If twenty years down the line, India’s demographic dividend is nullified owing to the workforce’s lack of education, don’t blame the teachers. They might not even be around to blame
SUKANTA CHAUDHURIThe Outer Space Treaty explicitly forbids prohibits private individuals from claiming lunar land, even as entities like the International Lunar Lands Registry continue to sell celestial land
BASIL GUPTAThe living teacher in a socialised classroom is being rapidly eclipsed by technology. There will be much less space for arguments and debates. The age of the great teacher has begun to fade away
ANUP SINHAHenry Kissinger is gone too now but his advice on returning Palestinian land remains more valid than ever if the new year is not to start in the darkness of the old
SUNANDA K. DATTA-RAYWhat the BJP seems to have gifted the beleaguered Opposition is an opportunity to regroup. But it remains to be seen whether it can reap electoral dividends from this chapter
THE EDITORIAL BOARDThe Paul King-helmed musical stars Rowan Atkinson, Olivia Colman, Sally Hawkins and Hugh Grant in key roles