The organisation was not founded merely to issue statements after the damage is done. Its Charter rests on sovereign equality, territorial integrity, peaceful settlement of disputes.
Americans are happy only with wars that are fought as video games, where they kill thousands of enemy combatants and civilians, but where no Americans have to die.
Indians tend to fuss more about the damage done to the Indian psyche by Thomas B Macaulay’s infamous Minute of 1835, but he was preceded in this unholy endeavour by James Mill.
What is the need to waste about Rs 5,800 crore on a statue? Maybe consider opening the gates of the Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar from time to time and keep the water flowing.
Regulation and litigation may correct the extremes, but they cannot replace the everyday discipline of parenting or the gradual development of self-control.
Read the Kambaramayanam, fully or in part, in the original stately Tamil or in translation. Immerse yourself in it. The irksome wars and issues of today will fade.
Noel Tata’s intervention on the subject of Chandra’s extension in the February 2026 meeting was contrary to the unanimous stand taken by Tata Trusts in July 2025 on the matter.
The central bank has rolled out some of its toughest measures in more than a decade to curb speculation & support the currency, which has been setting successive record lows this year.
Modi government had in 2020 set an ambitious export target of Rs 35,000 crore or $5 billion in aerospace and defence goods and services for the next five years.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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