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India and Pakistan can still find each other across the border

New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- There is a young woman who writes beautifully. Her words touch the heart and resonate in the mind. She has lived all her life in Colaba, Mumbai. Her first name is Sana. My younge... Read More


India's ethanol drive is creating a new food security crisis

New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Every litre of petrol sold in India today is no longer only petrol. About 20 per cent of it is ethanol, which is a form of alcohol made by fermenting sugar or starch. This proces... Read More


Confusingly elusive

New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Avni Doshi's new novel,The First House, takes on a subject so perennially intriguing as to become a classic theme: the death and decay of a marriage. Under its dying shadow, Dosh... Read More


Gloom and doom

New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- "The snow of the dying century still lay on the edge of the dark forest when Lajos von Lazar, the translucent child with water-blue eyes, first glimpsed the man he would believe ... Read More


Unmade in India

New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- India has to become rich before it becomes old. And if it has to achieve this, it cannot keep a large section of its population, especially the young, out of work. India's demogr... Read More


UPending democracy

New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Strength in numbers does not ensure rectitude. Democracies that function on the will of the majority are obliged to safeguard the rights of all. Liberal democracies recognise ide... Read More


Healthcare, bought and sold

New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- There is an inherent dichotomy in Indian healthcare. On the one hand, accessible, affordable, quality healthcare continues to elude many; on the other, a roll call of India's tal... Read More


Our social media is highly politically controlled: Apar Gupta

New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- Members of Gen Z, whose protests captured the imagination of the country, made their voices heard loud and clear on social media, especially Instagram. But their activism was met... Read More


It was the multidimensional tragedy that I wished to portray: Mitra Phukan

New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- Conflict, in its many forms, is at the core of the fiction of Mitra Phukan, the award-winning Assamese writer, translator, and columnist. A trained Shastriya Sangeet vocalist, sh... Read More


Why Omar Abdullah is treading carefully around the US on Kashmir

New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- On August 19, the US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, called on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar. Before and after the meeting, Omar Abdullah was carefu... Read More