Opinion
Building a preventive health culture in India
India has made remarkable strides in health care over the past four decades. It has built institutions of global repute,…
IPL reminds us beauty is only one mode of the aesthetic experience
Virat Kohli plays a shot during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans. File…
Letters to The Editor — May 14, 2026
NEET and the NRI aspirant I am writing this letter not only as a NEET UG 2026 candidate but also…
Corrections and Clarifications — May 14, 2026
A sentence in the Editorial, “Split wide open” (May 13, 2026), should have read, “It appears that the Palaniswami group…
Column | Didi and the Romans: How Bengal’s ‘Asterix’ lost her biggest fight
A decade ago, I was trying to write about the then forthcoming Bengal election. And I found inspiration in dog-eared…
The Xi-Trump summit — shadow boxing on Iran
An American President stuck in an unwinnable and unpopular war, undertakes a risky trip to Beijing to seek Chinese intervention…
Just war, power balance and modern conflict
Alexander Pope’s famous line, “Now Europe balanc’d, neither side prevails: For nothing’s left in either of the scales”, reminds us…
Elusive peace: On the Russia-Ukraine war
On May 9, speaking to reporters after the Moscow Victory Day parade, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said the war with…
Testing troubles: On the National Testing Agency, NEET-UG 2026
Once bitten, twice shy: this saying surely does not apply to the National Testing Agency (NTA). Given the number of…
The law does not favour AIADMK rebels
AIADMK rebel leaders S.P. Velumani and C.Ve. Shanmugam address a press conference at Mr. Shanmugam’s residence in Chennai on May…