
‘I planned to record a farewell message for my mom in case I die here in Ukraine’
Raj Dhiman (21) is among the Indian students marooned in the Ukrainian city of Lviv. Like the others, he’s desperate to get out but he says Ukrainian soldiers are beating them up and preventing them f...
28 Feb 202225min

Manipur state poll – AFSPA, insurgency, jobs dominated the campaign
The outcome of the Manipur state election will indicate the mood of the entire North-East. AFSPA, insurgency and jobs dominate the electoral conversation in the state which has tumultuous history and ...
25 Feb 20229min

State polls a bellwether for our democracy, semi-final for 2024
This is a crucial election year. Five states are making a choice. It’s almost a semi-final to the 2024 general election, and you can see that in the intensity of the campaigning. How these states vote...
18 Feb 202228min

Kastur: In Gandhi’s Shadow, His Guiding Light
We all know about Mahatma Gandhi’s work, but few know of the role his wife Kasturba played in it. Kasturba was not a mute but was, in fact, a great freedom fighter, a pioneering satyagrahi and often h...
18 Feb 20222min

‘Consent is key; marital rape exception is against Constitution’
Marital rape is at the centre of a heated debate with those opposing its criminalisation citing “men’s rights”, “potential misuse of the law” and “impact on Indian society”. What is the case all about...
15 Feb 202238min

How does the Russia-Ukraine standoff affect India?
The Russia-Ukraine conflict could affect India in various ways – by raising oil and LNG prices, nudging inflation higher, to making stock markets even more volatile. It has implications also for our r...
11 Feb 20227min

‘Stop developmental projects in tiger areas, invest more in lesser-known forests’
126 tigers died in India in 2021, the most since data began being compiled, for reasons ranging from habitat loss to poaching and from habitat fragmentation to hunting of the tiger’s prey species by l...
8 Feb 202232min

Budget 2022 doesn’t address the jobs crisis adequately
Budget 2022 was presented in the backdrop of extremely worrisome levels of unemployment. India needs to create 100 million jobs by 2030 with roughly 10 million aspirants entering the employment market...
4 Feb 202210min



















