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Editorial

BJP’s Assam, W. Bengal wins may impact India-B’desh ties

13-05-2026

Veteran politician Dinesh Trivedi’s crucial assignment as New Delhi’s man in Dhaka to improve recently fragile Indo-Bangladesh ties just got more challenging. He could be severely handicapped by the recent poll outcome in Assam and West Bengal, both bordering Bangladesh, further consolidating the BJP’s stranglehold on the north-eastern state and sweeping to power for the first time in the only remaining Opposition citadel in the East.

Kerala CM delay shows RaGa hasn’t learnt from the past

13-05-2026

The Congress party’s unusually long delay in naming its new chief minister for Kerala was simply baffling. The speed the Congress leadership showed in dumping their long-time ally DMK and siding with the TVK in Tamil Nadu was nowhere visible in the case of Kerala.

Mothering Mumbai: City needs compassionate governance

12-05-2026

As the world reflected on Mother’s Day yesterday, a day associated with care, protection, and the countless invisible acts that make everyday life smoother for those we love, perhaps that is also the question Mumbai must ask itself today:

Lessons on women’s quota all the way from Latin America

12-05-2026

Politics in India was once a stern moral drama. Today, it has become a ribald vaudeville, full of scandal and pantomime. Politics was always a game. Now it has become an ugly game and a soap opera. Media constructs have become crucial for success.

Decoding BJP’s Bengal sweep and saffron surge across India

11-05-2026

Not long ago, exit polls in India were treated as a sort of reliable post-poll indicators, not precise forecasts. But lately, they have become an election-night drama and a narrative-building exercise.

Miranda Priestly, the Boss Lady, marches on in stilettos

11-05-2026

Twenty years ago, when The Devil Wears Prada was released, women in top positions of power were relatively rare. The number has inched up, but not by much.

Somnath: The unconquerable spirit of Bharat and Bharatvasis

09-05-2026

At the start of 2026, I had gone to Somnath for the Somnath Swabhiman Parv, marking a thousand years since the first attack on the Somnath Temple. Now, I will be back in Somnath on May 11 to mark 75 years since the inauguration of the restored temple by the then president of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad. In less than half a year, it is a privilege to be attending two important milestones relating to Somnath and its journey from ruins to renewal, or what we describe as Vidhvans to Srijan.

What hawker “menace” says about Mumbai as a city

09-05-2026

Conversation 1: An elderly gentleman, active in his gated complex, exulted on everyone’s favourite platform-for-all-purposes. “Have you all seen the road outside our complex?” he asked excitedly of the nearly 100 members and proceeded to explain that the hawkers who had occupied the pavement, their customers spilling on to the road, were all cleared, their stalls demolished and handcarts taken away, and the road was good to walk or park cars.

BJP’s win in Bengal a tectonic shift in the Indian politics

08-05-2026

Even before May 4, when counting began for the West Bengal Assembly election, a sense of inevitability prevailed in the state—that, despite intense anti-incumbency against the TMC, it would still cross the 150-mark needed to stake a claim to another term in office.

UAE exit will weaken OPEC; encourage others to follow

08-05-2026

The Persian Gulf conflict is dragging on with renewed military clashes in the Strait of Hormuz for the past two days. Engulfed by the fear of continued supply disruption, the oil market reacted with higher prices, with Brent going to $115 a barrel and European gas rates reaching the highest level since mid-April.

Master Lesson: How Vijay created Oru Viral Puratchi

07-05-2026

Six months ago, predicting 69-film-old Tamil superstar C Joseph Vijay as the 18th chief minister of Tamil Nadu would have been met with ridicule, dismissal as an ‘anil’ (squirrel, as Vijay’s fans are called), or directions to the Kilpauk medical college in Chennai, which hosts an Institute of Mental Health (IMH).

Pet governance failure: Why India’s pet chaos is worsening

07-05-2026

I live in Mumbai, so Mumbai is the reference point here, but this is not a Mumbai problem; it is a national pet governance failure playing out as everyday pet chaos in our cities. From Delhi to Bengaluru and Pune to Chennai, Indian cities are one outstanding example of modern civic philosophy: Regulate everything badly, then act surprised when chaos follows.