Wednesday, 24 December 2025
Wednesday, 24 December 2025
The Kremlin will never side with India against China in any meaningful way. In an actual escalation on the LAC, Russia offers neither deterrent weight nor diplomatic leverage against Beijing
SUSHANT SINGH
The poet, or novelist, or essayist is no longer a legislator but a content provider. What was once conjuration is now circulation. Writing has become an act of optimisation
SRIJITA TALUKDAR
I had come to South Africa having read all the statistics on high crime in the country. I expected to find a people afraid of one another. What I encountered instead was friendliness and decency
ARGHYA SENGUPTA
The total received by BJP this year is Rs 6,088 crore over the Rs 3,967 crore of last year. Contributions to the BJP are the highest in six years. Transparency has worked with unexpected results
THE EDITORIAL BOARD
A free press is, quite correctly, cited as an ideal that deserves protection in this age of post-Truth. Without journalists, there can be no freedom of the press or of information itself
THE EDITORIAL BOARD
While ‘Dune: Part Three’ stars Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya, ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ boasts an ensemble cast, including Pedro Pascal, Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Mackie and Robert Downey Jr.
