An Open Letter to President Donald Trump
Mr. President, History has a quiet way of asking uncomfortable questions. It does not shout. It observes. And then, years later, it decides. What makes a leader endure in its...
Endless Farce
Maharashtra’s political stage has rarely been short on drama in recent years. Ever since Eknath Shinde’s dramatic split fractured thein 2022, the state has been mired in a state of...
The Maratha Apogee: Nanasaheb Peshwa and the Fate of India
Uday S. Kulkarni’s The Extraordinary Epoch of Nanasaheb Peshwa vividly captures the high-wire statecraft and ruthless realpolitik of eighteenth-century India.
The Success Paradox: Achieving More, Understanding Less
While we have become remarkably adept at measuring achievement, the harder question is knowing what our achievements are meant to accomplish.
From Lab to Land
India’s nuclear scientists have developed 72 improved crop varieties, but the real test of scientific achievement lies in getting these technologies out of research institutions and into farmers’ fields.
Diwali pollution raises risks to brain health
Mumbai: The cacophony of deafening and smoky Diwali fireworks is ebbing but its dangerous fallout continues to quietly loom with the potential health risks extending beyond the lungs to the...
BMC gynaecologist honoured globally
Mumbai: Marking a unique honour, renowned gynaecologist Prof. (Dr.) Niranjan Narayanrao Chavan – serving at the BMC’s Sion Hospital for 35 years – has been named for the prestigious Fellowship...
Endless Farce
Maharashtra’s political stage has rarely been short on drama in recent years. Ever since Eknath Shinde’s dramatic split fractured thein 2022, the state has been mired in a state of...
Sparks Fly
Maharashtra’s Diwali inferno has exposed the criminal negligence of civic enforcement till now. Be it soaring levels offestive fireworks have long been an annual civic nuisance across cities like Mumbai...
Final Frontier
The total collapse of the armed Maoist corridor in India’s jungles stands as a monumental victory of raw political will. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s latest salvo against ‘Dimagi Naxals’...
Politics
Rajesh Patil’s win signals shifting political equations
Mushrif consolidates hold as rivals lose control
Politics
Ambernath man eyes Japan poll comeback
Mumbai: Bouncing from Thane’s Ambernath town to Pune to Japan’s political arena, Dr. Yogendra (Yogi) Puranik who created history in 2019 as the first Indian-origin Japanese lawmaker is now preparing...
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Politics
NCP merger stalls amid power tussle
Leadership disputes, alliance compulsions derail reunification
Politics
Business
Thermal unit outages put pressure on power supply
Mumbai: Maharashtra’s power distribution companies are grappling with supply pressure after four thermal power generation units of the state-owned power producer were forced out of operation due to technical
Business
The Carbon Border: A New Test for Indian Exports
Carbon efficiency is becoming the next test of India’s manufacturing prowess and global market access.
Business
The Gig Economy’s Festive Paradox
While India’s festive economy generates millions of orders and thousands of temporary jobs, the social security of the people who keep it moving remains an unfinished promise
Business
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Panipat 1556, or the Arrow that Changed India’s History
Hemu’s defeat at the Second Battle of Panipat, sealed by a cruel twist of fate, secured the fragile Mughal future and closed the door on an alternative course of Indian...
Lords of Kalinjar: The Chandellas and the Struggle for Central India
Long before Khajuraho became a shorthand for erotic sculpture, Sisir Kumar Mitra’s history reveals the formidable dynasty that made those temples possible.
The Diplomat as Gambler: A.J.P. Taylor and the Fall of Old Europe
In the gadfly historian’s classic The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, diplomacy is less a stately art than a dangerous game of miscalculation and bluff. Seventy years on, the world...
Geopolitics
Caracas, 1976: The Apogee of Petro Power
The ongoing Iran war has unleashed one of the most severe energy shocks in decades. Our five-part series explores decisive moments when turmoil in the energy world changed the trajectory...
Geopolitics
Riyadh, 1973: The Great Energy Shock and Unravelling of the West
The ongoing Iran war has unleashed one of the most severe energy shocks in decades. Our five-part series explores decisive moments when turmoil in the energy world changed the trajectory...
Geopolitics
Baghdad, 1960: Seven Sisters, Oil Rebels and Fall of an Oligarchy
The ongoing Iran war has unleashed one of the most severe energy shocks in decades. Our five-part series explores decisive moments when turmoil in the energy world changed the trajectory...
Geopolitics
An Open Letter to President Donald Trump
Mr. President, History has a quiet way of asking uncomfortable questions. It does not shout. It observes. And then, years later, it decides. What makes a leader endure in its...
A Grand Folly Worth Fighting For: Sergei Bondarchuk’s ‘Waterloo’
There was a time when war films aspired to something greater than the blood-spattered grit of today or tightly choreographed mayhem. They sought to understand history, to frame battles not...
The Success Paradox: Achieving More, Understanding Less
While we have become remarkably adept at measuring achievement, the harder question is knowing what our achievements are meant to accomplish.
From Lab to Land
India’s nuclear scientists have developed 72 improved crop varieties, but the real test of scientific achievement lies in getting these technologies out of research institutions and into farmers’ fields.
Decoding Crime Through Language
Through linguistic forensics, even the smallest language patterns can leave a trail to a hidden identity.
Education
Books Before Bytes
A child asks an artificial-intelligence chatbot to explain a poem, solve a sum or write a paragraph before learning to read the question carefully. This is no longer futuristic. AI...
Education
The Price of a Classroom Seat
For a student from a drought-stricken village in Maharashtra, getting into college may be only the beginning of a much harder struggle. The real challenge often starts afterwards: finding two...
Education
Bridging the Counsellor Gap
The recurring news of student suicides in India’s premier technical institutions presents a distressing picture of the country's higher education system. Widespread student demonstrations across various Indian Institutes of Technology...
Education
Ecology
Diwali pollution raises risks to brain health
Mumbai: The cacophony of deafening and smoky Diwali fireworks is ebbing but its dangerous fallout continues to quietly loom with the potential health risks extending beyond the lungs to the...
Ecology
Instilling Water-Conscious Habits
Student-led water conservation campaigns can turn awareness into meaningful action.
Ecology
HC worries over Godavari pollution
Slams authorities for not taking action
Ecology
Prosperity: Beyond Money, Towards Fulfilment
This Diwali, let us look beyond wealth and material possessions to understand what it truly means to be prosperous.
Lessons in Cultural Diplomacy
As Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore take shared traditions to UNESCO, India must find ways to revive and showcase its own cultural connections with Southeast Asia.
Making Room for Those Who Choose to Stay In
This Diwali, let us remember that not everyone celebrates the same way. Let's make people feel accepted, whether they join us or stay in.
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