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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicDoon school

Topic: Doon school

At elite Doon summit, old boys grapple with ‘egalitarianism’ and ‘aristocracy of service’

DOSCOs like Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, FSSAI CEO Rajit Punhani, and Goldman Sachs chairman of global banking Raghav Maliah gathered at the first Doon School Old Boys’ Society summit.

Amid rising India-Pakistan tensions, Dehradun’s Doon & Welham schools allow students to return home

While the schools will continue to function, concerned parents are allowed to take their children home. The decision was taken after multiple requests from the students’ kin.

Why Doon School’s all-male ex-students are not on board with administration’s co-ed pitch

The school administration’s proposal, citing concerns over toxic masculinity & evolving societal norms, is under consideration, but ex-students worry it will shift the ‘cultural environment’.

Doon to Mayo College and Sanawar—legacy boarding schools losing hold over new Indian elite

The explosion of conveniently located international schools is pushing the old boarding schools to adapt, such as by offering the Cambridge curriculum.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

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.