Express Opinion

Jawaharlal Nehru, ideologically inclined towards the Left, remained firmly anchored in the political realities of his time. For Indira Gandhi, being left of the Centre was a strategic political tool. Both leaders succeeded electorally not

Congress’s reliance on legal means to combat formidable political force of Sangh Parivar shows lack of foresight, organisational reach

Nitish Kumar Hijab Row: In India, where the journey of women into the professional sphere is already fraught, the implications of such an act are deeply corrosive

Bihar’s administrative realignment signals a shift in thinking. Its impact will depend on how effectively recognition translates into action

Sudanese or Black African lives are just not seen as worthy of outrage, solidarity, or global mobilisation

I have spent time and money looking for relief that has remained elusive. What has exhausted me the most, however, is the loop I am trapped in. Again and again, I am told that stress

Competitiveness and quality must advance together. Regulation that raises costs without raising safety standards undermines the very manufacturing strategy India is trying to build.

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on December 18, 1985.

China has responded to the Japanese PM's remarks about Taiwan in a manner consistent with past confrontations, leveraging both economic and military pressure

The impeachment initiated by the INDIA bloc is not about one order alone, but about the conduct of Justice G R Swaminathan over the past two years.

As an MP from Bihar, it was a personal commitment for me to utilise the MPLADS fund to strengthen the state’s knowledge systems and institutions

Resistance often stems from a deeply ingrained, old-fashioned patriarchal attitude — the notion that a woman’s identity, especially within the confines of marriage, is secondary to that of her husband and the sanctity of the

T20 leagues have democratised cricket and removed several entry barriers for budding talents. The flip side is that with the focus almost exclusively on IPL and T20, the longer form of the game gets a

India's insurance density, primarily driven by life insurance, is merely 10.6 per cent of the world's average. The Sabko Bima Sabko Raksha bill is an attempt to address the gaps.

India has set a short-term goal to increase its nuclear power capacity to 22.5 GW by 2032, and a long-term target to reach 100 GW by 2047

In the SC advisory opinion, the Governor, whose role according to Ambedkar was ‘ornamental’, has been elevated to Olympian height.

The RTE Act guarantees free and compulsory education only for children up to age 14. It is likely that a significant number of the children who reported as not attending school exceeded the 14-year age

Her conviction in disowning her family, and her vow to now reside with Saksham’s family, puts to shame anyone submitting to regressive social practices and family pressures

As we become vulnerable citizens of the republic, one yearns for neighbours with whom one can share this vulnerability

Far from revamping India’s employment guarantee, the Bill sinks it by demotivating the states and disempowering the workers

With Taliban–Pakistan ties fraying and Washington backing Islamabad, New Delhi must rethink ties with Afghanistan

When a global star steps out in a garment sewn at home by a young Indian woman whose career was built online, it broadens the definition of who can be a cultural ambassador for the

The conditions that once gave rise to communism — deep inequality, agrarian distress, precarious labour, the persistence of feudal values, and global economic turbulence — are sharper than ever. There is also renewed global interest

In 2023, of a batch of 10 student diploma films, only one was made entirely in Hindi. Three were in Marathi; one each in Malayalam, Gujarati, Haryanvi and Santali; one brought together English, Marathi and

The Anthony Albanese government must strengthen its anti-terror infrastructure. At the same time, it should not let the terror attack compromise its core values; it must maintain the vibrancy and diversity of the public square