Congress high command’s dithering before confirming Satheesan as Kerala CM has taken the shine off the party’s post-win profile, and is a bad sign for the future VD Satheesan’s rise as the most popular political figure in Kerala, and now CM-designate, cannot be understood merely through the conventional language of electoral arithmetic, or anti-incumbency. His…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to citizens to conserve petrol, diesel, defer buying gold for at least a year and avoid foreign travel etc. reminds one of a dormant provision in the constitution under article 360 for financial emergency. There is however no indication whatsoever from the government to declare such an emergency. The provision…
The cancellation of NEET-UG 2026 has done far more harm than disturbing the Examination schedule. It has deeply shaken the confidence of millions of students and parents across India. Conducted on May 3, the examination was later cancelled after serious allegations of a paper leak emerged. Behind each of the 22 lakh aspirants stands a…
Introduction The Trump administration during his second term as the President of the United States has adopted a more assertive and unpredictable approach to the US foreign policy deploying tariffs and other economic tools against both, the rivals and the partners. By this, the US President Donald Trump has expressed open hostility toward multilateral institutions…
Crisis is not limited only to economic slowdown or shortage of revenue. Crisis means increasing pressure on resources, growing needs of the population, additional burden on infrastructure, and uncertainty in global conditions. In such times, the biggest test before governance is not of its policies, but of its restraint. Because when resources are limited and…
Snob society is now ruled by tile and tawa . In air-kissed exclusion zones, the talk is no longer of shiatsu massages and ethically sourced coffee. Even matcha is no match for mahjong and benne dosa – the dual addiction of SoBo, SoDel & Co. It’s a socio-cultural phenomenon. Babes have jilted their gym instructors…
Carpooling makes a lot of sense – it’s cheaper, greener, and you get the comfort of a car ride without buying one. Yet, it’s simply not taken off in our metros. Yes, intercity ride-sharing is picking up, but too slowly, given the pace required, both for environment, and to do our bit to tide over…
The real significance of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (VCP) and President of Vietnam To Lam’s visit to India lies in placing the bilateral partnership on an irreversible upward trajectory. The elevation of ties to an “Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” reflects shared strategic vison, growing geopolitical convergence, expanding economic ambitions, stronger maritime…
Think of Tantra as a timeless tradition that goes back to antiquity. Distinguished Indian pedagogue and printmaker Dipak Banerjee went on a French Scholarship to Paris and Oslo.William Hayter’s Atelier 17 gave him the proficiency to study the process of multicoloured intaglios with the viscosity method.He worked in Norway for a while and came to…
Every now and then, we are bound to ask ourselves the same question: why are we still reading novels? The dictionary defines a novel as a relatively long work of narrative fiction. But a definition tells us what a novel is. It does not tell us what a novel does. Understanding can only begin when…