scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Monday, March 23, 2026
HomeOpinion

Opinion

Is sharing phone passwords the ultimate sign of commitment in modern dating?

Our phones are our lives, and—according to some monogamists—it doesn’t make sense not to share with someone you claim to love.

5 skincare hazards the beauty boom created. Go easy on actives and ‘hacks’

I’m seeing more and more people running into trouble not from skin diseases, but from the routines they’re following to ‘fix’ things.

We have to ensure the books we read and films we see don’t distort Indian mind: Indira Gandhi

On 20 June 1968, PM Indira Gandhi delivered a speech in Srinagar warning against communalism, regionalism, and inequality as threats to national integration.

Duster is back and brilliant on the road, but Renault has ground to make up in India

It is rare for a manufacturer to chart a nearly 200 kilometre drive through narrow and twisty mountain roads. To do so is brave...

SC must formulate a code for former judges. The robe cannot be rented after retirement

Retired Indian judges are appearing in foreign proceedings. It's an institutional problem

Is the Manusmriti misinterpreted? Two contemporary books argue

Ashoka’s efforts to reshape Vedic society into a Buddhist one brought lasting harm to Indian society, polity, and economy. Manu’s response focused on rebuilding and reclaiming what was lost.

Social injustice is inevitable under socialist economic systems: BR Shenoy

Income contrasts tend to decline as economic development progresses, under consumer sovereignty, wrote BR Shenoy in 1977.

Eid has always been the ‘Muslim Met Gala’—not just biryani and sewaiyan

The hashtags #eidoutfits and #muslimmetgala have garnered millions of views on social media platforms.

Dhurandhar shows Bollywood has a new box office mix—controversy, nationalism & spectacle

With the films, Aditya Dhar achieved something Bollywood has been trying to engineer for years—an event blockbuster that dominates both box office and national conversation.

Iran and Israel weren’t always enemies. In fact, they were allies

Israel even helped source American defence equipment for Iran, who learnt from Tel Aviv about drones against Soviet air defences in Syria.

On Camera

Hodgson’s Line—US map decision that fuelled Pakistan’s Siachen claim even after correction

The appearance in US maps of Hodgson’s Line, joining NJ 9842 with the Karakoram Pass, sowed the seeds of Pakistan’s Siachen claim. Its correction by US agencies changed nothing.

Graduate and unemployed: India’s middle-class rulebook for career & success no longer works

Low salaries, little growth in corporate jobs and F&O losses, the assumptions that once built middle class security are no longer applicable to the emerging Indian economy.

Iran launches missile at US and UK’s Diego Garcia base, reveals new striking capability

New Delhi: In a dramatic escalation that has surprised the world, Iran attempted two missile strikes on a US-UK joint military base in the...

The Vishwaguru delusion, mine vs yours, is ruining our view of the world

One side thinks India is punching way above its weight. The other thinks Modi has undermined India and it punches below its strength. Both are wrong.