Opinion

You Can Crack IIT. Can You Crack Its Caste System?

IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode’s suicide has revived questions about caste discrimination, merit and student rights in India’s elite institutions. As allegations of harassment and casteist abuse emerge, the larger concern is whether campuses meant to nurture talent are becoming hostile spaces for marginalised students

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.
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Chandigarh stalking: Making police citizen-friendly! Who is interested?

The Chandigarh stalking incident has once again focussed attention on the working of the police which is still governed by a law enacted by...

With SC stay, Shivraj’s Minister back in form

The Supreme Court stay on Election Commission’s decision to disqualify Narottam Mishra for grave electoral offences has once again underlined the deficiency of our...

Scindia emerges front-runner in leadership race in MP

Though there is no word from the Congress High Command as yet, the buzz in Madhya Pradesh is that Jyotiraditya Scindia will be the...

Feeling unhappy? Don’t despair, you are not alone

Once I was afflicted with extreme sadness. I was young, just out of my juvenile years. I felt as if I were the unhappiest...

Digitalisation is a Double-edged Weapon

Digitalisation, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is touting as the panacea for the country's ills, is a double-edged weapon. If it can help solve...
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