Opinion

Ian Buruma Perhaps Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sincerely believed that Israeli bombs would prompt the Iranians to topple their theocratic dictatorship and establish a democratic state. It seemed for a moment that US President Donald Trump did, too. But given Trump's capriciousness about most...

By Ákos Tóth There is now a distinct pos sibility that Hungary’s main opposition party, Tisza, will defeat Viktor Orbán’s ruling Fidesz party in the country's parliamentary elections on 12 April. This has prompted Tisza’s leader, Péter Magyar, to promise that if his party wins,...

By Jagdish Rattanani A new report by Oxfam has brought to focus unaccounted wealth stashed away by the world’s super-rich in tax havens and called on governments to strengthen taxation systems, increase financial transparency and move towards creating a global asset register to identify, track...

Nikunja BIhari Sahu As the world's most powerful Space Launch System rocket carrying atop the Orion capsule roared off the launch pad of Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on 1 April on its way to the moon, the moon race was back again. NASA is going...

Shivaji Sarkar Every crisis in India is fast becoming a pretext for profit masquerading as reform. The Strait of Hormuz crisis has now been repurposed to justify 20% ethanol blending (E20)—pitched as green and strategic, but structurally unsound. It threatens food, water, and land security...

  Odisha’s handloom heritage is often celebrated, but rarely sustained. The story of Habaspuri hand loom from Kalahandi exposes this gap between recognition and reality. Despite its cultural value and official acknowledgment, this traditional craft is now struggling for survival. Originating in the 19th century...

The strain in the relationship that lasted for a year between Bangladesh and India seems to have finally been put behind us. As the Tarique Rah man cabinet was sworn in, this direction seemed quite clear. The recent celebration of Bangladesh Independence Day at the...

Nuclear weapons made wars of conquest between great powers unthinkable. After 1945, nuclear powers could still confront one another, but only indirectly, through proxy conflicts and peripheral crises. However bloody, these conflicts were not expected to approach the violence of the 20th century's two world...

Odisha is currently at a crossroads. The state has successfully transitioned from a disaster-prone identity to a development-surplus model. However, this success has created an aspiration gap. The modern Odia voter no longer votes for survival; they vote for quality of life. As noted in...

Friendship is a form of egalitarian relationship where mutual understanding, support, trust, interests, respect, equality, and dignity thrive to expand cooperation, minimise risks, and share both happiness and sorrow, thereby creating a society based on mutual dependency and solidarity. These values are crucial in friendships...