India’s financial inclusion journey must now focus on resilience, not just access: PwC-Dvara report
India's financial inclusion drive has succeeded in bringing millions of people into the formal financial system over the past decade. Bank account ownership has surged,...
Opinion| The Western Ghats Are Not Collapsing by Accident. We Are Bringing Them Down.
Wayanad Landslide is a manmade disaster
Why India Needs a Men’s Rights Commission
Every social movement begins with an uncomfortable question. For decades, India has asked whether women receive equal opportunities, equal pay, equal representation and equal protection...
Women’s quota, with a political rider
When empowerment is tied to delimitation, suspicion isn’t entirely misplaced
Opinion | A war in West Asia, and India’s uncomfortable exposure
When missiles fly over West Asia, New Delhi watches more closely than most capitals. What is unfolding now — an expanding confrontation involving Iran, Israel...
Faith Is Not a File for Judicial Correction
The impending hearings before the Supreme Court of India on the Sabarimala issue once again bring to the fore an uncomfortable question: where does constitutional...
Is Mandating Vande Mataram the right way to honour It?
The renewed push around Vande Mataram risks turning a symbol of unity into a test of conformity.
Guarding the Chicken’s Neck is no longer optional
For decades, India’s Siliguri Corridor — the narrow strip of land linking the mainland with the Northeast — sat somewhere between strategic concern and bureaucratic...
The Sabarimala gold row: sacred trust shaken, accountability overdue
A long-buried controversy over gold cladding and missing donations at India’s most visited shrine has finally erupted — and the scandal is as much about institutional failure as it is about misplaced faith
India in 2026: The Hard Questions We Can No Longer Dodge
India enters 2026 with a paradox that has become familiar. The economy is growing faster than most large peers, global investors still see India as...