Opinion

The United States and Israel have launched a war that the Gulf states invested heavily in diplomacy to prevent. Now they find their civilian infrastructure under daily attack. If there is a silver lining to the war, it is that by retaliating so broadly, Iran...

By Janusz Bylinski Since December last, Somaliland has been at the centre of a cyclone that has gripped the Middle East and Horn of Africa. Israel’s recognition of its sovereignty sent ripples from Turkey across Africa. Was this a catalyst for the crystallisation of a...

By Anwesh Satpathy Rule by bureaucracy and its consequences have been a disaster for Indian society. From the 5,76,793 candidates who appeared in the UPSC 2025 examination, 958 were successful. This puts the success rate at 0.16%. In other words, you are as likely to...

The Iran war is an ongoing conflict with serious consequences for global security and the economy. Unlike the Ukrainian war, which is somewhat confined to Europe, the war in Iran will affect the whole world. It will disrupt the energy supply as Iran has considerable...

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...