Opinion
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
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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…
The shift of critical minerals to India’s strategic centre
Three years ago, and at the start of India’s G-20 presidency, critical minerals barely featured as a strategic topic in…
Letters to The Editor — February 27, 2026
R. Nallakannu The passing of comrade R. Nallakannu, the veteran Communist leader, at the ripe old age of 101 in…
Prof. T.K. Oommen: A sociologist and propagandist of democratic values
T.K. Oommen. File photo: Special Arrangement “Do you know why dictators do not like social sciences?” This simple question of…
At the AI Summit, learning to love and fear the era of agents
AI assistant apps on a smartphone: OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Anthropic Claude, xAI Grok, and Microsoft Copilot. | Photo…
On the draw — February 26, 2026
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NCERT under scrutiny: Legal literacy or political agenda?
A student asked me what the legal term “suo motu” means after reading a news report about an NCERT (National…
On India’s Human Papillomavirus or HPV vaccine programme
India’s move to introduce a nationwide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme, for girls aged 14, strikes a strident note for…