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Editorial

Valentine's Day: Reflections on the euphoria called love

14-02-2026

Valentine's Day is here, and the (young) hearts are overflowing with (mushy) love. But is love confined only to young hearts or just limited to man-woman love? No. Love is an all-encompassing human emotion that touches all hearts, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity and all that jazz.

Mumbai needs basic infra, not hideous 'beautification' projects

14-02-2026

On Wednesday, February 11, Mumbai gave India its first ‘musical road’. A stretch of 500 metres of the coastal road on the northbound lane at Worli, after exiting the underground tunnel, has special grooves or rumble strips that play the notes of the famous Oscar-winning

SEBI’s ‘fit and proper’ reboot towards course correction

13-02-2026

SEBI has recently unveiled a consultation paper proposing a significant overhaul of the “fit and proper person” framework governing market intermediaries, such as brokers, merchant bankers, and others, as well as persons associated with them.

As it happens, India-EU FTA will take time to show results

13-02-2026

Described as the ‘mother of all deals’, the India–European Union (EU) Free Trade Agreement (FTA), concluded recently, holds immense potential in terms of scale. Admittedly, the EU constituents are high-income countries with purchasing power.

Navi Mumbai airport efficient, but not really passenger-first

12-02-2026

I have now been a passenger in and out of Navi Mumbai International Airport a few times as I write this. Having travelled extensively for many years across India and globally, I respect the value of an efficient airport. I also understand how the minutest design detail and service decisions quietly shape a passenger’s entire journey.

Global South needs grander ideas and new strategies

12-02-2026

The journey of the Global South from the 1955 Bandung Conference to the 1966 Tri-Continental Conference in Havana onwards has been as much ideological and epistemic as political and aspirational.

Election in Bangladesh is all about who controls the state

11-02-2026

This week’s elections to Bangladesh’s National Assembly are less an exercise in democratic routine than a referendum on the country’s political and ideological future, something which world capitals are deeply interested in understanding.

What about the promises you made to America Mr Trump?

11-02-2026

A historic trade deal is to be signed between India and the USA, whose framework was released last week. In India, as well as the USA, there is a raging debate if the deal will help reignite the economies in both the countries or if it will favour only one.

Posthumous awards leave a bitter taste in some mouths

10-02-2026

Irving Wallace, in his vastly infotaining novel, The Prize, points to, in passing at places, how the Nobel Prize, since its inception by Alfred Nobel, has created heartburn and resentment.

Global headwinds turn into tailwinds for Indian economy

10-02-2026

First, the Sixteenth Finance Commission submitted its report in the backdrop of several Southern and Western states demanding a higher share in devolution in keeping with their contribution to the nation’s GDP.

A timeless Wodehouse keeps an ageless India still riveted

09-02-2026

When Hal Cazalet, P.G. Wodehouse’s step-great-grandson, remarked during a recent visit to Kolkata that Wodehouse may have more admirers in India than in Britain, he wasn’t indulging in polite exaggeration. He was stating a quiet truth that Indian readers have known for decades.

Budget 2026: What does the govt offer Indian women?

09-02-2026

Budget 26 has been overtaken by news that the Indo-US trade deal has finally been clinched. Farmers’ organisations have already expressed apprehension that allowing zero per cent import tariffs on US goods may end up destroying the livelihoods of Indian farmers.