Himalayan Meltdown

Rahul Pandita

Overtourism is eroding the fragile ecosystem of India’s hill stations

A traffic jam caused by tourist vehicles in Shimla, June 26, 2025

The Word of Politics

S Prasannarajan

The Myth of the Socialist Secular Republic

The Lost Nehru Papers

PR Ramesh

Examines the legal and political storm over the private papers of India’s first prime minister and why they remain at the heart of a battle for legacy and control

News Briefs | Web Exclusive

Guarantees without payouts: Karnataka’s welfare model under strain

V Shoba

The statewide trucker strike exposes the fiscal faultlines beneath Karnataka’s ambitious welfare model

Features | Web Exclusive: Interview

‘The Dalai Lama’s reincarnation is also an assertion of Tibetan identity’

Lhendup G Bhutia

The writer and publisher Bhuchung Sonam in conversation with Lhendup G Bhutia about the importance of the institution of the Dalai Lama to the Tibetan identity

The Dalai Lama attends a prayer ceremony, Dharamshala, June 30, 2025

Cover Story | The Dalai Lama at 90

Succession Rites at Dharamshala

Lhendup G Bhutia

The Dalai Lama has put in place a reincarnation plan to protect his legacy against Chinese interference by insisting that his successor will be born in the free world and identified by a trust founded by him

Features | Web Exclusive: Interview

‘Why Do You Want The Headache of Two Dalai Lamas’

Lhendup G Bhutia

Lhendup G Bhutia in conversation with Penpa Tsering, the political head of the Central Tibetan Administration

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Khomeini Mausoleum in Tehran, June 4, 2025 (Photo:Getty Images)

Essays | Open Essay

The Reckoning In Tehran

Deepika Saraswat

Wartime national solidarity is not a resurgence of support for the Islamic Republic

Akash Deep celebrates after taking the wicket of England's Harry Brook at Edgbaston, Birmingham, July 6, 2025

News Briefs | Web Exclusive

The brilliant bowlers of Birmingham

Aditya Iyer

Edgbaston was dominated by Gill's runs, but it was the captain's brave bowling choices that led India to a historic win

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at a rally in Siwan, Bihar, June 20, 2025

Politics

Protecting the Right to Vote

Siddharth Singh

The revision of electoral rolls in Bihar will help weed out illegal immigrants and serve as a test case across India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Accra, Ghana, July 2, 2025

Features | Diplomacy

An Indian High Wire Act

Rajeev Deshpande

Backed by a strong economy, Modi looks confident of steering the country through a period of global uncertainty by building resilience at home and abroad