Opinion

Gold paradox: Indians sell more but buy more too; a big question is lost in between

Najib Shah
30 Sept 2026 7:00 PM IST

Record gold sales may reflect profit-taking, distress or both; yet India’s appetite for the metal remains undiminished, driving imports and smuggling alike

Senco IPo
Opinion
Karnataka’s AI push: Should students give up third language?
Opinion

Karnataka’s AI push: Should students give up third language?

30 Sept 2026 1:58 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi touched upon various issues in his 103-minute Independence Day speech from the ramparts of Red Fort in Delhi on August 15, 2025. (Photo: PTI)
Opinion

Growth story or a story about growth? Hidden costs of India’s electoral machine

30 Sept 2026 6:30 AM IST
Partisan US has lost the moral right to host United Nations
Opinion

Partisan US has lost the moral right to host United Nations

29 Sept 2026 9:27 AM IST
India’s soft stance in US mercenary VanDyke’s case only latest of many retreats

India’s soft stance in US mercenary VanDyke’s case only latest of many retreats

27 Sept 2026 4:00 PM IST
Narendra Modi

From seva to spectacle: How Modi’s birthday became a political project

27 Sept 2026 6:30 AM IST
65 suicides later, real test for IITs is how they treat students who fail

65 suicides later, real test for IITs is how they treat students who fail

22 Sept 2026 4:24 PM IST
BRICS

Why BRICS must build trade, brick by brick, and not an anti-US bloc

18 Sept 2026 4:49 PM IST
BRICS New Delhi Declaration: A diplomatic win, but little else

BRICS New Delhi Declaration: A diplomatic win, but little else

14 Sept 2026 4:00 PM IST
Tamil Nadu bypolls will put political defections to the voter test

Tamil Nadu bypolls will put political defections to the voter test

14 Sept 2026 6:30 AM IST
Chittagong tribespeople

Bangladesh: Why Chittagong tribals face risk of ethnocide

13 Sept 2026 8:31 AM IST
Mohan Bhagwat in the US: PTI

Bhagwat's global tour is all about image management, not ideological change

12 Sept 2026 6:20 AM IST
Forgotten legacy of Khairlanji struggle and the challenge of neo-casteism

Khairlanji to Dangwas: What our numbness says about Hindutva-led neo-casteism

10 Sept 2026 7:00 PM IST
SAARC

SCO and BRICS, yes, but is it time for India to revive SAARC?

10 Sept 2026 6:17 PM IST
Delhi SIR

EC’s 'Detect, Delete, Deport' SIR exercise lands India in a quagmire

Shikha Mukerjee
8 Sept 2026 4:39 PM IST

The EC's multi-phase SIR exercise has raised concerns about mass disenfranchisement and a lack of clarity about those excluded

mining

MMDR Amendment Act erodes state powers, trust in federal ties

8 Sept 2026 6:30 AM IST
Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar

When Keralam's warring Sunni factions find common ground in silencing women

6 Sept 2026 6:20 AM IST
Revanths Reddy calculus: Why Konda Surekha had to go

Revanth's Reddy calculus: Why Konda Surekha had to go

5 Sept 2026 7:24 PM IST
Violence the norm in Bangladesh: Hasina attacks interim regime

Hasina’s return home: Unanswered questions, persisting doubts

5 Sept 2026 3:36 PM IST
India’s female workforce is growing, but what kind of work is driving it?

India's female workforce boom hides a precarious reality

2 Sept 2026 4:00 PM IST
Modi’s SCO ‘rebuke’ of Putin echoes RSS’s Vishwaguru pitch, but it’s poor diplomacy

Modi’s SCO ‘rebuke’ of Putin echoes RSS’s Vishwaguru pitch, but it’s poor diplomacy

2 Sept 2026 6:30 AM IST
Nepal floods

Nepal floods: More Himalayan disasters are already being built

1 Sept 2026 4:00 PM IST
Indias reservation debate and opportunity cost

Why India’s opportunity crisis is bigger than the reservation debate

31 Aug 2026 7:58 PM IST
Sonal Dinusha India vs Sri Lanka Test Match

India-Sri Lanka Test series: Why India should celebrate Dinusha’s defiance

30 Aug 2026 1:58 PM IST
Once wary, Sri Lankans warm up to India; New Delhi must take serious note

Once wary, Sri Lankans warm up to India; New Delhi must take serious note

29 Aug 2026 6:20 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi in Pune

Why Rahul's Manusmriti pitch could be BJP's own ‘Shah Bano moment’

28 Aug 2026 6:20 AM IST
Donald Trump

Defiant Tehran pushes Trump into globalising Iran war

27 Aug 2026 8:05 PM IST
Why upcoming SCO and BRICS summits are thorny for India

Why upcoming SCO and BRICS summits are thorny for India

27 Aug 2026 4:00 PM IST
Govt seeks nod for spending

How India’s shrinking education, health budgets are betraying rural youth

26 Aug 2026 6:30 AM IST
Revanth Reddy with a team from Cambridge in London

Routine check or political bias: Why MEA denied Revanth Reddy clearance for US visit

25 Aug 2026 11:36 AM IST