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Parliament is debating reservation for women but it doesn’t have the infrastructure to receive them
17 Apr 2026
What Centre calls judicial excess is actually the courts protecting those left behind
Noida Protests: Why the Indian worker is reaching a breaking point
On seat guarantee, states need a proviso in Constitution, not just a promise in Parliament
Blind spot in India’s migration governance – a whole-of-journey approach
The AI Jesus, Donald Trump and the Pope: Why the Vatican is drawing a line
Jerry Pinto writes: Asha Bhosle’s loss feels like the end of a carnival of delight
Thank you, Viktor Axelsen, for the game
Trade data frames turbulent year, underlines challenge
Search for cancer cure must not be hostage to Big Pharma
40 years ago, April 17, 1986: NAM again condemns US
Trump’s Munir-Modi balancing act will not bring back India-Pakistan hyphenation
The Iran-US war, beyond oil: The unseen crisis facing 8.9 million Indians in the Gulf
16 Apr 2026
33 per cent quota, 100 per cent commitment: Why the Women’s Reservation Bill is a test for the Indian man
Will the Women’s Reservation Bill lead to substantive empowerment or just descriptive presence?
We are bombing our only heaven
The ‘Goddess of Unification’ in China: Xi’s play for Taiwan through the KMT
Women’s reservation and the flattening of Indian democracy into easy binaries
War, beyond homo sapiens: Peace eludes chimpanzees as well
For agri growth in volatile world, look beyond farm gate
In Ravi Varma’s frames, India learned to see itself
US and Iran need to drop their maximalist demands
In Good Faith: Humanity is its own greatest threat. Unless it changes tack
Set of Bills for women’s quota benefits the south, strengthens democracy
Express View on delimitation and Women’s Reservation Bill: Making history needs more than a tearing hurry
In workers’ protests in Noida and beyond, a test of labour reforms
Shashi Tharoor writes: A new world order needs a credible architect. India must claim that role
40 years ago, April 16, 1986: US bombs Libya
The wages of neglect: Why Noida’s streets erupted in protest
15 Apr 2026
Delivery, not delay: Why delimitation is the bedrock of women’s reservation
Delimitation is about federalism vs franchise. Post-2014 politics is too broken to offer any answers
The tragedy of Lebanon — a theatre of other people’s wars for 50 years
Ambedkar Jayanti is not really a celebration. It’s a sleight-of-hand by powers-that-be
Nitish’s sunset, Samrat’s dawn: A new political grammar for Bihar
40 years ago April 15, 1986: 47 die in Kumbh stampede
Women’s Representation Bill is about redefining power
Without restoring credibility, Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards will continue to face questions
India has a chance to be Asia’s gateway for global capital
C Raja Mohan writes | Amid a widening Gulf, the need for a bridge between India and South Korea
For the US and Iran, there are three crucial issues. They can all be resolved
With Viktor Orbán’s defeat, a liberal right victory in Hungary
When religious freedom collides with the right to life
In Noida and beyond, listen to workers; protests underline precarity
With Samrat Choudhary as the next CM, the Bihar story is for the BJP to write
Our worst fears have come true: NDA government is using delimitation to disempower the southern states
14 Apr 2026
Samrat Choudhary’s challenge: Shaping Bihar’s development amid caste and coalition dynamics
In courts and scholarship, an erasure: Is a caste atrocity against Dalit Christians invisible?
Pope Leo affirms, with unusual courage, that faith must remain a witness against bloodlust
Ambedkar’s warning still rings true: Who does India’s growth really serve? Not Dalit women
Relaxed fit? The high cost of dressing like you don’t care
Viktor Orbán’s defeat is also a loss for Trump and Putin
40 years ago April 14, 1986: Europe asks US not to hit Libya
Global health governance must depend less on the FDA
Trump is blockading the system that America built
Amid the rubble and ruin, songs of survival
Rush to implement women’s reservation serves a political project that depends on early delimitation
A bright spot by the Moon called Carroll
On nuclear energy, an Indian milestone
Rupee is more than a measure of price. It’s also a barometer of credibility
Punjab’s sacrilege Bill is regressive and draconian
A blockade against stability: The true cost of Washington’s new war at sea
13 Apr 2026
From green tech to AI: China’s new economic roadmap matters for the world
Can diplomacy survive the deep-seated trust deficit between the US and Iran?
Representation, social justice and nari shakti: The BJP government is fulfilling Ambedkar’s vision
From Ozempic to Mounjaro: Is this India’s ‘magic pill moment’ for obesity?
