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Editor's Picks, Opinion

In Defence Of Pessimism

Editor's Picks, Opinion

Mystification By Numbers: Googol, Google & Others

Insight, Latest Posts

The Beatles’ Last Trip to India: Fame, Meditation & The Unravelling Of A Band

Andrius Rudamina, Se Cathedral & The Unlikely Link Between Lithuania And India

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The Crumbling Heart Of Old Goa: Saving the Basilica Of Bom Jesus

Editor's Picks, Opinion

The Thieves of Tolly-Bolly-Kolly-Molly Woods

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Future Tense, Past Present

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‘Killer Robots,’ AI & The Future Of Warfare

Insight, Latest Posts

The Cartoonist’s War: Satire, Hate & The Art Of Persuasion

Editor's Picks, Opinion

How Cryptocurrencies Fuel Organised Crime & Global Illicit Trade

Environment, Latest Posts

Nilgiri Marten: The Forest Gardener

Editor's Picks, Opinion

When Democracies Choose Their Dictators

Editor's Picks, Opinion

AI’s Workplace Takeover: Innovation Or Impending Crisis?

Editor's Picks, Opinion

The Battle For Digital Sovereignty: How Big Tech Threatens National Autonomy

Environment, Latest Posts

The Vanishing Bengal Florican

Editor's Picks, Opinion

How Pharma Companies Are Turning Everyday Issues into ‘Diseases’ for Profit

Editor's Picks, Opinion

The Manosphere’s Poisonous Influence: How Digital Hate Transforms Young Men’s Identities

Environment, Latest Posts

From Sacred Shores to Concrete Jungles: The Andaman & Nicobar Islands Are At A Crossroads

Myth & Medicine In Modern India: How Pseudoscience Found Its Place In Governance

Art & Poetry, Latest Posts

Why I Write & Other Such Musings

Letters, Pickles & Lineage: A Matrilineal Memoir From Malabar

Insight, Latest Posts

The Overlooked Danger of Excessive Protein Intake

Seductive, Smart & Dangerous: The Risks Of AI Companions In the Age Of Loneliness

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The Fatel Razack: A Voyage Of Promise, Betrayal & The Birth Of Indenture In Trinidad

How White Victimhood & ‘White Rage’ Fuel MAGA Politics

What The Cassowary Reveals About Risk, History & Biodiversity

by Kamini Vadana

The cassowary is not a relic of savagery. It is evidence that complexity—biological, cultural and moral—has always been with us.

No Full Stops: Remembering Mark Tully

by Madras Courier

What Trump’s Autocracy Means For America

by Ekalavya

Who Is India’s Economic Boom Really For?

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

Mukhtasar

by Jaya G Nair

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EDITOR'S PICKS

Editor's Picks, OpinionJanuary 12, 2026<January 18, 2026

How The United States Of America Destabilises The World

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

Editor's Picks, OpinionJanuary 8, 2026<January 18, 2026

In Defence Of Pessimism

by Ghulam Mohammad Khan

Editor's Picks, OpinionJanuary 5, 2026<January 19, 2026

Mystification By Numbers: Googol, Google & Others

by Sumit Bhaduri

Editor's Picks, OpinionJanuary 1, 2026<January 19, 2026

Can Humans Be ‘Rational’?

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

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POLICY

The Persistence Of Caste In India’s Army

by Ekalavya

For the Indian Army to truly fulfil its promise of representing all of India, it will need to confront the enduring legacy of caste.

Iran’s War on Its Own People

by Kamini Vadana

The Silent Fertility Crisis: Falling Birth Rates And The Future of Collective Society

by Madras Courier

The Dismantling of MGNREGA: Gandhi’s Vision vs. Political Reality

by S Vijayakrishna

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How India’s Universities Are Becoming Ideological Command Centres Of The State

by Kurian Mathew

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Opinion

Latest Posts, OpinionJanuary 27, 2026<January 27, 2026

What Trump’s Autocracy Means For America

by Ekalavya

Latest Posts, OpinionJanuary 26, 2026<January 26, 2026

Who Is India’s Economic Boom Really For?

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

Latest Posts, OpinionJanuary 22, 2026<January 22, 2026

Why The World Must Be Grateful To Donald Trump

by Shrenik Rao

Latest Posts, OpinionJanuary 21, 2026<January 21, 2026

Is Globalisation Dying?

by Madras Courier

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Environment

What The Cassowary Reveals About Risk, History & Biodiversity

by Kamini Vadana

The cassowary is not a relic of savagery. It is evidence that complexity—biological, cultural and moral—has always been with us.

Madhav Gadgil, The Ecologist Who Listened To The Hills And Trusted The People

by K M Seethi

How India’s Stubble Crisis Is Fuelling Innovation

by Gaytri Soni

Nilgiri Marten: The Forest Gardener

by Madras Courier

When Conservation Becomes a Business

by Madras Courier

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INSIGHT

Insight, Latest PostsJanuary 23, 2026<January 23, 2026

Did Human Innovation Begin In India, Not Africa?

by Madras Courier

Insight, Latest PostsJanuary 16, 2026<January 16, 2026

Kimkhwāb: The Fabric Of Authority

by Madras Courier

Insight, Latest PostsJanuary 2, 2026<January 2, 2026

Bankers, Barons & Opium: The Untold Story of David Sassoon

by Madras Courier

Insight, Latest PostsDecember 25, 2025<January 2, 2026

The Beatles’ Last Trip to India: Fame, Meditation & The Unravelling Of A Band

by Madras Courier

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Biography

No Full Stops: Remembering Mark Tully

by Madras Courier

Mark Tully remains less a chronicler of history and more its living echo, a reminder that journalism’s true power lies not only in witness but in the gift of listening.

Nehru’s Scientific Temper & A Vision For A Rational India

by Madras Courier

The Complicated Legacy Of Dick Cheney

by Madras Courier

Raila Odinga: The Relentless Democrat Who Revered India

by Gurjit Singh

Maria Machado’s Nobel: A Prize, or a Provocation?

by Madras Courier

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Art & Poetry

Art & Poetry, Latest PostsJanuary 24, 2026<January 24, 2026