A smoggy, normal Delhi

Opinion

The day after Diwali, and why Amitabh 'Kant' be faulted

Ever since his encounter with Trump in February 2025, Modi seems to have lost his swagger

Opinion

Why is Modi avoiding his ‘dear friend’?

Narayana Murthy and Sudha Murty

Opinion

Mr & Mrs Murt(h)y’s lessons for India’s unwashed masses

ECI headquarters in Delhi

Opinion

SIR 2.0: The diabolical method in the ECI’s madness

Can land reforms finally become a reality in Bihar?

Opinion

In Bihar, the audacity of hope

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum in New Delhi. (photo: PTI)

Tribute

Indira Gandhi: The Iron Lady who forged a nation’s destiny

Piyush Pandey specialised in creating the perfect storm with his ads, as advertised in ‘Pandeymonium’

Opinion

‘Abki baar Modi sarkar’ man knew how to exploit middle-class Indian psyche

Mamdani makes a point of getting hands-on with his biryani in the face of Islamophobic, racist attacks

Opinion

The tripod that raises Zohran Mamdani, almost-mayor of New York City

The Yamuna has been chemically skimmed of his foam headdress—but beneath, toxicity flows... and grows

Environment

All this froth around a toxic Yamuna

India’s other big moment: When the Vishwaguru chaired the UNSC summit in 2024

Opinion

The BJP’s (non-existent) path to the UN Security Council

Why does the ECI need to keep reinventing its rules for validating voter rolls?

Opinion

How its 2003 guidelines nail the Election Commission’s lies

An expert too many?

Opinion

Himachal's reliance on 'advisers' offers a lesson in cadre mismanagement

Palestinians return to the ruins of their homes in Gaza after the ceasefire, 15 October 2025

Opinion

It’s still a pause more than peace in Gaza