In Retrospect - Page 21
An uncharted domain
12 Sept 2021 1:06 AM ISTAs the attempts for CBDC rollout gain momentum globally, researchers and academicians stand divided on its benefits, feasibility, impact on Central...
A profession in limbo
5 Sept 2021 1:00 AM ISTEducation is a liberating force and teachers are the liberators but, ironically, both remain within the clutches of commercialisation and systemic...
Urgent overhaul
29 Aug 2021 12:07 AM ISTIndia’s strategically important manufacturing sector — once grounded in the rich heritage of Shudras — now dwindles on account of systematic uprooting...
Threatening resurgence?
21 Aug 2021 10:20 PM ISTTaliban’s resurgence, backed by Pakistani patronage, highlights the outright failure of the superpower which failed to take lessons from history, that...
One nation, different notions of freedom
15 Aug 2021 1:13 AM ISTAttainment of freedom is a continuous and evolving process —incorporating newer aspects and left out individuals — to strive towards the unity of...
A felony with undefined contours
7 Aug 2021 10:15 PM ISTIn view of soaring road rage-related criminal offences, merely increasing compensatory provisions is insufficient; a proper definition and stringent...
Flowing lands & gushing waters
31 July 2021 10:39 PM ISTTurning of natural processes like landslides and floods into disasters concurrently across the globe suggests a common causal thread and calls for...
Perseus, Pegasus and the missing Bellerophon(s)
24 July 2021 9:44 PM ISTNeither Indian nor international laws could justify the extent of alleged surveillance done through the spyware; legitimate probe at home and...
When the State prevents you from proving your innocence, and kills you in jail instead
17 July 2021 11:17 PM ISTFather Stan Swamy's custodial death exemplifies the current India, where dying to prove one's innocence can turn out to be eerily literal —...
Give peace a chance
10 July 2021 10:00 PM ISTAs China can neither be overlooked nor be tackled, India should look for a positive engagement, drifting away from the treacherous West towards the...
Threatening proliferation
3 July 2021 9:45 PM ISTThe world has entered a terrifying landscape of drone warfare and there is no looking back — it’s time to prepare for both war and peace...
While we still can
26 Jun 2021 9:36 PM ISTCaution has to supersede panic, and preparation over profligacy if we are to identify and address the ‘real’ issues that may be faced by children in...
Of Wounds and Inheritance
22 March 2026 12:24 AM ISTSimulating a Changing Planet
22 March 2026 12:23 AM ISTLegacy Lost in Uniform?
22 March 2026 12:20 AM ISTTheatre on Wheels
22 March 2026 12:19 AM ISTPolls That Matter
22 March 2026 12:17 AM IST
Iran’s N-plant hit, no leak; over 20 nations to Iran: Cease attacks,...
22 March 2026 1:15 AM ISTMamata calls Modi ‘biggest infiltrator’, vows to protect people’s...
22 March 2026 1:00 AM ISTPM Modi’s competence protected India from global crisis: Rajnath
22 March 2026 12:30 AM ISTStatesman entry no rescue for UNI; Centre takes over Rafi Marg plot...
22 March 2026 12:29 AM ISTHaryana CM calls for deeper ties with Africa
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