India's Buddhist Heritage: The Way Forward

After reading his own obituary in a newspaper, Mark Twain said, “The news of my death is grossly exaggerated.”

India Should Share Its Ancient Knowledge With The World

The Buddha’s teaching is essentially practical. It is not just for one group of people or one country, but for all human beings.

FORGETTING AMBEDKAR

CONVERSION TO BUDDHISM INTRODUCES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF RATIONAL THINKING THAT FACILITATES MODERN THOUGHT

Charged opulence

Luxury carmakers are betting big on electric vehicles in India

OUR ROLE IS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ACTORS

INTERVIEW AASTHA KHANNA, India’s first certified intimacy coordinator

FROM INDIA, WITH LOVE

BUDDHISM, WHICH HAS BEEN AT THE HEART OF INDIAN DIPLOMACY SINCE THE TIME OF ASHOKA, HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN SHAPING THE NATIONAL IDENTITY. UNDER NARENDRA MODI, INDIA HAS BEEN WORKING TO TURN THIS PHILOSOPHY OF PEACE INTO A KEY STRATEGIC ASSET

Banking on Patels

With just about a year left for the Gujarat assembly polls, the BJP appoints a new chief minister to appease Patidars and to keep AAP at bay

ALL THE LIGHT WE SEE

Three sparkling fiction titles this year portray the many properties of light

Arrested crisis

Bhupesh Baghel’s decision to let the police arrest his father for alleged hate speech has helped him score political points

Acts of faith

The DMK government, in engaging with the Tamil Hindus, is trying to undercut the BJP’s hindutva ploy

Let's Not Talk About It

Humanity’s greatest challenges remain, despite the pandemic having relegated them to the background

Sign polls

The BJP’s performance in the five assembly elections early next year would define the contours of the country’s politics in the next few years

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Double tap

Teen gunner Avani Lekhara overcame tragedy to make history at the Paralympics

Descent into despair

Along with the refugee problem, Afghanistan faces a major humanitarian crisis caused by shortage of essential supplies and medical aid

Love, mom

I want my daughters to live in a safer world

LEGACY OF NEGLECT

The lesson from the mishandling of Black Widow could benefit other female superheroes

Smart study

Technology can break the shackles of our education system

One-stop shop

The government wants a UPI-like model for e-commerce, which might change the sector as we know it

“One world” no more

The pandemic might give way to an era of deglobalisation

Uphold Science, Oppose ‘Political Virus'

The US is trying to politicise origins-tracing and cover up its botched pandemic response

Turning On The Money Tap

Planning and execution will be key to realising the ambitious goals of the national monetisation pipeline

Forever War: Invade. Retreat. Repeat.

What is unfolding in Afghanistan today is proof that the west has not learnt its lessons from previous Afghan wars

PARTNERS IN PROGRESS

Merkel considered India a multicultural powerhouse

PORTRAIT MASTERS

Shooting portraits of political leaders is a delicate art, involving years of knowing them intimately and building a rapport

ALARMING AXIS

THE POTENTIAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TALIBAN, CHINA AND PAKISTAN COULD BE A CAUSE FOR WORRY FOR INDIA, WHOSE CONCERN IS NO LONGER ABOUT THE REVIVAL OF TERROR, BUT IS STRATEGIC AND MILITARY

ANT STORY

A culinary art project wants us to care more about insect-eating

TRAGEDY OF ERRORS

THE AMERICAN DEFEAT AND THE TALIBAN’S RETURN IS JUST THE NEXT ACT OF AN UNENDING TRAGEDY, BUT ITS IMPACT WILL AGAIN BE BORNE BY THE AFGHAN PEOPLE

Uddhav Thackeray is not going to be in power forever

Narayan Rane, Union Minister of micro, small & medium enterprises

The empire's new clothes

Jasvinder Kaur chronicles the impact of the British Raj on the clothes of Punjab