Opinion

Move over Dr and Prof, Karnataka government has just added another professional prefix to the list. On Teachers’ Day, the state government announced that its teachers can use ‘Tr’ before their names giving them a formal professional identity akin to ‘Dr’ for doctors and ‘Prof’...

Few zombie ideas return as persistently as the claim that right-wing governments are good for the economy, whereas progressive administrations mismanage it. Yet this belief reflects a conception of economics that ignores the sustainability of growth and conservatives’ actual record. Indeed, in country after country,...

In the wake of Nepal's devastating floods, which killed at least 1,300 people, Nepalese officials and others were quick to cite climate change as the primary cause. They were not wrong. The Hindu Kush Himalayas are warming roughly three times faster than the global average,...

Melvin Durai Aman named Shivam Mishra recently booked a taxi to take him and his brother from Noida to Lucknow, a drive of more than six hours. Along the way, Mishra noticed that the cab driver looked exhausted and sleepy. He had apparently been driving...

Ajit Ranade The just-concluded BRICS summit in Delhi may not be remembered for a particularly muscular declaration. But that may miss its more important consequence for India. Did BRICS help accelerate the thaw in India-China relations? India’s diplomatic achievement was not that it convened the...

Bhagirathi Jena The evening air was warm on my terrace as my wife showed me an image that felt like a portal to another time. There we were, rendered in the grainy aesthetic of a 1980s film poster. Our hair was voluminous, our clothes carried...

Shlomo Ben-Ami US President Donald Trump has once again shared a map on which the American flag covers not only the United States, but also many other countries, including Canada, Cuba, Greenland, and Mexico. The message is clear: in today's world, where might makes right...

By Siba Sankar Sahu A map is never merely a picture of the Earth. It is an argument about how the Earth should be seen. This argument has acquired fresh relevance after the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on 4 September titled “Correct...

By Santosh Kumar Mohapatra India’s reported 7.8 per cent real GDP growth in the April–June quarter of 2026 has triggered debate over how fast the economy is growing and how that growth is being measured. Nominal GDP grew by 10.3 per cent while real GDP...

By Sanjay Kumar Kar Under India’s Presidency, New Delhi is gearing up to celebrate twenty years of BRIC formalisation. Members such as Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, along with partner countries, are moving forward under...