Nithari is not an isolated aberration. It is a symptom. Nineteen years, multiple benches, and irreconcilable verdicts have denied closure to victims’ families and clarity to the accused

The symmetry of governance between Prime Minister Modi’s leadership and Nitish’s trust, called “NiMo,” holds great potential

The BJP’s ability to identify the right mix of electoral issues and create a powerful messaging mechanism to disseminate them is another element of its strength

It needs to hone and groom a new breed of leaders in different communities, particularly the EBCs and Dalits, and put forward an alternative vision for economic revival and social harmony

The party’s top brass has also consistently refused to discern the social dynamics prevailing in Bihar. While it has forfeited the support of its traditional vote bank, comprising the upper castes, Dalits, and Muslims, there was no attempt to reclaim it

While the NDA speaks about development, infrastructure, industry, and social justice, the Congress-led alliance has failed to articulate any coherent vision. Their campaign has relied heavily on fear-mongering

Once a student or researcher has internalised the logic of one field, they are better equipped to see parallels, contradictions, and bridges to others. The proper sequence is disciplinary depth first, interdisciplinary exploration next, and integration last

It is vital to study the language and its literary archive critically from an anti-caste perspective to understand the history and dharmic jurisprudence of caste, as well as to understand what, and whom, the archive does not talk about

Nitish Kumar’s relevance, questioned repeatedly in the run-up to the election, was reaffirmed both by the scale of the verdict and the diversity of social groups that backed him

Through her career, she showed that speech without compassion and ethics empties both language and faith of meaning

And if that politics continues unchallenged, it will soon turn into something more dangerous still, a toxic distemper. Ignore it at your peril

We tried to make democracy mean something more than majority rule. We tried to make it mean dignity, fairness, opportunity. That is the inheritance PM Modi received. That is the trust you must preserve

Unless deep sectoral reforms cut emissions from vehicles, industry, power plants, waste streams, solid fuels in households and dust sources together, Delhi cannot meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards.

With the state repeatedly failing in its duty to provide this public good — clean air — perhaps it's time to consider private alternatives. Can private individuals engage directly with farmers and work out a deal for not burning the stubble?

This election is a contest between two moral economies of governance. The incumbents embody continuity, equity and stability. The challengers mobilise the language of aspiration, reform, and opportunity

The issue is not that a politician’s child cannot be capable; it is that they seldom need to establish capability before being granted power. Democracy is weakened when public leadership resembles inheritance more than responsibility

Investigative agencies should connect all possible dots, including how fanatics try to exploit local grievances

More than numbers, migrant presence turned palayan into participation. As Bihar awaits constituency-wise results, one question looms large: Did migrants vote for change, or did they vote with their caste?

The Nithari case will remain a study in the danger of certainty. It reminds us that justice requires patience, doubt, and courage

Aspects like AI-based gamification and ranking might be helpful in certain cases, but they also carry the risk of killing the inherent beauty of learning and exploring one’s curiosity

Once an insurgent, Al-Sharaa now strolls Washington’s marble corridors, hailed as a ‘stabilising force’

We need China’s scale, Germany’s precision, and America’s automation. Power must be affordable, logistics frictionless, and industrial corridors truly business-ready. For small and medium enterprises, regulation must become an enabler

Two young women who changed the world are being pitted against each other online — but Malala Yousafzai and Greta Thunberg show that activism takes more than one form

The single greatest vulnerability exposed by the US-China dynamic is India's economic reliance on Chinese imports, particularly in critical sectors like pharmaceuticals and electronics.

The big saviour for India is its services exports, which have been recording healthy growth, even in midst of all the global turmoil.