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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

Why Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella needed a low-budget blog

The site is intended to become a written record of evidence Nadella is a big idea kind of guy. A cynic might call it a kind of intellectual cosplay.

Global economic growth to slow in 2026 as Trump’s tariffs bite, UN says

The global economy is forecast to expand 2.7% this year, down from an estimated 2.8% in 2025. Growth is expected to go back up to 2.9% by 2027.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.