

Bande Mataram has had a chequered history in the service of the nation. If we abide by Rabindranath’s sage advice given in 1937, the song will help unite and not needlessly divide our citizenry
SUGATA BOSE
The tragedy of our time is that we’ve mistaken effort for evolution. The problem isn’t with work itself, but with the loss of reflection. Real change behaves less like software and more like soil
ASHUTOSH KUMAR THAKUR
The spectacular nine minutes of an October morning in Paris and its aftermath remind us again that museums are intensely contested spaces where histories of violence and possession converge
JAYANTA SENGUPTA
India is treated as an important partner in the document: perhaps that is a bit of a relegation given the greater import that was accorded to the country in the last version of the NSS
THE EDITORIAL BOARD
If the UDF does well in the assembly elections, it would indicate Kerala’s return to a tradition wherein power is shared between the Left and the Congress every five years
THE EDITORIAL BOARD

While ‘Dhruandhar’ stars Ranveer Singh, Akshaye Khanna, Sanjay Dutt, and Arjun Rampal, ‘Saiyaara’ is fronted by Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda
