A woman in Kannur allegedly died by suicide after she was shamed for talking to a man. Her death is an indictment of a society that still believes it can tell women how to live

As the political discourse focuses on Ambedkar — both the ruling party and the Opposition invoking him on many occasions — it is high time to look at what has gone wrong with Ambedkarite politics

To counter a belligerent Turkey-Pakistan-Azerbaijan axis, India has systematically deepened relations with Greece, Cyprus and Armenia, which have their own troubled histories with this alignment

Most do not describe Jaws as a horror film, despite the elements it shares with the horror films that preceded it and the horror films it inspired since its release 50 years ago

The Brahmaputra River Basin remains one of the most under-researched river systems in the world. Is it reasonable to assert that the dam will have ‘no impact’ or dismiss biophysical and human concerns as media

Treating India and Pakistan as interchangeable partners sends the wrong signal to allies, undermines US credibility, and weakens regional stability. It perpetuates a flawed narrative that has outlived its strategic purpose

A fair, simple, and timely compensation protocol can lead to significant improvement in farmer incomes

Public input seems to become data to be analysed, not demands to be honoured. Consultation becomes a tool to legitimise exclusion. This is what the policy panopticon looks like

Every addition or deletion in the electoral rolls must be scrutinised. This is about every Indian who believes in the sanctity of the ballot

These subsidies claim the largest resources in the agri-food space and yet give sub-optimal results.

Sufficient opportunity is given to all political parties to file objections. These are heard and if necessary, corrections are made before updated rolls are sent to a state's chief election officer

Given its potential to transform the current understanding of Indian history, what Keezhadi calls for is rigorous and transparent research, free from ideological pressures

This is the front page of The Indian Express published on June 23, 1985.

The Census is a political mirror. But without gender-responsive tools, it offers only a distorted reflection.

As more questions are asked about Iran's remaining capability, will the US continue to indulge in adventurism that could result in nuclear catastrophe for the region and beyond?

China’s centrality to the global production system is a reality that cannot be wished away

US strikes on Iran signal that age of global restraint is over. We now live in a world where the fear of another’s capability is enough to justify a first strike

They mark a fraught end to years of kicking its nuclear can down the road. Much depends on what Tehran does next: Sue for peace or widen the war

This Father’s Day, I found myself thinking about my father, who recently turned 95 and is fading faster than I can accept.

Expenditure is a proxy for income and borrowing. The persons in the bottom 10% have an expenditure of Rs 50-100 per day. Ask yourself, with Rs 50-100 a day, what kind of food can a

So, on this 50th anniversary of that day that led to India becoming a dictatorship for a while, we need to think seriously about what we should all be doing to protect our democracy. It

At 6.53 am on October 19, 1988, an Indian Airlines flight (a Boeing-737) from Bombay to Ahmedabad with 135 passengers, including six crew members, crashed into a paddy field around 2.5 km from runway 23

The RSS remained at a distance from the political activities of the Hindu Mahasabha, which wanted trained swayamsevaks to work for its agenda. Hedgewar’s position upset the Mahasabha and the leaders of other Hindu organisations

Infertility isn’t only because women have poor health and hectic lifestyles; men are going through the same, minus the guilt. Men are always assumed to be virile, and women are automatically assumed to be infertile

I urge everyone to join the International Day of Yoga 2025 celebrations and take this opportunity to embrace yoga as a part of daily life