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A lengthening shadow of Tamil nativism

Vignesh Karthik K.R. Karthick Ram Manoharan

As a player in Tamil Nadu’s residual vote share space, the Naam Tamilar Katchi’s political offering could hurt the State’s social fabric

The many questions arising from QES data

K.R. Shyam Sundar

Journalists hold banners as they protest against a new media policy in Srinagar in 2020.

Throttling the press in J&K

Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami By denying the media freedom, the government is building its own narrative and providing space for fake news

Zanzibar-born author Abdulrazak Gurnah poses for a photo call prior to attending a press conference, after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, in London on October 8, 2021.

Awards discourage curiosity

Kunal Ray We cannot become a culture held hostage by awards which determine what we read and how

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Awards discourage curiosity

The many questions arising from QES data

Throttling the press in J&K

A lengthening shadow of Tamil nativism

Infusing public health into Indian medical education

Will a bad bank fix India’s broken banking system?

Stronger at the grassroots

It is imperative to make disaster resilience an inherent part of community culture

Seeding a data revolution in Indian agriculture

But technology fixes and agri-business investments alone will not be enough to improve farmers’ livelihoods

The recent QES estimates are unreliable

The analysis is fraught with caveats and the interpretation of the survey results calls for caution

Trade multilateralism at risk

The World Trade Organization is facing an existential crisis

Road accidents can be reduced

Public discourse, improving infrastructure can help

The Hindu vote, an emerging ethnocracy

The BJP’s success in this is being emulated by its political rivals, as developments in Uttar Pradesh show

Crackdown in China, hope in India

China’s sweeping overhaul of its tech sector could benefit India in the near future

The Met on the mat

A new culture of ethics, not deterrent punishments alone, can transform the conduct of the police

The challenge of going back to school

Guidelines on re-opening schools focus more on health measures than on addressing learning difficulties

With AUKUS, India must keep its head above water

The security grouping spells opportunities but also possible unique challenges which New Delhi can ill-afford to ignore

Adopt proven solutions over smog towers

Proven solutions rooted in science, not unproven technological fixes, will reduce air pollution

The dystopic reality of a Hindutva state

The Yogi Adityanath administration is untrammelled by constitutional morality

Cities are taking climate action

Climate resilience plans in Indian cities focus on isolated risks rather than preparing for multiple, intersecting risks

Taproots to help restore India’s fading green cover

In forest restoration, the participation of local communities and adequate financing and incentives are essential

Understanding the Taliban for what it is

While it is undeniable that the Taliban subscribe to an ideology, they are also playing cynical politics

Peace at the heart of education

Education can impart the skills and values needed to prevent potential conflicts

NS2, a win-win proposition?

A consensus on the Nord Stream 2 could benefit Germany, Russia and Ukraine, but many hurdles remain

A ‘Maharaja’ price to pay for an aviation homecoming

The Tatas could face turbulence in the event of the business conglomerate emerging successful in the bid for Air India

Time to sound the bell with class doors reopening

Learning recovery and safety should be top priorities as schools begin to open again across India

Should universities avoid teaching controversial texts?

Doing so would violate academic autonomy, critical pedagogy and freedom of expression

Making parties constitutional

This will ensure in-party democracy, make them transparent, and de-communalise them

A State, a ‘clean sweep’ and the art of sanitation

The citizens of Madhya Pradesh and the State machinery have enabled a transformation, down to the grassroots

From riots to reconciliation

The farmers’ movement has disrupted the Hindutva narrative in western Uttar Pradesh

A lesson from China on gig workers’ rights

The swell of public opinion in China has enabled government regulation and change in company policy

An unsteady ship and no Captain

The Gandhis have opened up one more battlefront in Punjab even as the Congress struggles to hold on to other States

The scorching rays of Assamese nationalism

The Darrang incident is not a lone wolf act but leads back to robust and embedded anti-Muslim sentiments

The pursuit of happiness through justice

The great degree of unhappiness in Indian society has a lot to do with the way the law and its institutions operate

Bureaucracy’s digital challenge

If civil servants don’t use social media appropriately, their role as independent advisers stands threatened

How to grease the wheels of justice

The problem of pendency of cases in courts across the country can be tackled with a few measures

Germany as a development actor in a post-Merkel era

The new Chancellor must enable global cooperation policies for a sustainable future with India and the world

Measuring regional diversity

The National Institute Ranking Framework’s calculation of regional diversity in educational institutions is inaccurate

Book extract | Indra Nooyi on leading a white male-dominated PepsiCo and also being a mother, wife and daughter

Extract from 'My Life in Full: Work, Family, and our Future'

Revitalising PM-KUSUM

We can unlock the scheme’s promises in many ways

The curious case of the Punjab Congress

Even with ‘operation Captain’ over, the party has hurdles to cross if it is to emerge successful in the Assembly elections

Stopping short of social justice

The Justice Rajan Committee report does not provide answers to the crucial questions it engages with

Public reason leads to progress

Kerala’s soul cannot survive via vote-bank politics or identity politics, but only by building a rational public sphere

Identity and public policy

Identity-based public policy may not be as effective as one based on a universalist approach

Flood management that cannot be watered down

For a lasting solution to the India-Nepal floods, an intergovernmental panel must be formed with local representation

India is not a bystander in the AUKUS saga

Observers in New Delhi profess mixed feelings — some joy for Australia, but more commiseration with France

Does NEET privilege the privileged?

Has Tamil Nadu's stand on the medical entrance exam raised valid questions?

Make departments smart, first

E-governance holds the promise of improving local governance, but only if we pay attention to the basics

A climate change narrative that India can steer

The Glasgow COP26 meet offers New Delhi a chance to update its Nationally Determined Contributions to meet targets

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