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SubscriberWrites: Indian customs must undergo change. Holding on to relics for namesake affects growth

History must be recorded and remembered, but we must accept the wishes of a new generation to shed the customs introduced by our colonisers, writes Col KL Viswanathan

SubscriberWrites: BJP’s popularity test at stake in Gujarat assembly election with new entrant AAP

AAP needs a huge swing to convert the narrative and momentum it is building in Gujarat into actual seats, since it is a larger and more complex state than Delhi or Punjab, writes Nischai Vats.

SubscriberWrites: From Congress to Kashmir, how Ghulam Nabi Azad’s entry in Valley throws open its politics

From Ghulam Nabi Azad’s departure from Congress to the apparent fissure within the regional parties, what does it entail for the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, writes Zaffar Iqbal.

SubscriberWrites: From Afghanistan to Ukraine, USA’s great game involves using countries as medical rats

Who helped Hitler become Hitler? What compelled the USSR to invade Afghanistan? And who is currently using Taiwan to irritate China? There's a clear answer, writes Ashish Agnihotri.

SubscriberWrites: India and Pakistan can engage on sports field if not on politics

Sports can help both the countries fiscally, if not politically, writes Vijay Sundaresan.

SubscriberWrites: Boarding schools can be foundation for teaching life skills and values

Schools form the base for the kind of values one fosters in one's life, writes Col HP Singh.

Bureaucrats should not be punished in retrospect for decisions

The Government should encourage decision making, assure and protect the officers from bonafide errors, writes Vaidyanathan Subramanian.

Subscriber writes: poem on struggles of the transgender community

Shivani Dhama’s poem talks about the flawed notions and perceptions society has about transgenders.

SubscriberWrites: Poem on the challenges of becoming an adult

Vardhan Saklani’s poem talks about the experiences encountered by a person transitioning from a child into a young adult .

SubscriberWrites: Indian airline industry has high mortality rate. Nearly 73% private airlines wind up in 5 yrs

With the exception of Jet Airways and Sahara Airlines, no private airlines could survive the turbulence for more than 5 years.

On Camera

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.