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Editorial

To ‘SIR’ with Love: Please let our voting entitlement be

10-10-2026

Give the state a name, an address, and a few documents, and, with sufficient photocopies, a citizen can acquire an impressive collection of identities. Aadhaar knows one version of him, the passport another, the PAN another, the bank another, and the electoral roll yet another.

Mumbai needs many more Shivaji Parks for its people

10-10-2026

It’s the season of protests, and, quietly but firmly, Mumbai’s beloved ground, Shivaji Park, has come into its own in the past few months. The students’ protests in July and the rallying cry against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar earlier this month, with some hilarious and hard-hitting posters

SEBI and India’s IPO boom: What happens after the sale?

09-10-2026

In the first half of FY27, companies raised a record `2.4 lakh crore through public equity markets, 75% higher than the corresponding period last year. Mainboard IPOs alone accounted for `94,200 crore across 78 issues, the highest first-half total on record.

Will street agitations have a real impact on elections?

09-10-2026

Seems like it’s a season of agitation and unrest in various parts of the country! From the national capital, New Delhi, to the financial capital, Mumbai, and from the hinterland of Bihar to the central parts of the country, like the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, there are protests on the streets everywhere. Dissatisfied and unhappy with the government’s response to their problems, members of certain communities like the Marathas and certain fraternities like farmers and young students, of various ages, have chosen to take out protest marches in cities and rural areas in unison.

Twenty-five years of public leadership and global vision

08-10-2026

Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes 25 years in elected public office, beginning as Gujarat’s chief minister in 2001 and moving to the Prime Minister’s office in 2014. Few leaders get the opportunity to govern continuously for a quarter of a century, first at the state level and then at the national level. It offers an opportunity to examine what this long period of public leadership has meant for the way India works and for the lives of its citizens.

Modi@25: A karmayogi who is unafraid of rocking the boat

08-10-2026

Two back-to-back achievements—the longest elected Prime Minister of India and completion of 25 years of distinguished, selfless service to the nation, including 13 years as the chief minister of Gujarat. That is Narendra Modi for you. He must have been a thinking person even while hawking chai on the platforms of Vadnagar railway station because the decision to become a pracharak of the RSS couldn’t have come overnight.

Cockroaches teaching us how to survive turbulent times

07-10-2026

I know it’s too early to predict or conclude that India is at the cusp of a revolution, but I strongly feel that something is definitely changing. I can feel the change in the air. I feel it when I talk to people and when I interact in a WhatsApp group. I feel it when I read social media posts. Now people are restless, bolder, and full of anxiety. People are looking for a change. Earlier, people were hesitant, unsure, and angry but muted.

Festive advertising: From one-lane sale to a festive maze

07-10-2026

Earlier, during the festive season, the consumer journey was relatively simple. Advertising helped consumers discover the sale; they visited the market, compared a few alternatives, and bought. The festive marketplace was always large, but the route to it was largely a one-lane road, and product categories’ sales areas were mostly clustered. That lane has now become a maze, with multiple entry points, influences, and opportunities to lose the consumer when they come shopping.

UCC: A polarising code under the cover of uniformity?

06-10-2026

Ideological promises and proposals for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) have been a contentious issue in India for decades, primarily because it involves the sensitive question of the relationship between religion and state. Seeking to replace religion-based personal laws governing marriage, divorce, inheritance, co-habitation, and other things like property rights with a common set of rules that apply to all citizens equally is a fair proposition.

Of the oil paradoxes facing both India as well as the USA

06-10-2026

Reliance, India’s largest forex earner, imports heavy crude oil and exports mostly aviation fuel after refining the imported crude in its giant refineries in Jamnagar. With nature being niggardly in bestowing India with oil reserves, the country imports nearly 80% of the crude. While the public sector refineries cater to the domestic demand, Reliance ships a sizeable part of its petroleum products abroad without having to worry about hedging its foreign exchange risks

A footpath for Mrs. Biswas to enjoy an uninterrupted walk

05-10-2026

The de-pedestrianisation of India’s cities since the rise of personal automobiles in the 1980s is a constantly expanding project, and the sole metric of healthy urbanisation is now a continuous flow of vehicular traffic.

Despite CM’s assurances, Delhi remains India’s rape capital

05-10-2026

Every morning I open the paper with a sense of dread. How many rapes? How many cases of molestation in the last 24 hours? This morning was no different—a 25-year-old man was arrested for raping and blackmailing a minor in Delhi’s South Avenue area, which is adjacent to Rashtrapati Bhawan, one of our most protected VIP stretches.