Opinion

Sayan Chatterjee The Indian Ocean is becoming an increasingly important arena of strategic competition. From protecting vital shipping lanes and securing energy supplies to tracking military movements and safeguarding maritime interests, India’s naval responsibilities are expanding. The reported in-principle clearance for Indian Navy’s next-generation destroyer...

Sami Mahroum Given current AI capabilities, does it matter who conducts scientific research? The intuitive response is that a fact is a fact, regardless of who finds it. But knowledge is never disseminated that way. We receive most scientific claims without any means of checking...

Rajdeep Sardesai The RSS chief, Mohan Bhagwat, weighs his words carefully. As sarsanghchalak of the Sangh Parivar, a political and ideological force that occupies a dominant position in Indian public life, every utterance carries weight. Which is why his latest warning deserves scrutiny. Delivering his...

Dhanada Kanta Mishra In 2017, I asked whether India could create a world-class university within a generation, when no Indian institution ranked among the world’s top 200. Nearly a decade later, India’s visibility has improved considerably, but its depth has not. The pressing question now...

Pratigyan Das In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court recently recognised access to internet as a fundamental right. The judgment, which came during the hearing of ‘Just Rights for Children Alliance vs S Harish’, declared that the right to access and use the internet is...

Aarif Abraham Never again” to genocide is one of the international community’s most brittle postwar promises, often invoked only after the killing has begun. Yet mass atrocities seldom arrive without warning. Attacks on the rule of law, discrimination, dehumanisation, and impunity for earlier crimes are...

In 2017, I asked whether India could create a world-class university within a generation, when no Indian institution ranked among the world’s top 200. Nearly a decade later, India’s visibility has improved considerably, but its depth has not. The pressing question now lies closer to...

Jeremy Adelman Luiz Inácio Lula da Sil va’s victory in Brazil’s presidential election is a blow to Donald Trump’s plan for the Western Hemisphere. The US president was hoping to huddle with client states to the south who mimic his business and ma no dura...

Melvin Durai I recently had my annual checkup, and my doctor told me that the creatinine levels in my blood are slightly elevated. I just nodded and pretended that I knew what “creatinine” meant. It didn’t sound bad. It sounded like something a creative person...

By Ajit Ranade An Uber driver says he works longer hours than before, yet takes home less money. After fuel, maintenance, loan instalments and the platform’s deductions, little remains. His experience cannot establish how the entire economy is performing. But he asks a reasonable question:...