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Nnaji: The Embarrassment of Certificate Forgery

Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The former Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Uche Nnaji, last week resigned from the cabinet of President Bola Tinubu over allegations of certificate forgery. It was... Read More


The Danger of Single Story

New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- The real risk is a single story, homogenization at the cost of diversity. Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Adichie, in her brilliant TED talk, put it succinctly: "Show people as one ... Read More


King of Pop: Michael Jackson

New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- Ajay Mankotia is a former taxman and a chief executive of a media company. His fondness for western and Indian music is well known. His friends like the articulate parliamentari... Read More


India's Ageing Population is Struggling with Loneliness

New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- The feeling of loneliness or being detached from one's surroundings is not just a human emotion but a complex response to the lack of companionship. In an affluent country like ... Read More


When Mom comes calling

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- As a genre, memoirs are a by-product of the time you live in and the experiences you encounter in the journey called life. Arundhati Roy's "Mother Mary Comes to Me" is not only ... Read More


The Eggplant Tempura

New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- In one of my favourite stories, Emperor Akbar sits down to a sumptuous lunch with his ministers and voices appreciation of the dish of eggplants that he is eating. As a modern c... Read More


'Illegal migration' and the weaponisation of indigeneity

New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- Population movements into Assam predate colonial British rule, and were facilitated by riverine routes and agrarian expansion, but intensified owing to British policies encourag... Read More


Which Gandhi Should we save?

New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- On 30th January, 1948, few minutes after 5 pm, a man was shot. Three bullets decimated his earthly life and India chose a path different from him. The nation that called him 'Ba... Read More


The Authoritarian International: The "Disruption Summit"

New Delhi, Sept. 4 -- Many analysts describe this alliance as little more than a marriage of convenience. Moscow needs Beijing as a client for its energy and as a political partner against the West; B... Read More


SSC Exams Expose a Broken System Failing Millions of Aspirants

New Delhi, Sept. 3 -- On July 31, 2025, the streets of Delhi turned into a battleground for justice. Outside the gates of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), thousands of aspirants and se... Read More