The lost art of ethical rule: Revisiting Milinda’s inquiry
Most of the time, what we see in modern rulers is reminiscent of a Turkish proverb: when a clown enters a palace, he imagines he will become a king, but the palace instead turns into a circus. Democracy is ironically crumbling, yet a new form of governance has not yet...
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Tackling Delhi’s air pollution: A Systems problem demanding a systemic reform
05 December 2025 | Pravin Kaushal -
Reclaiming India’s role as a global education hub
05 December 2025 | Vk Paul, Shashank Shah & Oshin Dharap -
Colonised minds: Modi didn’t speak the whole truth
04 December 2025 | Balbir Punj -
India–Russia 2025: A roadmap for building a high-tech strategic partnership
04 December 2025 | Arvind Gupta | Aakash Guglani -
Bastar: Unfolding a new chapter beyond Naxalism
04 December 2025 | Nandan Jain -
COP30 ends in disappointment with weak commitments
03 December 2025 | B K Singh -
India-Russia: Exploring new frontiers for economic cooperation and partnership
03 December 2025 | Priya Gupta
Kashi Tamil sangamam 4.0: A dialogue India needs
As India navigates a moment of renewed cultural assertion and rising linguistic anxieties, the Kashi Tamil Sangamam (KTS) returns at precisely the right moment. Its fourth edition, beginning in December 2025, arrives at a time when debates about regional identity, linguistic pride and national integration have become sharper, sometimes even...
Quo Vadis, Indian Economy?
For a country to achieve long-term stability and sustainable prosperity of an equitable nature, it is necessary for its economy to be managed soundly. Experience in other countries has shown that if a country opts for a system driven by the market alone, the danger of monopolies emerging and the...
Post-Bihar poll debacle: INDIA bloc at the crossroads facing uncertain future
The outcome of the Bihar Assembly elections must be accepted at face value unless those alleging wrongdoing come forward with clear and irrefutable evidence to support their claims of a “managed poll outcome.” Until such evidence is produced, the results stand. However, the major defeat suffered by the opposition Mahagathbandhan...
Seven days in the remarkable life of Mother Teresa
“I present this Mother almost as a CEO of a multinational company-relentless and ambitious,” says Teona Strugar Mitevska about her new feature film based on Mother Teresa. Mitevska knows a thing or two about the Nobel Peace Prize-winning founder of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata. She is a Macedonian,...
From potential to prosperity: Bihar’s unfinished revolution
There is something irresistibly powerful about the soil of Bihar — its social fabric, value systems, and milieu. Bihar has long been a land of revolutions — ideological, political, and social — that have shaped not only its destiny but also that of India. Yet, as the state emerges from...
From labour reform to EoDB 2.0: The structural shift India needs for growth
India’s decision to implement the long-pending labour codes deserves appreciation. For decades, the country’s entrepreneurs have operated under a maze of 29 overlapping and often contradictory labour laws. Consolidating them into four streamlined labour codes is more than an administrative exercise; it is a long-awaited structural reform that simplifies compliance,...
When the desert falls silent: saving rajasthan’s folk music
The Thar Desert is often captured in photographs — endless dunes, blazing sun, and silhouettes of camels. But the deeper soul of this landscape lives elsewhere: in the voices of the Manganiyars, Langas, Bhopas, Mirasis, and Jogis who have sung its history for centuries. Their music, carried across sand and...
