On an uneasy Independence Day, I cannot bear to listen to my favourite freedom song

I feel utterly helpless as I watch every brick of the foundation of a secular, socialist India being smashed to smithereens.

Nandita Haksar

· Aug 15, 2019 · 06:30 am

India’s efforts to save its tigers have turned some Adivasi communities into conservation refugees

Turning Adivasis out of land earmarked for reserves interrupts their livelihoods and the ecological balance they maintain.

Nitin Rai

· Aug 12, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Ignore the negative headlines. Indo-US relations are not as bad as they seem

There may be stress is the relations, but both countries are focused on the bigger picture.

Harsh V Pant and Paras Ratna, YaleGlobal

· Aug 05, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Opinion: Pakistan could never reach the Moon because it didn’t have its own Nehru

If Narendra Modi were the prime minister of India 70-80 years ago, the country today would be pursuing astrology instead of astronomy.

Pervez Hoodbhoy

· Jul 29, 2019 · 08:30 pm

A clean party? BJP tactics in Karnataka should obliterate the claim that it’s different from others

The horse trading of the last few days put an end to any idea about BJP exceptionalism.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Jul 27, 2019 · 06:30 am

Adani sets a dangerous precedent by seeking the names of scientists reviewing its Australia mine

The company claimed it wanted to make sure there was no bias in the review of its groundwater management plan.

Samantha Hepburn, The Conversation

· Jul 17, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Understanding lynchings: With silent consent for mob violence, society is outsourcing its guilt

In many instances, the people who perpetrate acts of violence actually become the silent recipients of collective gratitude.

Ajay Gudavarthy

· Jul 17, 2019 · 08:00 am

A proposed ban on coverage of under-trial politicians will hurt press freedom in Pakistan

The country’s federal cabinet believes that journalists are unable to retain objectivity and colour public perception.

Ali Chughtai, Dawn.com

· Jul 16, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Distributing hens and goats won’t solve Pakistan’s malnutrition crisis – better policy will

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s new programme Ehsas fails to bridge the gap between the country’s agricultural production and its nutritional needs.

Haseeb Ahmed, Dawn.com

· Jul 08, 2019 · 09:30 pm

‘Neither Gandhi nor Marx’: Devaki Jain on the two forces that might guide India back to justice

‘Before Midnight’s Children’ have been reduced to dissenters, said Jain at the annual Mahindra Lecture held at Harvard’s Mittal Institute on April 24.

Devaki Jain

· Jul 06, 2019 · 06:30 am

Eight reasons Azim Premji is much bigger than just the sum of his money

As the Wipro executive chairman and managing director prepares to retire on July 30, a former colleague lists the lessons he learnt from the businessman.

Kalyan Banerjee

· Jul 04, 2019 · 06:30 am

‘Harvard’ has left the Modi government. Can ‘hard work’ reverse the economic slowdown?

Deputy RBI governor Viral Acharya is the latest in a long line of economists to quit under this administration.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Jun 26, 2019 · 06:30 am