Opinion
Kerala’s fiscal worries – The Hindu
At his first press conference after the Congress-led United Democratic Front’s (UDF) landslide victory in the 2026 Assembly elections, V.D….
The insidious return of separate electorates
‘The Assam Assembly results with only Hindus in the ruling alliance and almost only Muslims in the Opposition fill all…
Letters to The Editor — May 11, 2026
Political platform Mamata Banerjee’s opinion that a new ‘united platform against the BJP’ is to be created appears untimely. Her…
Bonding with nature in Munnar
The fog-covered Munnar hill station in Idukki, | Photo Credit: Sandeep Vellaram There’s perhaps no better place to initiate children…
Beyond the textbook – The Hindu
To build a simple robot, a student must use physics to understand motion, mathematics to calculate distances, and logic to…
One year after Operation Sindoor: The threat landscape has not disappeared
On the winter morning of January 9, 2026, an arms consignment dropped by a drone from Pakistani Punjab was recovered…
A saviour from nowhere – The Hindu
Saving a kitten. | Photo Credit: Getty Images For hours, the poor kitten had been mewing for help in the…
When grief has a face
She sits beside her husband’s body, her face still and unreadable. Not because she feels nothing, but because the grief…
For a breath of rare fresh air
Breathing Mumbai’s polluted air is equivalent to smoking six to 10 cigarettes a day. | Photo Credit: Getty Images “The…
Nature and poetry – The Hindu
There was a time not very long ago when becoming a poet required only three things: a functioning window, a…