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Mamata manages to not get tainted by excesses of Trinamool’s strongmen, pitching herself as both a provider and a ‘victim’. So, her supporters can vote for her while dissing her party First phase of one of the most contested elections came to a close on a whittled electorate, and a very high turnout (of 3.6cr…

By P Raja What is man, or for that matter, woman? The human body undergoes change every minute, every second, without our knowledge. We know that the body is present on Earth for a short span of time. We walk towards death unknowingly, and death walks towards us clandestinely. About the meeting point, God only…

The term “archive” is derived from the Greek word “archaeion”. The word “archeion” derives its etymology from the word “arch,” which originally denoted the magisterial residence and later the public office where official papers are kept. Archives contain a wide range of objects, such as stone inscriptions, copper plates, historical manuscripts, and isolated letters from…

By Jug Suraiya In the glow of a new-born day, poetpriest Gerard Manley Hopkins saw a bird soaring high above the Earth, a vision that inspired him to write one of the most joyous poems in English literature, The Windhover, in which the effortless flight of a falcon evokes the universality of Christ’s covenant of…

In March 2025, a large quantity of currency notes were burnt in a fire that engulfed the outhouse of Delhi High Court Judge Yashwant Varma’s residence. Since it is highly unusual for anyone to store large sum of currency notes at such place, people started wondering about this bizarre incident. Given that the issue of…

India’s security challenges no longer sit neatly along its land borders or maritime edges; they extend upward, into an increasingly contested and weaponised space domain. In this environment, Integrated Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) is not just a capability; it is the backbone of credible deterrence and rapid response. The urgency to fast-track India’s Space-Based…

India’s total exports of merchandise and services have been estimated at US$ 860.09 billion during FY 2025–26 (April–March), marking a growth of 4.22% compared to US$ 825.26 billion in the previous financial year according to the latest official trade estimates released by the government. The growth, it is opined, reflects a steady performance across both goods and services…

India often says that teachers are very important because they help build the future. But in real life, teachers are asked to do many jobs that are not about teaching. For example, teachers are sent to do census work (counting people), help with elections, collect data for government schemes, and even take part in surveys….

Going to work should not feel like going to battle. But in many Indian factories, it does. In just over a week, more than 70 workers have died in three big explosions. In a sensitive country, such tragedies would lead to serious thinking and better safety rules. After a chemical leak in Seveso, Italy, in…

‘Nari’ once again becomes ‘nara’ Forget ‘delimitation’ (a word as unwieldy as a bloated LS). Could we please unanimously agree to a limitation on male netas banging on about who’s doing more for women, and who will pay the price on Judgment Day, aka Voting Day. For decades, we have protested against our ‘joint existence’,…