Thu, Jun 11, 2026 | UPDATED 05:00 AM IST
toiedit VOICES
-
FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
Electoral Bonds: Money & power were bonding too much
February 16, 2024, 9:07 AM IST
Supreme Court has revived, resuscitated and restored democracy in declaring the electoral bond scheme unconstitutional. Holding as illegal 2017’s amendment to section 29C of Representation of the People Act, 1951, which had provided an exception…
February 16, 2024, 9:07 AM IST
-
FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
Five wrongs, two rights, one test
February 16, 2024, 8:54 AM IST
What are the key points in & takeaways from SC’s 228-page judgment? An explainer Announced by Centre in 2017, electoral bonds enabled individuals to anonymously donate money to registered political party by purchasing electoral bonds…
February 16, 2024, 8:54 AM IST
-
FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
Lakhs without tax: You might well belong to a 2.2% minority, without even knowing it
February 16, 2024, 8:47 AM IST
No matter what creed, caste, or gender you are, you might belong to a minority comprising just 2.2% of the country’s adult population, which comes to under 21 million people. That’s the number of citizens…
February 16, 2024, 8:47 AM IST
-
FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
Signal From TN: State assembly’s resolution against delimitation is reminder to handle the issue smartly & sensitively
February 16, 2024, 8:35 AM IST
Tamil Nadu assembly’s resolution against delimitation has no teeth – but it’s a strong signal. TN, as well as other southern states, want current ratios of LS seats across states to be maintained, even when…
February 16, 2024, 8:35 AM IST
-
FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
Is your spiritual practice a disguised ego trip?
February 16, 2024, 8:18 AM IST
Christopher Mendonca We are often creatures of habit and seem to be wired for distraction. These two factors sometimes collude to hamper our search for meaning as we journey inwards along spiritual paths. At times…
February 16, 2024, 8:18 AM IST
-
FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
No chocolates, no roses…but it’s still love
February 14, 2024, 10:11 AM IST
Fallen Leaves (2023) Director: Aki Kaurismaki (Finland, Germany) First time they notice each other at a karaoke bar, only their eyes talk. They are around 40 – reticent, awkward and eager to find love but too…
February 14, 2024, 10:11 AM IST
-
FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
Desimericans: Too few Indians get US citizenship. Why & how this must change
February 14, 2024, 8:39 AM IST
To most this bit of news seemed ho-hum – 59k Indians got US citizenship last year, per USCIS. Mexicans beat Indians. Filipinos were a close third. Lots of Indians live and work in US. Waves…
February 14, 2024, 8:39 AM IST
-
FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
Southern cross: Why the Deccan can never part from rest of India
February 14, 2024, 8:33 AM IST
Is the South going south? To go south means that something is wrong, is not working out. So is the South, peninsular India, going south in that things are amiss with it in relation to…
February 14, 2024, 8:33 AM IST
-
FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
A daze of days: Too many days of this & that, all too confusing
February 14, 2024, 8:26 AM IST
In an appropriately smoochy curtain raiser to today’s Valentine’s Day, commemorating Cupid, yesterday was reportedly Kiss Day, a 24-hour period during which literally lip-service was supposedly paid to the act of osculation. Fortunately for those…
February 14, 2024, 8:26 AM IST
-
FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
IITs: Made in India, going international
February 13, 2024, 8:52 AM IST
On Jan 29, classes commenced at IIT Delhi’s Abu Dhabi campus, a fine example of India-UAE friendship in the field of education. PM Modi’s visit to UAE comes at a time when bilateral relations between…
February 13, 2024, 8:52 AM IST
-
FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
No hi, no AI: AI needs heavy inputs of facts to deliver, and it can’t beat human intelligence, which with even poverty of info can come up with brand new ideas, concepts
February 13, 2024, 8:36 AM IST
Rumour is Artificial Intelligence (AI) will soon overwhelm Human Intelligence (HI). We fear marauding machines trampling us with iron heels and commanding us with toneless sounds. This, however, is not about to happen for two…
February 13, 2024, 8:36 AM IST
-
No car for old men
February 13, 2024, 8:27 AM IST
Though I have never owned a car, I have always been upwardly mobile because my Amdavadi autorickshaw pilot of 15 years was so familiar with me that he became contemptuous of speed breakers and I…
February 13, 2024, 8:27 AM IST
-
FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
No law on price: Legal guarantee of MSP is not workable
February 13, 2024, 8:15 AM IST
With Lok Sabha elections looming, some farm organisations decided this is a good time to try and see if GOI can be arm-twisted to give more goodies. Their list of demands can be broken up…
February 13, 2024, 8:15 AM IST
-
FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
Escape from Doha: GOI’s quiet diplomacy & India’s economic heft in Qatar both contributed to ex-navymen’s release
February 13, 2024, 8:06 AM IST
That eight Indian ex-navymen, initially sentenced to death in Qatar, are now free is in no small part thanks to GOI’s behind-the-door talks. Procedurally, govt had appealed the case in Qatari courts. That had already…
February 13, 2024, 8:06 AM IST
-
We are nothing but love, get ready to live it
February 13, 2024, 7:59 AM IST
By- James Anderson No word in our language is more misused than ‘love’. So much baseness masquerades under its compelling disguise. Love has many gradations and torrid ingredients in us deform this supreme state. Yet,…
February 13, 2024, 7:59 AM IST
-
Vox Militum beats Vox Populi
February 12, 2024, 9:54 AM IST
People have voted against the military’s political favourites but General Munir still gets to cook up the next coalition government Pakistanis braved stiff odds on Feb 8 to cast their vote. A strong electoral tsunami,…
February 12, 2024, 9:54 AM IST
-
For the love of dogs…and other animals
February 12, 2024, 9:47 AM IST
Ratan Tata’s hospital for animals is a vital argument against speciesism, the dogma that holds humans are superior to other animals. Simple truth is if we care more for other species, we too will be…
February 12, 2024, 9:47 AM IST
-
FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
Listen to the young
February 12, 2024, 9:36 AM IST
Pakistan’s youth almost upset crooked plans of its grizzled generals. Lesson for old & powerful everywhere Pakistan’s election is similar to matches played by the country’s cricket team. You never know what to expect. An…
February 12, 2024, 9:36 AM IST
-
FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
Dig baby dig
February 12, 2024, 9:31 AM IST
Critical minerals race is on. India must work with US-led group to secure these strategic resources It’s good that GOI is looking to press the accelerator on securing supply chains in critical minerals. Critical mineral…
February 12, 2024, 9:31 AM IST
-
FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
Bye bye evil eye
February 12, 2024, 9:21 AM IST
Kids no longer burn chillies to scare you away So the other day someone praised my kids and I reverted to childhood and said better remove the evil eye (nazar) with seven chillies and burn…
February 12, 2024, 9:21 AM IST
Interested in blogging for timesofindia.com? We will be happy to have you on board as a blogger, if you have the knack for writing. Just drop in a mail at toiblogs@timesinternet.in with a brief bio and we will get in touch with you.
Please note:
- TOI will have complete discretion to select bloggers
- TOI's decision in this regard will be final
- There's no remuneration for blogging
- TOI reserves the right to edit all blogs
TOP VOICES
-
Dia Mirza
TOI Edit Page,Voices
-
Bachi Karkaria
Erratica,TOI Edit Page,Tracking Indian Communities
-
Jug Suraiya
Juggle-Bandhi,TOI Edit Page
-
Speaking Tree
TOI Edit Page