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Opinion
Cricket Mata Ki Jai: Jingoism Lost in Ahmedabad on Sunday
That India lost in the final was karmic payback for the BCCI’s sins against the game, and also for the Ahmedabad crowd’s unwillingness to be sporting and civilised.
Live Wire
‘Did You Not Have Enough Milk to Change Your Skin Colour?’
Culture
'Did You Not Have Enough Milk to Change Your Skin Colour?'
The African novelist Nuruddin Farah recalls the bad and the good from his student days in India in the 1960s.
Politics
As India Turns 75, Here's 75 Debates for Argumentative Indians
From the world of politics and diplomacy to security and sports, culture, ideas and society, there is no denying the salience of these names for Independent India.
Economy
Mangta Hai: The ‘Rahanefication’ of India
The young cricket team has shown that there are always alternatives, whether in sport, business or politics.
Top Stories
Revoking Article 370 Might Be a Potential Solution. But is it the Right One?
No matter how optimistic the future promised to us looks, the undemocratic means deployed to achieve it cannot be justified.
Top Stories
How Divisive Politics Have Entered Our Drawing Room Discussions
The daily dialogue is seeing a shift where the use of caste and religion of criminals, politicians, victims and achievers are increasingly becoming important.
Rahul Dravid Should Be Australia’s Next Coach
Among the toughest cricketers to have played for India, he is a cerebral man who thinks sharply about the game and has the moral stature to match his cricketing pedigree.
Let's Not Demonise Britain Over the ICJ, India Wants to Be Elite Too
Nationalist chest-thumping is for lightweights and losers. India is neither.
Assault Africans ... And Kiss Goodbye to the UN Security Council
The racist attacks in Greater Noida are a greater diplomatic fiasco than India yet realises.
Dog Days at the Test Match
The shoe-throwing incident encapsulates not only the professional slovenliness that often prevails in India, but also the callousness – the moral deficit.
500 Test Matches… and a Heap of Mediocrity
A stroll through the statistics of India’s performances over history.
Media
The Digital Desi
Sreenath Sreenivasan has just been appointed chief digital officer of New York City by Mayor Bill de Blasio. Tunku Varadarajan interviewed him – over WhatsApp – on what the job entails.
Tanmay Bhat c Mangeshkar b Tendulkar
Thin-skinned icons are more dangerous to society than bumptious comedians.
Judgment by Thesaurus
Or, a 'Proponement in Oppugnation' to the Supreme Court's use of language
The Bombay High Court Wants a Free Hit in the IPL. But Where’s the No Ball?
In ruling against what it saw as conspicuous consumption, the high court was guilty of conspicuous sanctimoniousness. Worse, it was guilty of succumbing to emotion at the expense of reason.
From Soviet-era Student to Ukraine Press Baron, this Pakistani has Seen it All
Mohammad Zahoor got out of the steel business just before the recession in 2008, selling his whole caboodle for $1 billion, and bought the Kyiv Post for $1.1 million.
