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Squeezing scholars, funding selfies: India to lose its biggest asset

India is cutting back on scholarships for disadvantaged youth while sharply increasing spending on publicity events, risking its demographic dividend.

Mansoor Ali Khan |
14 Aug, 2025

RS ex-dy chairman Rahman Khan urges MPs to reject Waqf Amendment Bill

K Rahman Khan claimed the bill, introduced by Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju in Lok Sabha on 8 August, blatantly reflects prejudice
- K Rahman Khan
- | 09 Sep, 2024
No country for daughters: Why rapes never stop

It’s been almost 12 years since the Nirbhaya gangrape case in Delhi. There was national outrage then too, but has anything changed? This time, it was a medico, gangraped in the land that worships Goddess Durga.
- Anushree Chakraborty
- | 15 Aug, 2024
Homecare is a rich sector with growing pains in India

Even though the large part of the population is dependent on the government healthcare system the private market is growing exponentially, and so is the important homecare sector
- Kavitha Reddy
- | 17 Jul, 2024
Islamophobia & narratives in the Lok Sabha election

The new discourse blended many myths, imagined histories, negation, and refusal despite being as old as colonialism. During the campaigning, the minorities were much maligned, slandered, and vilified.
- Muzaffar H Assadi
- | 02 Jun, 2024
Absence of effective Muslim leadership and its causes

The erosion of Muslim influence was exacerbated by the absence of cohesive leadership after the demise of prominent figures such as Maulana Ali Mian, Qari Tayyab Sahib, Dr Mehmood, Dr Faridi and Sheikh Abdullah
- Mohammed Adeeb
- | 10 May, 2024
PM flays MGNREGA despite it helping millions

Declaring to continue a scheme which he did not believe in, only to put the previous government in a bad light, was unbecoming of the Prime Minister of world’s largest democracy
- Kavitha Reddy
- | 05 Mar, 2024
Nariman's contribution to Karnataka immeasurable

Beginning his service of the State in 1986, he fought a long and arduous battle to protect the State's water rights
- Brijesh Kalappa
- | 22 Feb, 2024
'Awaaz ki duniya ka dost' goes quiet forever; RIP Sayani sir!

Ruling listeners' hearts from the early 1950s till the mid-1990s, Ameen Sayani brought in a new wave in the radio and voice-over industry and paved the way for so many young aspirants to try their luck in the voice industry
- Kalpana Swamy
- | 22 Feb, 2024
Ameen Sayani passes away... and with him a golden era

It is upsetting that the master of vocal jugglery, full of charm, warmth and style, is no more. However, it is comforting to think of his life and the legacy he has left behind for his fans in the way of precious recordings and memories
- Brahmanand S Siingh
- | 22 Feb, 2024
India under Modi: Policies, schemes or propaganda?

From Nehru to Manmohan Singh, each of our prime ministers put the people of the nation ahead of their glories
- Kavitha Reddy
- | 13 Feb, 2024

EC is no longer a watchdog. It has become Executive’s captive institution: Surjewala

Now, the BJP has converted the Election Commission into its newest weapon — a tool to erase voters, suppress voices, and destroy the foundation of free and fair elections.
- Randeep Singh Surjewala
- | 07 Aug, 2025
'SIR: This isn't verification. It's elimination'

The voter list revision in Bihar is a discriminatory and opaque process aimed at disenfranchising the poor and marginalised under the guise of verification, says AICC Secretary.
- Mansoor Ali Khan
- | 31 Jul, 2025
Reviving the radio era in the modern world

As a founding member of Nostalgiaana (Nostalgia and gaana) a forum dedicated to reviving and reliving the magic of radio, it has been my consistent experience that people like to remember the days when radio occupied the pride of place in homes
- Shankar Iyer
- | 13 Feb, 2025
Budget 2025: A missed opportunity to address learning crisis

Past digital initiatives have shown that without proper implementation, such schemes fail to create real impact.
- Mansoor Ali Khan
- | 01 Feb, 2025
‘A 90-hour work week can hinder creativity and growth’

When work consumes nearly all waking hours, individuals become less capable of engaging in the critical thinking and problem-solving that drive true innovation.
- Mansoor Ali Khan
- | 24 Jan, 2025
‘Iconoclast’ unravels Ambedkar’s complexities

In ‘Iconoclast’, Anand Teltumbde has taken upon himself the unenviable task of ‘demolishing’ the icon
- TN Gopalan
- | 23 Jan, 2025
Be the best version of yourself through the teachings of holy scriptures

Grooming ourselves is important and much needed. But, why are religious sermons or scriptures not commonly considered guides for personality grooming?
- Majid Parekh
- | 28 Nov, 2024
'PM Modi’s allegations on Waqf properties are baseless rumours'

The ownership of 123 Waqf properties, including mosques, graveyards, mausoleums and madrasas, is not new and spans over three decades, he said
- K Rahman Khan
- | 28 Nov, 2024
The ‘beautiful’ Pale Blue Dot

The Orbital book spans ‘One Single Day’ in the life of six astronauts (make that 4 astronauts and 2 cosmonauts) aboard a space ship, 250 miles above the earth, which is orbiting the planet at 17,500 miles per hour
- Asma .
- | 19 Nov, 2024