Opinion

BJP's defeat in Ayodhya indicates a shifting voter sentiment and the need for the party to reassess its strategies to maintain its stronghold in the region

The CPM has managed to retain its party symbol not due to the performance of its exalted Kerala unit, but through humble wins in Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan. The 2024 results should serve as a critical point of introspection and signal the need for leadershi...

Sanjay Leela Bhansali's dazzling films about courtesans aren't explicitly gay, but they feel queer. What makes them so appealing to many LGBTQ+ viewers? Perhaps it's the way Bhansali finds beauty in sorrow

If you want clean politics, start by cleaning up your own act. Vote for the humane, not for your caste. Demand the best from your local government. You have the right. The end result resides with ‘We, the People’

Profit-maximising algorithms are colluding to fix prices without any human input. With access to vast competitor data, these self-learning bots can manipulate markets on autopilot, rendering traditional price-fixing regulations obsolete

The promises of socialism are so sweet—food and house for all, elimination of poverty—that many politicians get hopelessly enticed by them. The temptation is so intense that they lose contact with reality. Rahul’s Leftward march has made him enter into su...

If the Guardian had any sense of fairness, it would do its own brand and its credibility a big favor by acquainting itself with the facts

Despite some voter dissatisfaction, the BJP’s focus on key issues and organisational strength makes falling below the majority mark highly unlikely

The Congress is stuck in some paradigm from the past that is no longer so relevant. But their nuisance value has not disappeared. The bloviations of Messrs Cherian, Pitroda and Aiyar remind us that they can still harm the dream of India

The opposition has failed to understand that it now cannot complain about politicians appealing to Hindu sensibilities without acknowledging the problem of Muslim appeasement in the last so many decades

In 2022, a projection report by NITI Aayog on the gig economy predicted a higher demand for skilled gig workers in the future. The gig workforce is expected to expand to 23.5 million by 2029-30, from 7.7 million in 2021-22

Rahul Gandhi, in his enthusiasm to build an alliance with AAP in Delhi, may have inadvertently ended up playing the role which late veteran Sitaram Kesri played in the 1990s, making the Congress play second fiddle to an emerging political rival than count...

This is a time of unlearning the medieval SOPs and adopting a pragmatic approach

The picture-postcard scenic beauty of Switzerland simply mesmerises the eye. But there is something more interesting than that. That something is the presence of Indian food in this European country

When the US wants to deliver a message to an ally that is not part of the Anglo-Saxon Five Eyes or the broader Western alliance, it uses newspapers like ‘The Washington Post’, ‘The New York Times’ and ‘The Wall Street Journal’

History suggests that Congress has always used these political tactics for its own survival. What is, however, worrisome is that almost every time the Congress resorted to it, it had severe consequences for India