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Editorial

Mumbaikars speaking up for habitat. Is the govt listening?

16-03-2026

Groups of people across Mumbai, united by nothing other than their desire to give of themselves to protect ecology in Mumbai, have been challenging the authorities for a while now. It is easy to miss these campaigns and actions.

A ‘she’ director who crashed through a concrete ceiling

16-03-2026

Later this month, on March 19, Sai Paranjpye turns 88. Age hasn’t dimmed her shine or reduced her energy, as she kept an audience enthralled at a reading from her work in a show titled Darwal (Fragrance).

Dying with dignity

16-03-2026

The SC’s decision allowing the plea for passive euthanasia filed by 31-year-old Harish Rana’s family, after noting his condition had shown no improvement despite years of treatment, makes for good judgement.

The freebie faultline: Growth, AI ambition & SC’s warning

14-03-2026

The Supreme Court’s recent sharp observations on the culture of electoral freebies—particularly in the context of the Tamil Nadu government’s announcement of free electricity for all—have once again brought to the centre a debate that refuses to die.

SEBI’s formulaic regime breeds regulatory arrogance

14-03-2026

SEBI introduced a settlement mechanism in 2007 to prevent clogging of the enforcement pipeline by minor violations and to allow the regulator to focus on serious market abuse. However, in the past two decades,

Generational change in Nepal’s politics and its regional impact

13-03-2026

Nepal has once again displayed democratic vibrancy with a generational change sweeping its politics in the recently concluded polls. The Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP), a relatively new political party with Gen Z proclivity, found favour across most of the country and has secured a near two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives (125 out of 165 First Past the Post seats; the full house is of 275 with 110 being elected through a proportional slate).

A self-declared Peace Prez’s war of ‘Epic Fury’ on Iran

13-03-2026

The coordinated strikes on Iran launched by the United States and Israel on February 28 in open defiance of international law should not come as a surprise to anyone who understands a bit about moral hypocrisy. Not practising what one preaches, moral duplicity is an act of professing high moral standards and beliefs while behaving in ways that contradict them. President Donald Trump is a classic example of moral inconsistency, if not moral hypocrisy, or both.

India’s WC win

13-03-2026

India’s historic win in the 2026 T20 World Cup marks a significant milestone, making them the first and only team to win three T20 WC titles and the first to successfully defend it.

RevPAR replaces reverence: Unravelling of luxury hotels

11-03-2026

Indian luxury hotels just don’t feel the same anymore. Sure, the marble’s still imported, the flowers still arrive from who-knows-where, and you can drop more on a room than most people get paid as a monthly salary. But all that gloss can’t hide what’s missing.

Power of the collective: This time the team was the hero

11-03-2026

It’s a deadly combination. Gautam Gambhir never smiles. Surya Kumar Yadav is always smiling. Mr Smile and Mr No-Smile together create a kind of deception and depth in their cricket strategy that opponents fail to counter, leaving them to bluster in the field.

Great power games and their unintended consequences

10-03-2026

Actions of great powers have profound, often unintended, consequences. The United States, as the preeminent global power after the Second World War, intervened in global affairs several times in the past eight decades.

Freedom struggle not the sole criterion for nationalism

10-03-2026

BJP detractors, including the Congress and others in the INDIA alliance that springs to life off and on, often have a stock response whenever they are cornered or whenever they need to hit out against the saffron party—the BJP did not participate in the freedom struggle.