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We’ve found the story of corruption at the Ayodhya temple entirely plausible. That’s really our collective shame. That dishonesty and prayers coexist in places of worship seems routine to most of us Are Indians naturally corrupt? We didn’t even spare Ram. For decades, people fought over his temple in Ayodhya. It shaped politics, divided communities,…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to New Zealand marks far more than the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister in four decades. It represents the culmination of a remarkable transformation in bilateral relations—from a relationship once defined by geographical distance and modest economic engagement to one increasingly anchored in strategic trust, economic complementarity and…

Mid-June already feels like a long while ago. That’s when Spain’s World Cup began, in Atlanta. Hours before that kickoff against Cape Verde, the streets around Mercedes-Benz Stadium had turned into a sea of red. Yes, La Roja supporters had arrived early to savour its debut. But as they streamed towards the stadium, one detail…

By Hasmukh Adhia The universe is a complex creation, marked by perfection. The laws of the universe are perfect in every respect. The sun is never late in rising, Earth rotates exactly the way it should, and the ecological cycle brings seasons in time. It never happens that when you sow wheat grains, rice plants…

The World Cup just got 63% bigger. Whether that made it more valuable, and why FIFA really did it, is the interesting part. Every luxury house knows one rule by heart: make too much of something precious and you cheapen it. Scarcity is not an accident of value. Often it is the source of it….

Congrats to India’s International Physics Olympiad winners. Would have been great if non-coaching class kids could make the cut too Amid all the news and noise, did you notice that India just finished as joint winner of the 56th International Physics Olympiad in Colombia? All five boys who represented the country are coming home with…

Monsoon never changed. Bengaluru did There was a time when rain and I understood each other, and Bengaluru quietly approved of the arrangement. Growing up in this city, rain was never an inconvenience. It was part of the rhythm of life. Pre-summer showers would drift in quietly, cooling the city without bringing it to a…

Imagine ordering milk, bread or fruit that arrives in just 10 minutes — but when you open the bag, the food is spoiled, expired or even covered in fungus. This is happening to more people who use quick-delivery apps. These companies keep food in special storage centres called dark stores. They are not like normal…

When discussing the true yardstick of a state’s development, one inevitably recalls Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, who introduced Indian politics to the philosophy of Antyodaya decades ago. He believed that the success of any policy, programme, or government should not be judged by what it delivers to those at the top of society. Rather, it should…

There is a guy in every Indian newsroom whose single job is to make sure the headline contains the words people are already typing into Google. He does not write the story. He reads it, winces, and appends a colon, after which comes the keyword: the actor’s name, the IPO, the phone that launched, the…