Opinion
National Science Day | An astrophysicist’s journey from starlight to solving the solar neutrino puzzle
From childhood inspiration to working at the Institute for Advanced Study — once home to Albert Einstein — she reflects…
The system bends, it rarely breaks, says U.S. Congressional expert Matthew Glassman
The real story is not institutional collapse; it is institutional tension, Matthew Glassman, Congressional expert and Senior Fellow at the…
Up in the air: On non-scheduled operators, aviation safety
A series of flight incidents within a month — two crashes involving small aircraft, at Baramati (Maharashtra) in January, and…
Bad publicity: On AI Summit, Youth Congress protest, police action
The India AI Impact Summit 2026, in New Delhi last week, was ostensibly a gathering of industry hands from global…
International law is not dead, its rules stay resilient
Rising tensions between the United States and Iran, with threats of the use of force, have once again triggered a…
Kerala’s paradox can spark its global vision
Long before “globalization” became the lingua franca of Davos economists, Kerala, sandwiched between the verdant Western Ghats and the cerulean…
Letters to The Editor — February 28, 2026
Court, textbook ban The decision of the Supreme Court of India to ban an NCERT published Class 8 textbook for…
The price of a recipe: Social media, entitlement and the changing kitchen
I opened a new Hoppers outlet last month. New dishes, new room, a familiar mix of excitement and mild terror…
On the draw — February 27, 2026
Published – February 27, 2026 02:59 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Source…
Taking sides: On Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 24-hour visit to Jerusalem was a significant bilateral outreach to Israel, but a missed opportunity on…