The Jal Jeevan Mission is fulfilling a promise to provide every rural household with drinking water and a tap, a grand plan that began with the government integrating its disparate arms dealing with water under one ministry. Its biggest challenge now is to sustain groundwater and ensure India’s water security
India must elevate the increasingly scarce resource to a strategic level
Former Naxalite, king of B-grade films and hotel magnate Mithun Chakraborty has traversed the political spectrum to finally land a breakout role
Can the sinking Left expect a rainmaker in the brash cleric, its new ally?
The 2021 struggle for power is shaped by history, geography, demography—and a miracle by the mahatma, argues MJ Akbar
Can social engineering and pre-poll sops help the AIADMK alliance return to power?
Identity still holds the key to West Bengal despite the pronounced economic disparities
BJP banks on development, Congress plays the CAA card—and the battle remains essentially Assamese
We can either surrender to global tech giants or lead the way