An Open Letter to President Donald Trump
Mr. President, History has a quiet way of asking uncomfortable questions. It does not shout. It observes. And then, years later, it decides. What makes a leader endure in its...
Corruption and the Party
In Xi Jinping’s China, the fight against corruption has become inseparable from the struggle for political control.
Green energy ambitions clash with local ecology
As India targets 100 GW of capacity by 2035-36, Karjat protests underline the steep environmental and social costs borne by local communities
Kaleidoscope
Women perform rituals on the banks of the Ganga river on Nahay Khay marking the first day of the Chhath Puja festival in Varanasi. Artists in traditional attire arrive during...
Congress eyes Karuna Munde’s entry into party
Mumbai: In a potentially significant political development in Maharashtra, the Congress is apparently wooing Karuna Dhananjay Sharma-Munde - the woman who has repeatedly challenged NCP strongman Dhananjay Panditrao Munde -...
How Are You Being Introduced?
“This is Rakesh. He runs a good business." The host said it warmly, with a hand on the founder's shoulder, at a dinner where the guest being introduced controlled a...
Unquiet Valley
The recent Kulgam terror attack and the chilling killings of two SPOs in Kishtwar have once more exposed the persistence of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. More troubling has been...
Endless Farce
Maharashtra’s political stage has rarely been short on drama in recent years. Ever since Eknath Shinde’s dramatic split fractured thein 2022, the state has been mired in a state of...
Sparks Fly
Maharashtra’s Diwali inferno has exposed the criminal negligence of civic enforcement till now. Be it soaring levels offestive fireworks have long been an annual civic nuisance across cities like Mumbai...
Politics
Congress eyes Karuna Munde’s entry into party
Mumbai: In a potentially significant political development in Maharashtra, the Congress is apparently wooing Karuna Dhananjay Sharma-Munde - the woman who has repeatedly challenged NCP strongman Dhananjay Panditrao Munde -...
Politics
Chhath Puja music sparks political controversy
Railways says passenger announcements Remain unaffected
Politics
Rajesh Patil’s win signals shifting political equations
Mushrif consolidates hold as rivals lose control
Politics
Business
How Are You Being Introduced?
“This is Rakesh. He runs a good business." The host said it warmly, with a hand on the founder's shoulder, at a dinner where the guest being introduced controlled a...
Business
Thermal unit outages put pressure on power supply
Mumbai: Maharashtra’s power distribution companies are grappling with supply pressure after four thermal power generation units of the state-owned power producer were forced out of operation due to technical
Business
The Carbon Border: A New Test for Indian Exports
Carbon efficiency is becoming the next test of India’s manufacturing prowess and global market access.
Business
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Panipat 1556, or the Arrow that Changed India’s History
Hemu’s defeat at the Second Battle of Panipat, sealed by a cruel twist of fate, secured the fragile Mughal future and closed the door on an alternative course of Indian...
Lords of Kalinjar: The Chandellas and the Struggle for Central India
Long before Khajuraho became a shorthand for erotic sculpture, Sisir Kumar Mitra’s history reveals the formidable dynasty that made those temples possible.
The Diplomat as Gambler: A.J.P. Taylor and the Fall of Old Europe
In the gadfly historian’s classic The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, diplomacy is less a stately art than a dangerous game of miscalculation and bluff. Seventy years on, the world...
Geopolitics
Caracas, 1976: The Apogee of Petro Power
The ongoing Iran war has unleashed one of the most severe energy shocks in decades. Our five-part series explores decisive moments when turmoil in the energy world changed the trajectory...
Geopolitics
Riyadh, 1973: The Great Energy Shock and Unravelling of the West
The ongoing Iran war has unleashed one of the most severe energy shocks in decades. Our five-part series explores decisive moments when turmoil in the energy world changed the trajectory...
Geopolitics
Baghdad, 1960: Seven Sisters, Oil Rebels and Fall of an Oligarchy
The ongoing Iran war has unleashed one of the most severe energy shocks in decades. Our five-part series explores decisive moments when turmoil in the energy world changed the trajectory...
Geopolitics
An Open Letter to President Donald Trump
Mr. President, History has a quiet way of asking uncomfortable questions. It does not shout. It observes. And then, years later, it decides. What makes a leader endure in its...
A Grand Folly Worth Fighting For: Sergei Bondarchuk’s ‘Waterloo’
There was a time when war films aspired to something greater than the blood-spattered grit of today or tightly choreographed mayhem. They sought to understand history, to frame battles not...
The Success Paradox: Achieving More, Understanding Less
While we have become remarkably adept at measuring achievement, the harder question is knowing what our achievements are meant to accomplish.
From Lab to Land
India’s nuclear scientists have developed 72 improved crop varieties, but the real test of scientific achievement lies in getting these technologies out of research institutions and into farmers’ fields.
Decoding Crime Through Language
Through linguistic forensics, even the smallest language patterns can leave a trail to a hidden identity.
Education
Law Students Explore Police Procedures
From textbook law to practical justice: a police station visit gives students a first-hand understanding of legal procedures.
JJ School opens research doors after 169 years
Mumbai: For the first time in its 169-year history, Mumbai’s Sir J. J. School of Art, Architecture and Design has launched doctoral programmes in art, architecture and design, opening 16...
Education
Books Before Bytes
A child asks an artificial-intelligence chatbot to explain a poem, solve a sum or write a paragraph before learning to read the question carefully. This is no longer futuristic. AI...
Education
Ecology
Green energy ambitions clash with local ecology
As India targets 100 GW of capacity by 2035-36, Karjat protests underline the steep environmental and social costs borne by local communities
Ecology
The Morning After
As Diwali festivities fade, Mumbai’s firecracker restrictions and Pune’s pollution crisis expose the mounting cost of celebrations that compromise public safety and clean air.
Ecology
Diwali pollution raises risks to brain health
Mumbai: The cacophony of deafening and smoky Diwali fireworks is ebbing but its dangerous fallout continues to quietly loom with the potential health risks extending beyond the lungs to the...
Ecology
Prosperity: Beyond Money, Towards Fulfilment
This Diwali, let us look beyond wealth and material possessions to understand what it truly means to be prosperous.
Lessons in Cultural Diplomacy
As Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore take shared traditions to UNESCO, India must find ways to revive and showcase its own cultural connections with Southeast Asia.
Making Room for Those Who Choose to Stay In
This Diwali, let us remember that not everyone celebrates the same way. Let's make people feel accepted, whether they join us or stay in.
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