On August 7, at the Congress headquarters in new Delhi, party leader Rahul Gandhi stood in a room filled with cameras and anticipation, holding what he described as proof of India’s gravest democratic crisis. The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha raised a spiral-bound stack of papers, culled from a seven-foot pile of…

Two years ago, when I joined this organisation as a rookie still trying to earn his chops, the idea of devoting an entire column to an unassuming melancholic fantasy anime felt a little absurd. Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe’s lesser-known Japanese series about a couple millenia-old elf processing grief through detours and half-remembered conversations hardly…

While AR Rahman recently admitted that Hindi film projects have slowed down for him over the past eight years, he also pointed out that the last six years have been among the most intense and productive phases of his career. In a recent interview, the composer revealed that between 2019 and 2025, he worked on…

Shifting geopolitical landscape does not mean that the door is shut for Indians aiming for a premium foreign education. | Photo Credit: Freepik Are geopolitical tensions and revised immigration policies forcing Indian students to look beyond the U.K. and the U.S. when it comes to higher studies abroad? There is no single answer to this….

India’s recurring waterborne disease outbreaks are often treated as unfortunate but isolated lapses—local failures caused by ageing pipes, human error, or sudden contamination. The deaths in Indore in early January 2026, expose how misleading that framing is. What unfolded in Bhagirathpura locality was not an accident but the foreseeable consequence of a governance model that…

The Song of the Clay Pot: Sumana Chandrasekhar in conversation with Akhila Krishnamurthy at The Hindu Showplace, Chennai on January 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: M. Srinath Ghatam player, researcher, writer and author of the book ‘Song of the Clay Pot’ Sumana Chandrashekar said here on Sunday that just by virtue of being a ghatam player,…

The Song of the Clay Pot: Sumana Chandrasekhar in conversation with Akhila Krishnamurthy at The Hindu Showplace, Chennai on January 18, 2026. | Photo Credit: M. Srinath Ghatam player, researcher, writer and author of the book ‘Song of the Clay Pot’ Sumana Chandrashekar said here on Sunday that just by virtue of being a ghatam player,…

NEW DELHI: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Chatroo area of Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said.The J&K Police confirmed that an operation is currently underway, according to ANI.No casualties have been reported so far, and further details are awaited. New Army Video Highlights Operation Sindoor Strikes…

The recent deletions from the NCERT textbooks have more to do with Hindu communal politics than with, as claimed by NCERT director Dinesh Saklani, reducing the load on students returning post-Covid by removing some “faltu” chapters and sections. Violating the principles of history, its scientific procedures and ‘discourse of proof’, the majoritarian political forces in…

If you’re in Indore, it is a custom to treat yourself to some poha and, if you’re watching cricket, a lot of runs. This is the same ground where Virender Sehwag scored 219 runs against the West Indies 14 years ago. India scored 399 and 385 in their last two games and the latter was…