Kamal Haasan’s Sorry and the Cost of Offence

Open

Several recent cases highlight how India walks on a free speech tightrope

Norway Chess 2025: A Tournament of Small Errors

V Shoba

The margins are thinner, the mistakes more human, and victory is no longer taken—it is waited for

Monsoon Session of Parliament from July 21 to August 12: Kiren Rijiju

Open

This is the first sitting of Parliament since Operation Sindoor

Kohli, RCB and a Cup, at Long Last

Aditya Iyer

In its 18th season, one-franchise man Virat Kohli delivers the IPL trophy to his beloved Bengaluru

India surpass US, UK, Japan in new ‘human flourishing’ study

Ajay MK

Non-Western countries perform well in newly released Global Flourishing Study (GFS) with Asia and Africa performing better than developed countries

Builder.ai and the Unravelling of a Startup Dream

V Shoba

A billion-dollar AI startup collapses, exposing not just deception and round-tripping, but the deeper illusions driving India’s tech dream

Cong Versus Senior Leaders over Op Sindoor

Rajeev Deshpande

The gulf between the Congress and senior party leaders travelling with all-party delegations post Operation Sindoor reflects an inability to differentiate national security from partisan politics

How non-violent was Gandhi?

Shaan Kashyap

Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee’s new book on the final phase of Gandhi’s life can be read in many ways. While it inspires, it also calls for greater pragmatism in the writing of history