Express Opinion

Census 2027 should enumerate caste comprehensively, with the same rigour applied to age, literacy, or occupation. Democracy requires information, even uncomfortable information

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on December 5, 1985.

The leaders are stuck in a deep comfort zone, reminiscent of Nehru’s luxury position post-independence. Or at the beginning of UPA-II, post an impressive first UPA term. Comfort kills the hunger for risk and change

Private universities will always remain out of bounds for the general public because of their high fees

As religious divide hardens into public consciousness, are Jammu and Kashmir’s regional issues — statehood, land rights disputes, environmental strain, the domicile dilemma, and rising unemployment — being pushed to the sidelines?

‘Alaknanda’ is the latest galaxy discovered by the James Webb telescope that challenges popular theories amongst astronomers

In Punjab, crime has been normalised and glamorised. Social media videos, gang-affiliated music, and cross-border digital networks have elevated the figure of the ‘shooter’ into a seductive cultural archetype

The Trump administration has launched 21 strikes so far, killing at least 83 people. The real question is much larger: Why should we believe he'll stop there?

Extent of India-Russia economic ties will have to be commensurate with Russia's economic ties to the West. The room for expanding economic ties with Russia is limited to the war ending, and that too on

Any difference with the Nehruvian regime shouldn’t be branded as saffron and every act of critical thinking shouldn’t be dismissed as leftism.

The logic that whatever the AQI the show must go on, business must be uninterrupted is revealing. Our idea of progress and prosperity is playing havoc with children’s minds and bodies.

A serious debate should be able to say that Congress is right to worry about democratic backsliding but wrong if it imagines this alone will win elections.

An old galaxy, it challenges what scientists know about the universe. That is how all great stories in science begin

Democratic negotiations and institutional maturity can help resolve many of the country’s internal issues. But Munir and the Pakistan army prefer the jackboot

The Russian economy today is a hybrid of Soviet-era endurance and post-Soviet capitalism.

During the decade of UPA rule, the BJP disrupted Parliament with impunity, losing 68 per cent of the 15th Lok Sabha’s time to protest. Now, in Opposition, the INDIA bloc has adopted the same playbook.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on December 4, 1985.

The RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee is currently holding its last meeting of this year.

Announcing a date for peaking emissions will give credibility to our commitment to decarbonise. It will also help counter the criticism that India is the third-largest emitter and its emissions continue to grow

Unlike the major film festivals at Cannes and Venice, IFFI’s selections attract neither the attention nor the regard of a wider section of cinema-lovers

True care requires shifting our focus from marks and achievements to emotional health, human dignity, and the protection of every child’s right to happiness

India’s struggle is not just with laws and apps but with a still nascent culture of data rights

Persistent external-sector vulnerabilities, not short-term shocks, are driving India’s currency under pressure

The people hide inside most of the time. It’s too hot or too cold or the air is too dirty. Sometimes, they fiddle with things

The December 3, 1985 edition is unavailable. The above stories are from December 2, 1985