Jihadi radicalisation: A growing threat to national security
Radicalisation today stands as one of the most serious challenges to India’s national security. Modern terrorism does not begin with the gun or the bomb — it begins with the mind. No terror attack is possible unless someone is first convinced, manipulated and mentally prepared to commit violence. The recent...
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Time to bid adieu to the Macaulay mindset and restore cultural confidence
08 December 2025 | Geeta Bhatt -
‘On-Time, Every Time’: Tagline IndiGo can’t hide behind
08 December 2025 | Chaitanya K Prasad -
A firm assertion of strategic autonomy
08 December 2025 | Bhopinder Singh -
Why we fail at control: The Gita on surrender
08 December 2025 | Ajit Kumar Bishnoi -
India’s moment in an uncertain world
08 December 2025 | Editor’s Take -
How global indices mislead the world and mask the real crises
06 December 2025 | Hemangi Sinha | Pravin Kumar Singh -
Is centrism the alternative to extremism?
06 December 2025 | Acharya Prashant
New grammar of governance
Bharat is undergoing a profound transformation in the grammar of statecraft — one that is not cosmetic but structural. Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the architecture of governance has been stripped of its feudal and colonial residues and reoriented towards its most fundamental purpose: service. This shift is not a...
Tributes to Baba Saheb Dr Ambedkar: From labour leader to a nation builder
Today, we commemorate the 70th Mahaparinirvan Diwas of Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, a larger-than-life figure and a champion of progressive measures that have shaped the course of modern human society. As a jurist, economist, philosopher, reformer, and above all, a nation-builder, his tireless efforts laid the foundation of modern...
Airborne crisis unfolds at Indian airports
This was the week of meltdown at Indian airports. Chaos ruled as passengers flying IndiGo did not know when their flight would take off, with no one to tell them the truth that the flight they had been waiting for was cancelled. Even those that took off were off the...
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...
Tackling Delhi’s air pollution: A Systems problem demanding a systemic reform
Each winter, Delhi descends into its now-familiar public health emergency. As temperatures fall and winds weaken, a heavy grey blanket settles over the NCR, pushing daily life into crisis mode — schools shut, construction halts, and citizens track AQI readings as routinely as the time of day. Yet this seasonal...
Reclaiming India’s role as a global education hub
India carries a formidable legacy as the cradle of ancient knowledge systems and universities such as Takshashila, Nalanda, Vallabhi, Vikramshila and Odantapuri. For millennia, it has sustained multidisciplinary higher learning that reached far beyond the subcontinent. Today, the global skills and talent landscape is being reshaped at a dramatic pace....
India’s civilisational cohesion
Lately, Shri Mohan Bhagwat, RSS chief, has been speaking with renewed urgency about the unity of India. His concerns are not new. In truth, questions about the cohesion of the subcontinent have echoed since the passing of Akbar. During his nearly half-century rule, Akbar ensured that the people of northern...
