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India’s tiger story is no longer only about saving an endangered animal, it is increasingly about how conservation, development and local prosperity can reinforce one another. There are forests one visits, and there are forests one keeps returning to until they become part of one’s life. Corbett Tiger Reserve is that forest for me. I…

India’s conversation on women’s political empowerment has long revolved around one number: 33%. The passage of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam was celebrated as a watershed moment. Reserving one-third of seats in Parliament and state legislatures acknowledged what had long been evident: India’s democracy cannot be fully representative while women remain underrepresented in elected office….

Summary: Why I gave up tea for a life that reports for duty. For nearly twenty years I have been a coffee drinker, which, for a Bengali, is rather like admitting one has always found Rabindrasangeet a touch repetitive. People become concerned. They stop asking whether you take milk or sugar and start wondering what…

The protests by young people may be over, but what happens next is just as important. Courts, governments, and the police must be careful not to send confusing messages that make young people worried or angry again. The organisers of the protests, called CJP, stopped the demonstrations after several state governments promised not to punish…

By KV Raghupathi There are four types of gurus in creation. One is a human guru who not only imparts knowledge of the material world but also sets an example for others to follow by actively and purposefully cultivating qualities and values in life. This ethical discipline is critical to obtaining higher knowledge – you…

There’s a photograph from last week that ought to be framed and hung somewhere solemn. Spokespeople for a political party named after an insect, seated beside GOI ministers, hammering out terms. Compensation for families of the dead, a minister’s resignation. A movement, months old and born out of a single social media post, negotiating as…

India & Australia have announced a rare, two-way act of repatriation: three Chola-era Tamil Nadu antiquities – a ceremonial bronze trident of Goddess Bhadrakali, a granite idol of Nandi, and a six-headed sculpture of Lord Kartikeya – will return to India from Australian collections. Even as India returns the remains of an Aboriginal ancestor that…

A new bridge should last for years—not just 17 days. So why do so many roads and bridges fall apart so quickly? A bridge in Dehradun that cost ₹16 crore developed a huge pit beside it just 17 days after it opened. Many people blamed the heavy monsoon rains. But is rain really the problem?…

From having too little ID, we now have too much of it Growing up in Calcutta, I knew my family and I were Indian because we lived in Calcutta, which was in India. Geography proved our Indianness. But our official proof of being Indian was Ration Card, pronounced Raashun Card. Raashun Card was a prized…

Court, govt, cops must not send out signals that are liable to be misinterpreted by the young of the nation Days ahead are crucial. CJP, organisers of Gen Z protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar that spread to several states, called off their stir basis assurances that no punitive action will be taken against protesters, and…