslims were the path to renewal. In this imagination, politics becomes myth, victimhood becomes virtue, and the past substitutes for the future

Will the road to shedding the slavish Macaulay mentality and getting rid of the vestiges of a thousand years of “foreign” rule be littered with Bareilly-like incidents?

The new tax could wipe out 16–22 per cent of the actual prices received, force contract renegotiations, and weaken the presence of Indian products in the EU — a market that absorbs about 22 per cent of India’s steel and aluminium exports

Labour regulation may mitigate harm in the short run, but it does not interrogate whether speed itself has become an illegitimate competitive variable

Until uninterrupted footpaths are visible underfoot and not just in master plans, the walkers of Indian cities will remain its most neglected citizens

His crowd-pleasing spending agenda worked on the campaign trail, but it needs to be paid for. Can the new mayor manage this task without hurting New York City’s dynamism?

Directed and co-written by Sriram Raghavan, 'Ikkis' subverts the tropes of a war movie with a story rooted in empathy and grace

Let us understand that the AI we are offered is not the ‘natural’ state of the technology, but merely one expression of it shaped by extractive, profit-driven oligarchies

Institutions demand responsible AI use from students but ignore the risks of uncritical reliance on detection software by faculty

The silver lining in this unending circle of examinations is that some entrepreneurs have discovered an opportunity

Right is what you can share without fear with your parents, sister, grandparents and juniors. Wrong is what you would never want to pass on. And “not right” is that dangerous space justified by “only once”. Your ability to tell these apart will become your identity

When the state aligns itself, implicitly or explicitly, with perpetrators of violence, it signals active protection of those behind it. This is what the attempt by a BJP-led government to abandon prosecution in a case of mob lynching reflects

The phenomenon of interdependence without trust continues. India has shown that the path forward is not to retreat from the world, but to engage with a clear vision that prioritises national interest without abandoning global responsibility

Anjel Chakma’s death exposes how decades of social change and political polarisation have altered who feels at home

Driven by ECTA, trade between Australia and India has crossed 50 billion Australian dollars, or Rs 3 lakh crore, for the first time. Over the past five years, our two-way goods trade has doubled

The state should continue to reflect on why it took massive protests to bring Ankita Bhandari’s murder to notice and send the accused to jail. Or the chilling effect of seeing Bilkis Bano's rapists be welcomed back, and those like Kuldeep Sengar getting interim bail

The insta-delivery model has made delivery workers’ livelihoods even more insecure. There is a dire need to focus on ensuring fair wages, transparent payment systems and reasonable working conditions

The problem is reconsideration. It is the speed, manner, and route through which it is increasingly undertaken. This trend poses serious challenges to foundational principles that guide adjudication — consistency, predictability, and finality

Supreme Court’s vision of licensed dissent in fiscal federalism clashes with the centralised design of the VB-G RAM-G Act, raising serious constitutional concerns

As advanced economies confront social fragmentation, India’s emphasis on shared progress blends ambition, welfare, and social resilience

There was a sense of organic companionship that probably lasted decades for many families. Children became friends organically because of their geographical proximity and familiarity

In her crusade against the military establishment and the Awami League, she built a terrifying dam of street power