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Love, lies, laundry & UCC—inside India’s live-in relationships

Couples discover a whole new category of conflicts when they move in together. For instance, imagine fighting over warm light and white light.

History taker, not a history maker, Europe is entering the age of humiliation

The US (or China) acts. Europe reacts. The US (or China) moves decisively. The EU debates and dithers. It’s a broader pattern.

Marxism extinguishes democratic rights the moment it captures power: MA Venkata Rao

Being founded on class war, any State founded on Marxism is bound to set itself in opposition, bitter and all-out, against all other nations, libertarian commentator MA Venkata Rao wrote in 1963.

Marathi grandmothers are taking over Instagram. In nine-yard saris

The padar or pallu has a special place in these videos. 'The last generation to cover their head with a padar,' some buffoon will write.

The world’s issues took a back seat at Davos. WEF was all about satiating Trump

The main draw at this year’s summit was Trump’s appearance, his first since 2018. The US President spent an hour attacking and defending Europe in the same breath.

Lego Krishna & porcelain politics of refugees — Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s works come to India

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei opened his first solo exhibition in India last week at the capital’s Nature Morte art gallery, featuring artworks from the past two decades.

Controversial dog-walker IAS Sanjeev Khirwar is back in Delhi. What happened to his wife?

In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.

Palak paneer prejudice and the food racism Indians face abroad

This is a case of conflict within a multicultural society. The question is, how can minority practices that offend majority sensibility coexist in the same place and be reconciled?

Fear comes to India’s property developers

It’s only extreme wealth inequality that had kept the market propped up last year.

Trump’s fight for Greenland has shaken his most committed European allies—the Far-Right

India spent too long dissecting Trump and Greenland. We have other crises to worry about.

On Camera

From the Bangladesh War to the Babri demolition—it wasn’t news until Mark Tully aired it

By the late 90s, radio news had given way to live TV news, and most of us tuned out, too. However, many of us stayed in touch with Mark Tully through is books on India.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

US officially calls China ‘second most powerful country’, new strategy softens stand against Beijing, Moscow

New defence strategy marks clear break from Biden-era Pentagon policy, softening tone on China & Russia, while pushing allies to shoulder more responsibility with less US backing.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.