Opinion

Indian Knowledge System: The lost wisdom

Indian Knowledge System: The lost wisdom

For more than a thousand years before the printing press reached the Indian shores, wisdom travelled as water does, trickling…

September 5, 2026

THE NATIONAL SOFT SPOT

When we speak of addictions in our country, we usually think of alcohol, tobacco, narcotics, sweets, bargaining with vegetable vendors,…

September 5, 2026

Hamari anganwadi, Hamari Jimmedari: When a Community owns its anganwadi

The Bharat of 2047 will be built by children who have not yet entered school. Their journey towards a healthy,…

September 4, 2026

Building Viksit Bharat through middle-class expansion

India is aspiring to be Viksit Bharat by 2047. The idea is moving and the country must attain this cuttingedge…

September 4, 2026

Vande Mataram row: National Pride, Constitutional Values and the Politics of Patriotism

Few expressions in India carry the emotional, historical and political weight of “Vande Mataram.” From the freedom struggle to contemporary…

September 3, 2026

Beyond selective quotations: Understanding Manusmriti and Hindu thought

There is a simple rule in public life: those who believe they will face no consequences often speak the loudest…

September 3, 2026

When the law cites a case that never existed

Ask a chatbot a question today and it answers at once, fluent and sure of itself. That confidence is the…

September 1, 2026

India’s markets shrugged off its youth uprising

Student protests disrupted the political scene, but the industry continued business as usual. On 15 July, India’s cabinet approved Semicon…

September 1, 2026

How will India deal with China’s ‘water bomb’?

After devastating floods in Nepal, serious questions are once again being raised over the threat posed by Chinese dams. I…

September 1, 2026

The Indian State has become better at giving than fixing

India has mastered the politics of giving. It has yet to build a system for stopping, redesigning and reallocating. India’s…

September 1, 2026