HomeOpinionPoV

PoV

Kerala, Keral, Keralam. I’m a Malayali and the name change is more annoyance than pride

Theres Sudeep - February 24, 2026

Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Kerala beef story is more activism than accuracy today. We prefer buff anyway

Calm down, people. Alia Bhatt didn’t make history by saying Namaskar at BAFTA

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey - February 22, 2026

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Emerald Fennell, did you even read Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights before making the film?

Insha Jalil Waziri - February 15, 2026

Reimaginings are not the problem; if they were, the world would’ve long forgotten Alicia Silverstone’s Cher Horowitz from Clueless.

Rakhi Sawant isn’t funny. She just fed the oldest fantasy — two women fighting over a man

Stela Dey - February 13, 2026

Rakhi Sawant's latest comments target Jaya Bachchan as the lesser of the two in the infamous unresolved love triangle between Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya, and fellow actor Rekha.

Deepak Chopra exposed in Epstein Files. So is the Indian guru-industrial complex

Stela Dey - February 11, 2026

Deepak Chopra’s line about 'cute girls' is not an accidental lapse of judgement. It fits the register of a world in which influence is lubricated by misogyny, sycophancy, and entitlement.

There’s a new ‘K’ obsession in town. Not K-drama but Korean reality show

Tina Das - February 11, 2026

With anything 'K' prefixed winning the content game, dating show Singles’ Inferno and cooking competition Culinary Class Wars picked up fans in India with ease.

India Art Fair shows ecology is no longer an abstract anxiety in Indian contemporary art

Stela Dey - February 7, 2026

The tension between what an art piece asks for and what our pace allows became even more visible at Breathe by Teja Gavankar.

Dear fans, don’t reduce WPL to players’ looks, skin colour. Focus on their cricket instead

Triya Gulati - February 6, 2026

Despite milestones like WPL viewership and Smriti Mandhana’s record‑breaking century run, too many online voices treat athletes like fashion models.

Let me explain the K-drama addiction. I, too, am an addict

Manisha Mondal - February 5, 2026

The three Ghaziabad sisters were lonely. None of them had gone to school after the Covid-19 pandemic. K-dramas offered them solace.

What’s in a name? What Jhumpa Lahiri taught me about belonging and borrowed tongues

Stela Dey - January 31, 2026

My name always arrived before I did, and it arrived carrying questions, which, over time, began to feel like small border checks.

Ursula von der Leyen’s Indian clothes vs Trudeaus? It’s cultural appreciation not performance

Samah Qundeel - January 28, 2026

In the Trudeaus’ case, the spectacle distracted from the diplomatic agenda, whereas von der Leyen’s look enhanced the moment.

1 2 3 4 … 101 102 103 Page 1 of 103

PoV

Kerala, Keral, Keralam. I’m a Malayali and the name change is more annoyance than pride

Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Kerala beef story is more activism than accuracy today. We prefer buff anyway

Calm down, people. Alia Bhatt didn’t make history by saying Namaskar at BAFTA

On Camera

YourTurn

Guidelines for YourTurn submissions

Opinion

Pew’s religious diversity study is producing perverse results

To trade coders for Legos, India needs a better deal

Joining Pax Silica is not all positives for India. We must guard strategic autonomy

Economy

US sets initial duties on Indian solar imports at 126%

Defence

What to expect on the defence front as Modi embarks on Israel visit, second since 2017

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

COMMENTS

Cancel

Follow us