Opinion

Democracy is inherently fraught. At its core lies the difficulty of translating individual preferences into a coherent social choice, a problem famously captured by Nobel laureate economist Kenneth Arrow’s impossibility theorem and later developed by another Nobel laureate, Amartya Sen, in his 1970 book Collective...

By Bhaskar Nath Biswal The annual unveiling of global university rankings is often met with a mix of anticipation and introspection within the corridors of higher education. These rankings, such as those published by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, serve as more than just a competitive scoreboard;...

By Bruhaspati Samal There was a time when the dawn of technology was celebrated as a sunrise of hope—machines that would assist, not replace; systems that would empower, not erase. Today, however, beneath the glittering sky of Artificial Intelligence and the so-called “cloud revolution,” a...

Rajdeep Sardesai In poll-bound Kerala, the election noise is loud—but the silences are louder. On a recent trip through the coastal state, I noticed something unsettling. In town after town, familiar small tea shops—the lifeblood of everyday conversation—were shuttered. Not all, but enough to be...

Chiara Cordelli We live in a world of senseless suffering and impending catastrophe, where it would seem the idea of moral progress has become unintelligible. Two epochal crises afflict contemporary society: the rise of anti-democratic forces and climate change. But what if today’s tragedies turn...

Santosh Kumar Mohapatra When humanity dares to utter the word “happiness,” it unknowingly steps into a labyrinth of philosophical contradictions. Is happiness an ephemeral whisper of the mind, or the scintillating shadow cast by material success? In the modern age—dominated by consumerism and spectacle—happiness is...

Rajya Sabha deputy leader from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Raghav Chadha has been removed from his position. In an official communication to the Rajya Sabha secretariat, the party leadership requested that Chadha should not be allotted speaking time from AAP’s quota in the Rajya Sabha....

The war in West Asia, perhaps the most debilitating in over two decades, has reached its second month on an aggressive and dangerous pitch with both sides, Israel-USA and Iran, fighting an asymmetric war whose objectives have seen rapid swings with no coherence. Amidst this...

In a rambling address to the American people on 1 April, US President Donald Trump claimed that the US war against Iran has been a success, vowing to “finish the job ... very fast.” It was a statement in obvious conflict with the facts. Trump...

Melvin Durai While conducting research on insurance online, I came across a LinkedIn article by the insurance platform BimaPay. The article is titled, “5 Insurances Every Indian Should Have, Including You.” By “every Indian,” they do not actually mean “every Indian.” In their second paragraph,...