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India needs to be more open and honest with its people. For that, the Central Information Commission (CIC) and other groups that handle public information have to cooperate Recently, someone asked Indian Railways to explain how they decide ticket prices – like normal fares or Tatkal (last‑minute booking). After waiting two years, CIC said no,…

By Osho This is one of the most penetrating maxims of Heraclitus: The sun is new each day. Hunger is new each day. Love is new each day. Life is new each day. To say ‘each day’ is not good. Each movement, gesture, moment, everything is new. So where does the old come from? Why…

With the Union Government preparing its budgetary agenda for FY27, debates around fiscal consolidation, capital expenditure, and industrial growth have taken centre stage. Far less attention, however, has been paid to an emerging structural vulnerability that affects India’s infrastructure, manufacturing, energy transition, and external balances, which is India’s growing shortage of critical and other metals/minerals,…

India now has one of the world’s largest startup ecosystems. The Startup India initiative has evolved into an inclusive and innovative ecosystem across the country, channelising youthful entrepreneurial energy to create jobs and accelerate economic growth, paving the way for the Viksit Bharat 2047 mission. This transformation did not happen overnight. Startup India was announced…

Mumbai will know today who’ll run the city. What they already knew – and this will be true irrespective of results – is that this election was more than a contest between the BJP-led Mahayuti and the UBT Sena-MNS-led Shiv Shakti. Instead, it represented a fundamental shift in the Marathi political psyche. The battle lines…

Technology can tell us about the passing of loved ones, but why wait for that? Use it to say hello  Where there is a market, supply will follow. That an app monikered ‘Are You Dead?’ exists, that moreover it’s spreading in popularity from China to US, tells us something about how society is changing better…

Bengali is one of the sweetest of languages – and there’s a reason for that  I’ve often been struck by how sweet the Bengali language sounds, particularly when it sings its inimitable Rabindra Sangeet. It’s a language seemingly full of rounded vowels which roll off the tongue, unimpeded by the angularity of consonants. But linguistics apart,…

India needs more transparency. For that, CIC and other information commissions must cooperate Ask not why Indian Railways charges you what it does. That’s the message Central Information Commission – a body set up to ensure “smoother and greater access to information” – has sent across to the public through a recent order. The applicant…

I will be visiting India from January 15 to 17. This will be my first visit in roughly six years since 2019, when I took part in the first Japan–India 2+2 Meeting in New Delhi as Japan’s minister for foreign affairs. I am looking forward to once again experiencing the vibrant energy of today’s India….

The Indian Army today presents a striking paradox. At the tactical edge, it is moving faster than at any point since the post-Kargil reforms—experimenting, restructuring, and embracing drones, data and decentralised lethality.  A major force restructuring, a new rocket brigade and a northern truce— led by Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, is good on restructuring,…