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Down the barrel
May 4, 2026, 6:47 AM IST
Blockade of Hormuz is hurting world’s poor most. Collapse of a US budget airline is latest reminder Whether the war between Trump and Iran is over or just paused, it is still affecting everyday people….
May 4, 2026, 6:47 AM IST
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Pursuit of Buddha’s relics
May 4, 2026, 6:46 AM IST
The Buddha relics, on view in Ladakh now, are home in India exactly a year after they surfaced, set to go under the hammer, from a private collection. In 1898, William Claxton Peppé, a British…
May 4, 2026, 6:46 AM IST
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The Trumped-up manliness of MAGA-verse
May 4, 2026, 6:42 AM IST
American men are facing a crisis of masculinity, driven by uncertainty about what it means to be a man in an era where their traditional dominance is being called into question. It’s left them flailing…
May 4, 2026, 6:42 AM IST
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Down the barrel
May 4, 2026, 6:40 AM IST
Whether Trump’s war on Iran is over or paused, it hasn’t stopped affecting ordinary people’s lives. Americans are paying $4.4 per gallon of petrol, up from $2.9 in Feb. The increase is enough to derail…
May 4, 2026, 6:40 AM IST
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Set the record straight
May 4, 2026, 6:37 AM IST
Little Ishank Singh, all of 7, by all accounts is a water baby. He started swimming at age 3. Once his Sri Lanka to India 29km swim was chalked out, he trained up to 8…
May 4, 2026, 6:37 AM IST
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War hurts movies too
May 4, 2026, 6:35 AM IST
West Asia has for decades held a special fascination for Indian films, particularly the crop from Maya Nagari, Bollywood. This has been turning concrete, with stars such as SRK and Mammootty buying palatial houses there,…
May 4, 2026, 6:35 AM IST
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When the machine asks ‘who am I’
May 4, 2026, 6:33 AM IST
By Partha Sinha We have long been comfortable with tools. The hammer did not disturb us. The wheel did not provoke metaphysics. Even the computer, in its early obedient years, felt like a faster clerk….
May 4, 2026, 6:33 AM IST
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What your everyday outfit says about you
May 3, 2026, 9:47 PM IST
What we choose to wear every day might seem like a small decision, often made in a hurry between sips of morning chai and checking the time, but in reality, our everyday outfits quietly say…
May 3, 2026, 9:47 PM IST
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When care begins to return: On the gradual shift in who looks out for whom
May 3, 2026, 9:42 PM IST
My son lives abroad. A few days ago, he called and, somewhere between catching up and saying goodbye, reminded me to get the car serviced. There was something in the way he said it. Certain….
May 3, 2026, 9:42 PM IST
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Time: The greatest traitor and the biggest lie part 12
May 3, 2026, 9:31 PM IST
Once Time is perceived from its smallest unit—where nothing else exists (the Adwaita state)—the correlation between action and consequence is immediate. However, Time is experienced within the body and then projected outward. The moment it…
May 3, 2026, 9:31 PM IST
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Will Mahua also be “liberated” along with Bastar?
May 3, 2026, 9:12 PM IST
Mahua means cheap liquor — at least that’s what it means in cities. For tribals, this tree is like a wish-fulfilling tree (Kalpavriksha), from which food, oil, and liquor are all derived. The liquor is…
May 3, 2026, 9:12 PM IST
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Unravelling the law of Karma
May 3, 2026, 6:42 PM IST
Creation, as understood in the depths of Hindu philosophy, is not born of necessity nor of any lack within the Divine. It is, rather, a spontaneous expression of infinite fullness. The ancient seers of the…
May 3, 2026, 6:42 PM IST
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Escaping the dopamine loop
May 3, 2026, 1:26 PM IST
What joy do you have left in your life? That is the question I often hear after telling people that I, once a columnist on wine, have now quit drinking altogether. Somewhere along the way,…
May 3, 2026, 1:26 PM IST
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Sathankulam verdict raises deeper questions about custodial violence
May 3, 2026, 5:15 AM IST
The Madurai Sessions Court’s judgment finding nine policemen guilty for the custodial killings of Jayaraj and Bennix in Sathankulam marks a rare and significant moment in India’s criminal justice landscape. In a country where custodial…
May 3, 2026, 5:15 AM IST
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The devil wears thin! Why has fashion become such a bore?
May 3, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
A decade ago, it seemed as though fashion and feminism were cautiously coming closer, or at least no longer placed on opposite sides of a public boxing ring. What women wore was becoming more and…
May 3, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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In dire straits, let’s look for the solar lining
May 3, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
I remember running down the stairs in my aunt’s house as fast as I could; the counting was getting faster, signalling that the end was nigh. We were playing hide and seek, and it was…
May 3, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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Exit polls: We need more trust, less tamasha
May 3, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
Exit polls in India are often treated as an election-night tamasha. This is not the case in many developed democracies, where the science and art of studying elections is becoming more refined and rigorous with…
May 3, 2026, 5:00 AM IST
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The power of association
May 2, 2026, 11:17 PM IST
Human life is quietly shaped by association. In its simplest sense, association is connection. It includes what we see, what we hear, what we engage with, and what we allow to reside within our consciousness….
May 2, 2026, 11:17 PM IST
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The ‘mountain of light’ and the mayor of the Big Apple
May 2, 2026, 8:12 PM IST
In the grand, gilded theater of modern geopolitics, few things are as entertaining as a New York City socialist taking on the British Monarchy. But when Zohran Mamdani—a man whose daily routine involves debating rent…
May 2, 2026, 8:12 PM IST
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Living the double life-from textbooks to tides: A childhood carried by the tide
May 2, 2026, 2:56 PM IST
What’s better than making snow angels? Making sand angels! My first memory of the beach traces back to me spending hours making sand angels- sweeping my arms and legs through the warm, golden sand. From…
May 2, 2026, 2:56 PM IST
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