Obituary

Raghu Rai: The eye that held India’s ordinary and extraordinary

Opinion

Agreeing to disagree: India is using calibrated ambiguity to keep BRICS together

Opinion

From lanterns to the grid: How India is finding ways to see and work after dusk

Opinion

Is it time to herald Vaibhav Suryavanshi, or wait for the real test?

Opinion

Delivery as politics: Inside India’s new welfare narrative

Opinion

Cadre vs deputation: The quiet legislative move to keep CAPF leadership an IPS-only club

Opinion

What a Douglas Adams classic can teach us about the age of AI

Opinion

Beyond the ideological perch: Why strategic realism underpins Modi’s visit to Israel

Opinion

Trial by ballot: Can a ‘reform’ election finally stabilise Bangladesh?

Opinion

Credibility device, indirect redistribution: The political economy of the budget is clear

Opinion

The Lutyens blind spot: Mark Tully saw the English media’s disconnect with ordinary Indians

Opinion

What the one-screen Republic Day meant for India’s sense of nationhood

Books

The Social Life of Indian Trains review: A journey that misses out many worlds

Opinion

Congress turns 140: A party coming to terms with its organisational woes

Opinion

Smog is unavoidable. Unsafe food isn’t. That’s why there’s little outrage over food adulteration

Opinion

Responsibility without power: When human buffers become punching bags for the public

Analysis

From oil to S-400s: The calculus behind Putin’s India visit

Opinion

Karnataka’s Congress crossroads: A leadership test for a weakened high command

Opinion

Supreme Court’s backlog crisis needs sustained action. Too ambitious to think CJI’s tenure can solve it

Opinion

Can Delhi shield Hasina without straining ties with Dhaka?