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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
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SubscriberWrites: Devaluation & trivialization of ‘Greatness’

When ‘awesome’ greets the average, true greatness gets lost. It's time we restore meaning to praise—and reserve our superlatives for the truly extraordinary.

SubscriberWrites: Can the world’s most powerful military still win a war?

The US military is built to destroy enemies, not rebuild societies. But modern warfare requires both: combat capacity and political vision.

SubscriberWrites: Art of subjugation

The art of subjugation—through war, propaganda, and control—may be the legacy that defines humanity’s extinction in the eyes of future beings who study our fall.

SubscriberWrites: Visualizing poverty through urban India dynamics

Urban poverty encompasses settlements in towns and villages. The urban poor often live in inadequate and unauthorized slums, facing a lack of sanitation and proper infrastructure.

SubscriberWrites: When we talk about democracy, but play a different game entirely

A look at populist stories from Trump and Rahul Gandhi

SubscriberWrites: LIC and breach of Uberrima fides: A mountain of sins and broken promises

LIC’s delays, denials, and technical traps betray the trust it was built on. This isn’t insurance—it’s institutionalised indifference, cloaked in legacy and patriotism.

SubscriberWrites: Is reservation marginalising Kashmir’s majority and what future awaits the valley

While the abrogation of Article 370 was projected as a step toward integration and equal opportunity, the post-370 policies in J&K reveal something starkly different.

SubscriberWrites: Price of silence– Hero worship, populism and erosion of India’s democratic soul

What was once a democracy now flirts with one voice ruling all, reducing governance to one will and eroding the foundations of accountability.

SubscriberWrites: Dr B.R. Ambedkar, titan of social reform

Ambedkar’s emphasis on education as tool for empowerment and his conversion to Buddhism rejecting caste hierarchies highlight his radical & transformative approach to social change.

SubscriberWrites: Handle with care—need for linguistic sensitivity

The Kamal Haasan row again proves that language is a serious issue requiring sensitivity.

On Camera

Indians should adopt stray dogs. It’s what Hindu value system teaches

Compassion and cohabitation with animals are ingrained in the Indian value system. A humane solution must be found for the rising conflict between man and free-range animals.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Centre appoints Army ex-vice chief Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani as military adviser to NSC Secretariat

New Delhi: Former Indian Army Vice Chief Lt Gen N.S. Raja Subramani (Retd) has been appointed the new Military Advisor (MA) to the National...

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.