By AJ Philip. The question before you is stark: is it proper for you to continue in office if your presence risks damaging the reputation of your leader and the government you serve?   

By Ajith Pillai in Chennai. AI. Will we become slaves to the machines and the corporations that run them? 

By Suresh Nautiyal. What gives memory its resilience against erasure?    And how do small markers preserve ideas and ideals?

Photo feature by Raju Mansukhani. Timeless messages of magical love, aesthetic beauty and compassion in a world scarred by relentless volatility, war and chaos...

By Aprameya Manthena. Chandralekha believed that the classical tradition had to be re-applied with the age-old questions surrounding body, sexuality, devotion, power, resistance, beauty, spirit,fertility, nature and intellect.

Editor’s Note: This edition onwards, we are starting a series of poems and crime fiction (the Cosy Murder Mystery series) by Sreela Dasgupta.

The Bluff with Priyanka Chopra as lead. “She stabs, she slashes, she shoots arrows, she shoots flintlocks,” according to The New York Times.

By Dr Mubeen Shah. Branding Kashmir is not about logos or slogans. It is about economic dignity, cultural preservation, and global positioning.

By Suresh Nautiyal. Little India is no longer merely a relic of colonial segregation; it is a confident commercial hub integrated into Singapore’s disciplined urban order.

By Ajith Pillai. Do we really require data centres, even as protests against them have erupted in Europe and Latin America?

Said Arundhati Roy: ‘It is a way of shutting down a conversation about a crime against humanity even as it unfolds before us in real time—when artists, writers and filmmakers should be doing everything in their power to stop it.’

By Aditya Nigam. From Hitler and Mussolini, to Epstein and Trump, to Modi, Mossad/Israel and Ambani, to to the hate politics of RSS, the ongoing story...

By Aditya Nigam. The whole world is laughing at them.

By Anuradha Bhasin. Epstein’s world is not an aberration. He weaved a world of financial crimes and sex-trafficking ...  

By Binu Mathew. The death of ten-month-old Aalin Sherin Abraham in a road accident in Kerala is a tragedy that words cannot hold.

By Ganpy Nataraj. t’s everywhere this time of year — on chocolates, on cards, on candy, on text messages sent with varying degrees of regret. The Red Heart.

Photo feature by Amit Sengupta. If life is a play, play on...

By Raju Mansukhani. Vibrant colours, creative energy and pulsating hues of Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2026 at NSD and Mandi House in Delhi: Don’t miss it.

Singapore Diary 1. Singapore speaks in measured tones. Debate exists within boundaries; elections occur without the feverish volatility of a civilisation-sized contest. Governance resembles engineering — precise, anticipatory, long-horizon.

“These assertions collectively erase the existence of Bengali Muslims who are lawful Indian citizens and long-standing residents of the State,” the statement said.