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A tribute to Sitaram Yechury, who was often at odds with his fellow travellers, but was also a consensus builder par excellence

DAV College is also the site of samadhis of three members of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s family

In the mid-1970s, I was posted along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Chhamb sector of Jammu and Kashmir. Bunkers and tents were our abode and also the place to secure weapons and other warlike materials. During the monsoon,...

Imagine being a species so old as to be called a ‘living fossil’, which has outlived dinosaurs only to be imperiled in anthropocene because of plastic and beautified stone-pitched water bodies. The species under discussion here is the turtle, which...

Supreme Court needs to enlarge scope of the National Task Force, set up to suggest safety norms for healthcare staff

Grandmothers and old family retainers were champion story-tellers, now often replaced by digital or interactive tools in many urban nuclear families

In translating, we are not merely bridging gaps; we are acknowledging them, respecting them, and allowing them to exist

I was about to go meet my nephew, Balu, when my father told me that a leopard — perhaps the same one that I had photographed — had killed one of Balu’s cows the previous night. I left home but...

She used to watch her father return from playing golf. He was posted in Delhi then. The year was 2006. The golf bag and the gleaming irons used to be laid out for cleaning, and both the kids would observe...

It’s her crusade for justice against powerful men in positions of power that makes Vinesh even more important as a role model

High-minded slokas and mantras are a shortcut we have adopted to replace moral science

Intesar Suhail In the spring of 2016, I embarked upon a trek in the mountains of Drass to look for and, if possible, photograph the elusive brown bear. As the Wildlife Warden of Kargil district in Jammu and Kashmir (now...

A recent order of the apex consumer court holding an insurance company and a bank accountable for their carelessness in implementing a crop insurance scheme under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana highlights how lapses in the implementation of welfare...

Rima Dhillon Cuckoo sings the song of spring Yet it leaves its young for others to bring Monsoon conjures up images of lush greenery, renewed energy and vibrancy in the air after the intense heat of summer. Along with the...

Raaja Bhasin August 1947 redefined the Indian subcontinent. This may have been a time to celebrate Independence, but at least in the North, the shadow of Partition was overwhelming. My parents and those of their generation that I met or...

As Amitav Ghosh has lamented, not enough cognisance is being taken of the reality of climate change

Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940-2024) re-sculpted classical dance in ways that became tradition

‘Breaking Rocks and Barriers’ is a memoir about daunting challenges and rare experiences

The fact is that the dedicated and honest Indian is harder and harder to find

There should be strict monitoring of private hospitals by state governments to ensure their compliance with patients’ rights

Choose the insurer carefully, buy directly or from an aggregator. Read terms fully and do not conceal any information that is material to the contract

From point of view of longevity as well as safety, it’s better to go back to non-toxic paper and ink, or e-receipts

Such forced collection by the industry violates several rights of consumers and constitutes an unfair trade practice

Digital ‘dark patterns’ exploit consumer vulnerability. Interfaces on websites or devices are tweaked to deceive, hoodwink or push consumers into making unintended purchase decisions inimical to their interest or even share personal data unintentionally, affecting their privacy

Man-made disasters, are easily avoidable if service providers do not violate safety norms and the authorities implement these strictly