Opinion

By Bruhaspati Samal In the twilight of their lives, when strength wanes and dependence quietly grows, millions of old parents in India are discovering a cruel truth: blood relations do not always translate into care. Fathers who once cycled miles to send their children to...

By Ajay Shah Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has issued a battle cry in the global fight against deglobalization. In a historic speech at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, he called on the world’s “middle powers” to take a new approach to...

By Bhabani Shankar Nayak The hugging, hobnobbing, and digital display of friendship on social media between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump appear to be designed mainly for public consumption, without any substantial achievement for Indians or the Indian economy. The much-talked-about, so-called...

Bhagirathi Jena In a world increasingly fractured by conflict, environmental crises, and the alienating pace of technological change, the search for a unifying ethos has never been more urgent. It is within this context that India’s initiative to convene the 2nd Global Buddhist Summit in...

Entrepreneurship is a vital driver of economic and social growth. Innovation-driven entrepreneurship plays a crucial role in generating employment across both urban and rural regions. Entrepreneurial ventures, services, and products simplify everyday life and serve as powerful instruments for livelihood generation. Rural Odisha stands at...

Three people, including two children, died of measles in the United States in 2025. Their deaths were preventable. There were 2,267 confirmed measles cases in the US last year – more than seven times the 285 cases in 2024, and the highest number in more...

By Srikumar Datta Children today step into the digital world as effortlessly as they learn to speak. In India, smartphones often enter a child’s life long before adulthood. As internet access spreads rapidly across urban and rural homes alike, the central question is no longer...

By P. Dalai Amongst many exotic cuisines that we have grafted into our urban culinary culture, there is a general taste for eating baby vegetables. This appears to be the most ostentatious appetite of modern gastronomes, driven by insatiable consumerism. As inevitable items of what...

By Ian Buruma When a white police officer in Minneapolis killed George Floyd, a Black man he was putting under arrest, by kneeling on his neck nearly six years ago, the political repercussions were serious, immediate, and felt nationwide. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement,...

Melvin Durai It has been almost two years since Abubakar Tahiru, a Ghanaian forestry student, set a Guinness World Record for most trees hugged in an hour, and I have to admit that I have not hugged a single tree. I have admired many trees...