Zohran Mamdani on stage with wife Rama Duwaji, father Mahmood Mamdani, and mother Mira Nair

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Why Zohran Mamdani's victory matters beyond the ballot

As corals die, the islands lose the natural barriers that protect them from storms and erosion

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India’s vanishing paradise in the sea

A Gemini-generated image of Asha Bhosle

Opinion

The right to stay real

Union home minister Amit Shah (file photo)

Opinion

Amit Shah’s festive season gift to fugitives from justice

The picture that never was

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Smart Cities: Modi government's mission impossible

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