In Retrospect - Page 21
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...
A dichotomy of sustenance
19 Jun 2021 9:50 PM ISTIndia has two options to offset the adversities inflicted by the Green Revolution — a corporate-powered centralised system leading to dual production...
Conflict of interests
12 Jun 2021 9:12 PM ISTThe sheer size of social media businesses and their overarching influence on political masses have made these platforms hotspot of controversy; often...
A ticking time bomb
5 Jun 2021 8:33 PM ISTAs 'climate change' consistently keeps manifesting the worst realities, we need to adapt and find ways to mitigate the crises — but, how prepared are...
Epidemic in a pandemic
29 May 2021 5:28 PM ISTAlthough rising cases of mucormycosis are being attributed to diabetic conditions and steroid overuse, concerns around hygiene and unaffordability of...
Enigma of global governance
22 May 2021 9:06 PM ISTThe world we live in is governed by subtle entities, and the consent we hold is manufactured at their behest — a future, though dubious, may emerge...
The fiasco
15 May 2021 10:51 PM ISTIn the longer run, it is only vaccination that can save us, and we are woefully short on this front, with no signs of any succor anytime soon
Chaotic 'final' passage
8 May 2021 10:29 PM ISTEven as the deluge of corpses is testing the limits of crematoriums and cemeteries and increasing the waiting time for relatives, the authorities...
Life-saving 'social' bridge
1 May 2021 11:05 PM ISTA difference of life and death, comfort and pain, is made through the victorious efforts of compassionate beings through social media — albeit with...
No Longer Just a Ceremony
24 Jan 2026 11:26 PM ISTCaught Between Two Worlds
24 Jan 2026 11:23 PM ISTAn Unquiet Intellect
24 Jan 2026 11:22 PM ISTWhat Tomorrow Costs
24 Jan 2026 11:20 PM ISTSpeed-Breaker Nation
24 Jan 2026 11:19 PM IST
Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, three others die in plane crash; Maharashtra...
28 Jan 2026 4:15 PM ISTTrade pact opens doors for AYUSH practitioners in EU-member states: PM...
28 Jan 2026 4:00 PM ISTRecycled ritual, replete with hollow promises: Cong slams govt after...
28 Jan 2026 4:00 PM ISTLast moments of aircraft carrying Pawar: poor visibility, go-around,...
28 Jan 2026 3:45 PM ISTPublic-safety concerns on non-implementation of pilot fatigue norms...
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