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Now Haryana has a drug problem too. And unique ways of fighting it

Haryana villagers have taken the fight against drugs into their own hands. Vigilante groups across the state are naming and shaming users and peddlers, but caste plays a part too.

Fewer tourists are visiting India now. What’s worse, our stand is we don’t really care

Over the last decade, we have begun to take the stand that even if foreign travellers do not want to come, we don’t really care. Even Indians are increasingly avoiding our tourist destinations.

Why Ambedkar remains a conundrum for RSS

While Ambedkar diverged with the RSS on Hinduism, some ideological convergences existed. Yet, his legacy resists appropriation by any ideological camp.

Trump’s America will be a challenge. It’s also an opportunity for growing economies like ours

Tech and innovation will also be a big part of India’s ambitions both to grow our economy as well as to create a globally competitive and efficient economy.

The afterlife of stolen antiquities when they are returned to India

Of 640 antiquities returned to India since 2014, only about a dozen are back in their place of origin.

Flogging, going barefoot—Annamalai must endure pain as Modi-Shah’s Tamil Nadu priorities change

Tamil Nadu BJP president whipped himself in public to protest against the sexual assault of a student. What must have hurt him though is neither Modi-Shah-Nadda nor national BJP tweeted about his pain.

Rationalists look for love in new India. Kerala’s Secular Matrimony swipes left on religion

Kerala-based Secular Matrimony champions interfaith love, atheism, and progressive values. Rationalist parents use it to arrange matches for their children.

‘A female director doesn’t mean no male gaze’—Kani Kusruti is so much more than All We Imagine

On Cannes red carpet, Kani Kusruti walked with a clutch that appeared like a watermelon. ‘I just wanted to be reminded that it is part of me. Solidarity to Palestine,’ said the actor.

A Sanskrit Bible story was written in Ayodhya. The patron was a Lodi, the poet a Kshatriya

Sanskrit poetry did not simply disappear under Sultanate rule: it continued to evolve, and was enriched by contact with Persian and Arabic literature and stories, both Christian and Muslim.

Karnataka’s Kodavas are fighting extinction—with gun festival and bamboo curry

A dwindling population, dilution of tradition, and diminishing national presence have fuelled urgency within the Kodava community in Bengaluru and the neighbouring Kodagu region.

On Camera

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.