The many constitutional questions around Women’s Reservation Act
40 years ago April 13, 1986: US warships poised off Libya
Is colonial architecture the hidden bottleneck in India’s legal system?
A letter to Babasaheb Ambedkar: Those who sing paeans to you inflict wounds on your Constitution
After failure of US-Iran peace talks in Islamabad, picking up the pieces
Ashok Gulati writes: To ensure food security amid war clouds, government must reform fertiliser policy
Smriti Irani on Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam: Closing the representation gap
Asha Bhosle enriched the idea of the female voice
Sharmila Tagore writes: Thank you Asha ji, for that first hug on Dal Lake — and the warmth, songs and friendship
12 Apr 2026
‘Why didn’t you have me sing it?’: Shankar Mahadevan recalls when Asha Bhosle was ‘upset’ with him
From the Opinions Editor: Women’s Reservation bill recognises a momentum that can no longer be ignored
Asha Bhosle’s voice: Subverting the bounds of Indian womanhood
The chronicle of a failure foretold: Why Iran-US peace talks were unlikely to succeed even before they began
Gap between education and jobs for women in Delhi
P Chidambaram writes: An election-eve gambit
Mohsina Kidwai’s bypoll win that revived Congress’s fortunes
Tavleen Singh writes: The United States of Trump
In Tamil Nadu, where cinema and politics feed each other, who really benefits from leak of Vijay’s film Jana Nayagan?
11 Apr 2026
P T Usha writes | From the Olympics to Parliament: Women must lead India’s future
The Iran War has been paused — it is not over. Islamabad talks can deliver a fragile adjustment
D Raja writes: Through Phule’s eyes, connecting the inequality dots
On women’s representation, India’s overdue correction
With Nitish Kumar’s exit, Bihar’s Sushasan must go beyond top-down
Hormuz is a strait of high stakes, where law and leverage collide
Remembering C D Gopinath, the last link with the first Test victory
New measure for heat stress reframes climate challenge
For India, war shrinks political and economic space for easy solutions
In a Chennai film festival, the comeback of P K Rosy, a Dalit pioneer
40 years ago, April 11, 1986: Terror attack in Punjab
An LPG shock could erode access to a healthy diet
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes: A modest plea for constitutional morality
What should a textbook teach a 13-year-old about India’s judiciary? Answering the question may need expertise that isn’t just judicial
10 Apr 2026
In era of migration, citizenship and ‘civilisational’ anxieties, passport has become a battleground
The gods must be laughing: Sabarimala is more than a battle between tradition and modernity
Tariffs, war and stagflation – a triple crisis of Trump’s making
Our democracy needs women. Implementation of Women’s Reservation Act cannot be deferred any longer
Pakistan’s faltering offensive in Afghanistan has pushed it towards negotiations
Best of Both Sides: Pakistan lacks the leverage to be a credible interlocutor in West Asia
40 years ago April 10, 1986: India on Tamil groups
Best of Both Sides: Real success of Islamabad talks depends on whether they yield a durable agreement
A post-Iran war West Asia order can open strategic space for India
Delhi and Dhaka must insulate ties from short-termism
The Women’s Reservation Bill has a backstory and an arduous journey
CBSE’s AI curriculum — lofty goals, little clarity
She isn’t your auntie
For Israel to stop bombing Lebanon, Trump must rein in Netanyahu
Bangladesh’s foreign minister in India: Dhaka is meeting India’s pragmatism with optimism
09 Apr 2026
In West Bengal and beyond, elections are being demonetised. Why don’t we care more?
Agency, autonomy, accessibility: The promise of nari shakti in Women’s Reservation Bill
Where can the consumer access justice? The commissions are falling woefully short
In granting wide relief to Patanjali’s Balakrishna, the court restricts free expression in India
What are the chances of the US-Iran ceasefire holding? Not high
40 years ago April 9, 1986: PM on Pakistan and nukes
Islamabad channel: India must stand for peace, whoever the broker may be
Narendra Modi writes: We owe it to nari shakti to come together to advance women’s representation
In Slowjamastan, they believe, therefore they are
Dear Editor, I Disagree | New Nepal government’s action against corrupt leaders is part of its mandate
Trump wants to dominate global energy. The hurdle: China
For India, a nuclear breakthrough amid energy concerns
With growth concerns, RBI won’t rush to reverse rate cycle
Wait & watch is prudent policy, RBI does well to hold rates
US-Iran ceasefire is fragile. It must hold for hard work of diplomacy to begin
08 Apr 2026
A field guide to ‘The 48 Laws of Power’, as misapplied by Raghav Chadha, Rajya Sabha MP
China is gaining at America’s expense. India must navigate choppy waters
What happens to the Indian economy if the US-Iran ceasefire doesn’t hold?
