Opinion

By Sarit Kumar Rout C Caste as an institution has profound influence in shaping social life including marriage, occupation, faith and religious beliefs. This is deeply intertwined in the Hindu text Manusmriti. BR Ambedekar, the Indian philosopher and the constitution maker, denounced the fourfold caste...

By Sanjaya Mishra From time to time, we come across narratives of making India a Vishwa Guru again, which align with the aspiration of Viksit Bharat by 2047. Considering India’s cultural heritage and knowledge power in science, engineering, and information technology, there is a considerable...

By Melvin Durai During football season, I find myself paying far less attention to politics. My wife would say that during football season I pay far less attention to everything, including whether I’m fully dressed. There’s a lot of truth in that. Football consumes most...

By JP Singh The biggest governance dilemma in AI is setting guidelines for the technology’s ethical use without unduly weakening the incentive to innovate. So far, countries and regions have largely failed to strike any kind of balance, instead tipping the scales one way or...

By Bhagirathi Jena Across the world, a quiet demographic transformation is unfolding—one that demands our immediate attention and collective action. Populations are ageing, not as a distant possibility but as a present-day reality. With the global community of older persons growing at an unprecedented pace,...

By Ajit Ranade India’s households long regarded as cautious savers are quietly taking on record levels of debt. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s Financial Stability Report, household debt in India is 42% of GDP at the end of 2024, up from just 26%...

By Jacques Attali Every generation believes that it is living in an unprecedented era with unique challenges. But time and again, the same patterns and motivations have weakened and even destroyed civilisations, or strengthened them and enabled them to flourish. To learn from the past...

By Nikunja Bihari Sahu The air quality in Delhi on Diwali night this year deteriorated significantly owing to the indiscriminate bursting of crackers. The Air Quality Index plunged on that night to 488 micrograms per cubic metre which could be labeled in a ‘Very Poor’...

By Dhurjati Mukherjee “India will never compromise with the interests of the farmers, livestock holders and fishermen. And I know that I will have to personally pay a very heavy price for this, but I am ready,” said Prime Minister Modi recently. Agriculture sustains around...

By Juan Manuel Santos On my first day in office as Colombia’s president just over 15 years ago, I met with the leaders of four indigenous peoples in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta – the Kogui, Arhuaco, Wiwa, and Kankuamo. As we stood together...