Opinion

For millions of Central government employees and pensioners across India, the constitution of a Pay Commission is never a routine administrative exercise. It represents a rare opportunity when the economic realities of public servants are reassessed after years of rising prices, changing responsibilities and evolving...

By Bhaskar Nath Biswal A recent global study has cast a sobering light on the psychological state of India’s next generation, revealing a crisis that is as quiet as it is pervasive. According to the ‘Global Mind Health in 2025’ report by US-based Sapien Labs,...

By Rajdeep Sardesai Allied with the BJP of Vajpayeeji which believed in constitutional values. As a secular leader, I cannot be part of a BJP led by Narendra Modi which wants to win votes by creating a Hindu-Muslim divide.” Nitish Kumar in June 2013 after...

By Helen Clark & Ellen Johnson Sirleaf With the global order under strain, the scramble for control of energy and minerals is increasingly framed as a matter of national security. From Venezuela and Greenland to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Ukraine, the...

Sambalpuri weaving is older than most Indian institutions we treat as sacred. The double ikat technique practised in Bargarh and Nuapatna predates the Constitution, the Railways, and certainly predates any government scheme designed to protect it. For centuries, the craft sustained itself not through state...

In the middle of all the chaos in the world, Forbes magazine did not forget to celebrate its ritual of publishing its 40th annual World’s Billionaires List on 10 March 2026. The list not only reveals the continuing billionaire boom in the numbers and the...

Since returning to office last year, US President Donald Trump has ordered military strikes from the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to Africa and the Middle East, targeting alleged drug-smuggling boats and suspected terrorist groups. He has attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its leader, Nicolás Maduro. And...

Stephen Holmes A senior US State Department official recently summarised the Trump administration’s approach to regime change in three words: “decapitate and delegate.” Remove an intransigent leader, weaken the regime through airstrikes, sanctions, and proxies, then compel a successor to strike a transactional bargain –...

Melvin Durai After the United States and Israel launched their military offensive against Iran, dropping hundreds of bombs and killing the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, I watched intently as political commentators on American TV shared their opinions on whether the attack was necessary....

Dhurjati Mukherjee In the wake of the Middle East crisis, the need for acceleration of green energy in India assumes great significance, more so because the country has committed to net-zero emissions by 2070. Let’s start with the current oil crisis. The Strait of Hormuz...