Opinion

What Is India’s Youth Asking For: Cultural Identity or the Right to a Future?

India’s youth have always questioned power, from the student movements of the 1970s to the Anna movement. Today, programmes in Ujjain and Indore raise a new question: is young India seeking cultural identity, political recognition or something more basic — the right to shape its future?

BRICS Isn’t Beijing’s Game. It’s India’s Strategic Autonomy

India’s BRICS engagement is not about choosing China over the West but protecting its strategic autonomy. As the global order turns multipolar, India must retain strong ties across competing blocs while defending its independent foreign policy and ensuring that national interests, not Western approval, shape its international choices.

Across Time Zones and Election Trails: The Sudivya Sonu I Knew

Sudivya Sonu was more than a politician I covered. He was someone I knew as a voter, journalist and friend. Across two decades, cities, elections and time zones, our conversations continued—until a final speech, a promised meeting and a sudden loss changed everything

A Third of the Capital Erased: The Reality Behind the SIR Revision

Nearly one in three Delhi voters is missing from the draft electoral roll after the SIR exercise. For those affected, the issue is not merely a number—it could mean navigating paperwork and bureaucracy to reclaim a fundamental democratic right.

When Politics Trumps the Uniform: How MP Government Is Blocking Justice in Vijay Shah Case

Nearly 15 months after calling Colonel Sofiya Qureshi a terrorist’s sister, MP minister Vijay Shah faces no action. The Mohan Yadav government continues to block his prosecution, defying a Supreme Court SIT report and risking potential judicial ire
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Do election duty honestly at your own risk in Madhya Pradesh

On complaints from the Congress, the Election Commission has removed Bhind and Satna Collectors. A common complaint against them was preparation of fake voters’...

The Love Song of Maya K and Other Stories offers a Slice of Modern Life in Metros

The back cover of The Love Song of Maya K and Other Stories, reads: A rumour that ends in calamity; A girl who is demonised...

Sanjay Kumar is a quintessential intellectual and a rebel thinker

Assistant Professor Sanjay Kumar is a quintessential intellectual, a rebel thinker, a conscientious and rigorous teacher with an open mind. He is also an...

One Day He says, I was like his daughter, next day, he wanted me as second wife: Journalist Sayantanee

So the days arrived when I started doubting my news sense. All the journalism I learnt in last seven years prior to joining this...

And Once The Storm Is Over – Yes Me Too

They say time is a great healer, how long does it take one to heal? 5 years? 10 years? Or 20? Lets just say...

Calcutta Times and its serial sexual offender use same modus operandi

Wrote, deleted, rewrote, backspaced and finally could gather the emotions together to be able to write it down. "Sexually harassed, troubled and compelled to...
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