Opinion
Wish list of an octogenarian
Sometimes, when I look around, I wish I belonged to Gen Z. I would then be digitally active and more…
On the draw — March 1, 2026
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English is a bridge, not a barrier
Knowledge of English propelled India’s breakthroughs in atomic energy, space research, and medicine | Photo Credit: Getty Images The Prime…
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…