A nation mired in corruption at high levels
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) report has revealed what the world knew all along, albeit now in details — corruption runs deep in Pakistan and percolates from the highest echelons of power. The IMF’s latest Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Report is critical of Pakistan’s ruling elite, exposing a system so...
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Four New Labour Codes: A Historic Reform
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The fearless protector of faith and human freedom
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Modi’s six-point mantra for a better world
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India’s young and the politics of presence now emerging
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The battle for Indianness in education
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Shaping India’s next generation of innovators
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G20 in Johannesburg: This time for Africa
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The window that changed the world
When the United Nations General Assembly declared November 21 as World Television Day in 1996, it acknowledged a profound truth: no invention of the twentieth century altered human perception, culture, politics, and daily life as dramatically as television. Decades after its arrival, the debate still persists — is television an...
The writer I was, the typist I became, longing to return
Once, I used to be a writer. Literally. I wrote with a fountain pen that often leaked, until people returning from the Gulf brought Hero pens as gifts. Many in my generation remember the delight of that ritual and, of course, the small frustrations that accompanied it. My earliest published...
Nitish Kumar 10.0: The ultimate survivor
Call him ‘Sushasan Babu’, ‘Kursi Kumar’ or whatever you prefer, depending on your political affiliations, but Nitish Kumar is undoubtedly an ultimate survivor. He has seen both low and high tides but remains afloat regardless of his own party’s standing in Bihar — a shrewd politician who knows what will...
Congress: Existential crisis deepens
The Congress party’s dismal performance in the Bihar Assembly elections has once again raised questions about its organisational strength, political relevance, and leadership crisis. With the NDA securing a sweeping victory and the Prime Minister openly predicting another possible split in the party, Congress faces an existential moment that demands urgent...
Tamoguna reveals darkness hidden within us
Tamoguna is commonly translated into English as the mode of darkness. But what does this really mean in our day-to-day lives? We often classify actions as good or bad, yet we rarely stop to ask why we behave the way we do. Why do we sometimes act nobly and at other...
Japan and China face off over Taiwan
Taiwan is the bone of contention in East Asia which refuses to perish. A small island nation to the north of the South China Sea, which China claims as its own and Taiwan refuses to accept, is indeed one of the biggest flashpoints in the region. Taiwan is once again...
The Indian heritage of overland outreach
In prehistoric times, the civilisations of Egypt and Mesopotamia flourished to the west of India, with China to its east. India’s mountain passes provided natural access to Afghanistan, Iran, the Pamirs, Central Asia, and thence to West Asia, the Mediterranean world, and China. Goods from Badakshan and Central Asia found...
