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The Crying Hitler syndrome

New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Adolf Hitler, the Fuhrer of the German Third Reich (1933-1945), never openly wept, though he was reportedly tearful on occasion. Music moved him, particularly Richard Wagner's (... Read More


The changing economics of Mumbai's Ganpati festivals

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- This year, the Adani Group signed an exclusive sponsorship agreement with Chinchpokli's Chintamani, Mumbai's 107-year-old Ganpati festival mandal. Under the agreement, the Adani ... Read More


The ECI does a Bengal in Karnataka

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- One of the most telling commentaries on Karnataka's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise is a press release put out by the Election Commission on September 4. It said that o... Read More


Not anti-West, but alt-West

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- India holds the BRICS presidency in 2026. It should use this moment to make one thing clear, both to Indians and to India's friends in the West: BRICS is not an anti-Western alli... Read More


The history of protest is a history of emotions becoming political

New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Every protest starts with a feeling. When a crowd gathers, something happens inside people. There is anger, certainly, but there may also be humiliation, fear, grief, compassion,... Read More


What Fiza has to tell Bollywood today

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- In his illustrious career, Khalid Mohamed has been a journalist and a national cultural editor at the Hindustan Times, as well as the editor of Filmfare. He has made films and wr... Read More


High Courts need better succession planning

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- When the Supreme Court recast the judicial appointments system in 1993, it warned that keeping High Courts under acting Chief Justices for long periods "must be deprecated and av... Read More


The fading tongues of the Chenab Valley

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- Jammu and Kashmir's Chenab Valley, a mountainous region carved deeply by the River Chenab between the Lesser and Outer Himalayas, is home to remarkable linguistic diversity. Yet,... Read More


AfD breakthrough shows Germany's firewall against the far right is breaking

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- In February 2025, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) emerged as the second-largest party in the German Bundestag after the country's federal elections. Observing those results in ... Read More


The new war over reservation is a gift to the BJP

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- Having expressed my initial scepticism about the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement at Jantar Mantar, I became extremely happy with the manner in which it conducted the movemen... Read More