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First Person Second Draft

Two vigilant readers have pointed out a factual error each in my series on the Sri Lankan war published earlier this week. I regret...

Temporary Insanity

Let us begin with a straightforward question: Are you for the Commonwealth Games, or against? Straightforward and simple, you might say. Everybody is against...

Open Education Sector To Entrepreneurs, Foreign Varsities, Create Surplus Opportunity’

? Walking through these corridors is a humbling experience. To my left is children's surgery unit at Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bangalore. This is where...

Snap out of the big fat Greek depression, cut the medal claptrap

Over the century leading up to Athens 2004, India won no more than 15 Olympic medals, 11 of these in hockey. So while competing at Olympics, we must always maintain perspective.

They asked us to crawl, we gave them our spine

The abduction of Indian migrants as hostages in Iraq in 2004 raised several questions which cannot be ignored, especially regarding the central government's crisis management work.

Mr Vajpayee’s high ground, Mrs Gandhi’s road ahead

The dramatic electoral verdict is as much about anti-incumbency as about the rising expectations of our voter.

The violent aftermath

The pattern of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots was defined by arson and destruction taken over by hoodlums who killed Sikhs, burnt their homes while the police twiddled their thumbs.

On Camera

Rahul’s ‘vote chori’ attack on EC is a political dead-end. He still has a point

The ECI needs to respond to Rahul Gandhi’s accusations professionally and transparently. Else, it will end up giving him the ammunition he is desperately seeking.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

‘Next war may come sooner than expected, will require whole-of-nation approach’—Army chief

Gen Dwivedi framed Op Sindoor not just as retaliation to Pahalgam, but as demonstration of India’s capability to fight multi-domain conflicts with integration between services & agencies.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.