Columns

They Are the World’s Finest Soldiers. Show Some Respect

Vinaya Chandran

A former infantry officer debunks some expert opinions about the Indian army fighting in Ladakh

Garden Variety Crimes

Shylashri Shankar

Reading Agatha Christie and other gardening pleasures

Monumental Translations

Makarand R Paranjape

Bibek Debroy has made a piece of our cultural heritage accessible

2020: The Year of the Rat

Virendra Kapoor

We are all in hiding; we only go out to get food; we store food; when people come close, we run away. Amen.

Family Drama

Jayanta Ghosal

As the UP Assembly election looms nearer, the battle between Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and estranged uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav is diffusing

A Familiar Taste

Madhavankutty Pillai

On the enduring appeal of Parle-G biscuits which registered record sales during the lockdown

You Have Been Cancelled. Period.

S Prasannarajan

The cancel cult is a perfect case of the ideal of liberalism undone by the intolerance of liberals

Sacred Compassion

Lakshmi Bayi

Any religion devoid of humanism may turn into a weapon of mass destruction

Bengal Conundrum

Jayanta Ghosal

If the Centre were to postpone elections in Bihar with Nitish Kumar, its ally, continuing on as caretaker Chief Minister, can it opt for another route in Bengal?