Opinion
Letters to The Editor — May 16, 2026
Burden of fuel hikes It has become routine for the ruling party at the Centre to keep fuel prices steady…
Trade, supply chains and economic statecraft
The past decade has collapsed the old boundary between economics and geopolitics, creating a world in which supply chains, trade…
Neo-Dravidianism and the 2026 Tamil Nadu electoral realignment
The 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election and the results may be interpreted as a significant electoral and institutional realignment within…
Cooling doctrine: On India’s response to extreme heat
Over the past decade, India’s response to extreme heat has settled into a familiar choreography. Summer comes and the National…
NTA an agency in need of a thorough examination
Student organizations protest in New Delhi over NEET paper leak and exam postponement. | Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar/The Hindu On…
The Iran war, India’s strategic autonomy challenges
United States President Donald Trump’s tariff wars against friend and foe over the last year now pale in comparison to…
Letters to The Editor — May 15, 2026
Kerala CM selection Ultimately, the All India Congress Committee has succeeded in selecting the most suitable leader for the post…
Corrections and Clarifications — May 15, 2026
A report, “CBI arrests five, conducts raids across India in NEET leak case” (Front Page, May 14), referred to “three…
The enduring legacy left behind by Ted Turner
As a child, Ted Turner’s father, Ed Turner, who was a major if overbearing influence on him told him to…
Is this the end of the road for the INDIA bloc?
Following the recent electoral setbacks of two of the largest constituents of the INDIA bloc, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)…