After the ceasefire: The politics, geopolitics and challenges for peace in the Middle East
Pakistan’s mediation in West Asia shows how it can punch above its weight
Why now? Because Trump desperately needed the ceasefire with Iran
40 years ago April 8, 1986: Sobhraj nabbed in Goa bar
A nation’s attachment to the soldier is virtue & weakness
SIR is a test case for electoral democracy. SC order on Bengal can affect its course
Missing link in India’s natural-birth story: Midwives
On extremism, let’s not be selective in our outrage
A mark on speed gun is only the beginning
Phule’s life and thought, a constitutional project
A conviction, a reckoning in Tamil Nadu
In Delhi’s support for Arab Gulf, a return of the Bombay school of thought
EC failed Bengal voters, SC should look again
For many of us in Bengal, SIR means ‘delete first, explain later, if at all’
07 Apr 2026
In Iran, US and Israeli air power has been successful. The failure is in the hubris of leaders
Maach-Bhaat and the mandate: West Bengal’s election is now a culinary war
With Ali Khamenei gone, who will restrain Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons?
In ‘Project Hail Mary’, the countries comes together to face an existential threat. That’s the real science fiction
The new Dhaka is not interested in performative anti-India posturing
40 years ago April 7, 1986: Terrorist shootout in Punjab
With new plan, Delhi may see less polluted winter
Finance commission strengthens local bodies, but at the cost of states
US and Israel don’t get Iran. Their prospects of a military victory are weak
With Piprahwa relics, Leh’s Buddhist history comes home
When AI flatters, beware
Don’t overlook cancer among children
Even by his low bar, Trump’s Easter Sunday rant against Iran pushes at a perilous line
Fact, opinion or evidence: The difference matters more than ever
06 Apr 2026
Women coming together in self-help groups are powering Jharkhand’s climate response
Trump’s ‘Stone Age’ strategy for Iran is no strategy at all
I serve the country as a doctor, yet Bengal’s SIR calls me a ‘doubtful’ voter
What I want my son to know about masculinity, moustaches, and sex
Trump’s abusive post on Iran War reveals a frustrated — and dangerous — president
40 years ago April 6, 1986: Terrorists free prisoners
IT rules have made the internet less free
A roadmap to fast-track reservation for women in Parliament
Climate cooperation offers a way out of energy price chaos
Mothers require better healthcare, not just access
We need to find ways to make Indian languages talk to each other
Social media can be a tool to enhance police outreach — not dispense justice
It’s time to insulate food from oil shocks
Vandita Mishra writes: On Dhurandhar’s loud splash and some gathering silences
05 Apr 2026
What ‘Dhurandhar’ understands about the vulnerable man that other ‘masculine’ films don’t
Inside Track: I Spy Tit for Tat
The ties that bind
Panama Papers, piercing the veil of secrecy
Tavleen Singh writes: Nothing like a crisis to jolt our political leaders into action
P Chidambaram writes: The interesting times of April
04 Apr 2026
With Iran war and LPG crisis, it’s time to ask: How does India’s foreign policy impact its people?
The pilot of progress: Remembering Biju Patnaik’s grand vision for India
What the BJP and TMC ad campaigns reveal about how they see the West Bengal voter
How to make data tell a larger story, drive smarter policy
At 46, BJP’s relevance owes to ideological clarity
The US is focused on Iran. But Xi’s hands are still tied on Taiwan
Jan Vishwas isn’t just about reducing red tape. It shows a state can trust citizens
40 years ago, April 4, 1986: Duty relief for small units
Shroud of Turin, an Indian connection and ‘Race 2’
With Artemis II, a new space age, next frontiers, and challenges
Election Commission must address voter anxieties in Bengal
Pressure on rupee goes beyond the Iran crisis
US-China are recalibrating ties. Five things India needs to keep in mind amid the change
A lesson from the LPG crisis: Now more than ever, India needs a shift to electric cooking
03 Apr 2026
Inside the fall of India’s ‘Maoist capital’: How policing, politics and a secret letter ended a 45-year insurgency
We are in the age of the monetised funeral
We need a ‘heat code of conduct’ to protect voters and election officials
An Oracle for India’s digital technology policy: 30,000 layoffs are a warning India can’t ignore
40 years ago April 2, 1986: NC (K) evicted from HQ in J&K
Best of Both Sides: Round one to China, without firing a shot
Some smart(phone) lessons for industrial policy
Look at the artist, not the artist
