Opinion
International Branch Campuses: Why Global North leads and Global South hosts?
The race for establishing International Branch Campuses (IBCs) is accelerating. In 2006, there were 130 such campuses worldwide. By 2026,…
Data and justice: On courts in India and AI tools
In the latest step in a long-standing effort to digitise the judiciary, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant announced…
Split wide open: On the AIADMK, Tamil Nadu politics
It is no surprise that the AIADMK, the principal Opposition party in the previous Tamil Nadu Assembly, is heading towards…
Managing coexistence in human-wildlife conflict zones
Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) is often framed as a conservation problem. In reality, it is a complex socio-ecological challenge shaped by…
Tamil Nadu’s political transition, growth story faultlines
In Tamil Nadu, the electoral triumph of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) under the leadership of C. Joseph Vijay is…
The challenge to not breach the limit
Public recruitment in Karnataka — stalled for over a year on account of reservation issues — is scheduled to start…
How India is governing its water resources
India’s hydrological arithmetic reveals striking contradictions. The country supports nearly one-fifth of the world’s population but has access to only…
Letters to The Editor — May 13, 2026
NEET cancelled Around 22.79 lakh students appeared for the “common and uniform National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) for admission to undergraduate…
Letters to The Editor — May 12, 2026
Austerity from top down Austerity must begin at the top. With crude above $105 and the Strait of Hormuz crisis…
Corrections and Clarifications — May 12, 2026
Governor Rajendra Arlekar asked the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam to furnish letters from the political parties offering the support of their…