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Sudhir Kakar’s boldness in forging a path for Indian thought in his field stands out /news/talking-point/sudhir-kakar-works-death-namita-gokhale-ramin-jahanbegloo-111714031212094.html 111714031212094 story Many years ago in a café in Paris, psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar and novelist Namita Gokhale spent hours talking about mysticism and the Bhutanese-Tibetan monk Drukpa Kunley. Sometime later, some of these thoughts made their way into Kakar’s…

IPL’s impact sub rule is high on entertainment, but has destroyed the trade-offs that make cricket truly engrossing /news/talking-point/indian-premier-league-ipl-2024-impact-subs-cricket-t20-111714052296487.html 111714052296487 story T20 cricket was already a slam-bam affair compared to longer forms of the game. Relatively small grounds and mostly easy wickets made it even more so in the Indian Premier League (IPL). And yet,…

US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order hitting India with an additional 25% tariff over its purchases of Russian oil. That will raise the total tariff on Indian imports to the United States to 50% – among the highest rates imposed by the US. The new rate will come into effect in 21…

Sarmistha Dutta Gupta’s powerful new book, ‘The Jallianwala Bagh Journals’, grapples with the question of erecting memorials versus memory /news/big-story/jallianwala-bagh-journals-book-review-amritsar-memorial-111712843351234.html 111712843351234 story On this day, exactly 105 years ago, a peaceful crowd gathered at Amritsar’s Jallianwala Bagh during the annual Vaisakhi fair to protest against the draconian Rowlatt Act. Formally known as the Anarchical and…

A refresher on social media best practices as your posts may go against company views, especially during election season /news/big-story/social-media-professional-work-office-elections-censor-111713161320733.html 111713161320733 story For Anant Pujari, a marketing professional with a multinational in Mumbai, getting a job was a struggle, but not because he didn’t fit the desired role. It was because of his extremely vocal…

Rescuers are looking for dozens of people who are feared to be trapped after a massive cloudburst triggered heavy rains and flash floods in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Teams, including army and paramilitaries, have reached Dharali village in Uttarkashi district, which is believed to have borne the brunt of the floods. Dramatic videos…

India goalkeeper Panthoi Chanu has become the first Indian player to be signed for club football Down Under /news/talking-point/football-panthoi-chanu-manipur-metro-united-111712665828390.html 111712665828390 story Indian football may be struggling to get a foothold in the global game, but individual players from the country have started conquering new frontiers. On Saturday, goalkeeper Panthoi Chanu made history by becoming the…

Political analyst and founder of Swaraj Abhiyan, Yogendra Yadav, on Friday (August 1, 2025) said though the overall number of 7.24 crore voters in the draft voter list released by the Election Commission (EC) was not surprising, it was disappointing that the poll panel had not yet released the 65 lakh names which had been…