When a giant wave of sea-water struck Chennai’s Marina Beach on the morning of December 26, 2004, pulling in its wake fisherfolk and a group of children playing cricket, little …
Opinion
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Amblyopia: Early Diagnosis Can Save a Child’s Vision
by Anurith Kusunam 3 minutes readEvery year, more than 200,000 cases of amblyopia are diagnosed, affecting about 2% to 4% of the population. Commonly called “lazy eye,” amblyopia occurs when the brain favors one eye …
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India and Africa: Relations Beyond Rhetorics
by Ambassador Anil Trigunayat 7 minutes readIndia and Africa have a historic and umbilical relationship. It makes a good talking point during speeches but will need an objective assessment of the extent and depth of our …
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Neet to Secure Rights and Recognition for Bangladesh’s Indigenous Peoples
by Nicholas Biswas 8 minutes readThe International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed every year on 9 August following the adoption of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 49/214 on 23 December 1994. The …
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Citizen-Centric Diplomacy of India
by Ambassador Jitendra Kumar Tripathi (Retd.) 5 minutes readDiplomacy had been traditionally understood as conduct of bilateral relations between the states focusing on the negotiations only in political, economic and security related drivers. However, the advent of the …
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Opinion: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readJapan and the world observe the 81st anniversary of the horrific atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In a span of three days, between August 6 and 9, some 200,000 souls …
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Viksit Bharat 2047: A Roadmap to Become a Developed Nation
by Dr. Mohan Kumar 5 minutes readIt is creditable that the Government of India has set for itself and the nation a crucial goal: That India should become Viksit Bharat by 2047, which would be the …
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Opinion: All Sides Looking For An Exit
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readThe Middle East and the world have been apprehensive for the last few weeks. On the one hand, it was missiles, bombs and drones all over followed by the usual …
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Jharkhand’s Quiet Revolution: A Conversation on Peace, Paper Leaks, and a State’s Lost Talent
by Vivek Dasby Vivek Das 7 minutes readThe traffic came to a standstill near Albert Ekka Chowk in Ranchi. I was stuck, like hundreds of others, watching a procession of students march past with placards and the …
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Solving the Puzzle of a Snake-Hooded Mysterious Deity
by Aditya Chatterjee 3 minutes readIn early June 2025, an idol – which locals readily identified as Lokeshwara Vishnu – was recovered while sand-mining at Bankura’s Dwarkeshwar River in the Indian eastern state West Bengal. …