Economic Perspectives Real COP27 failure is absence of commitments on long-term climate financeC.P. ChandrasekharThe decision to set up a loss and damage fund to help developing countries is its only achievement.
Guest Column: Perspective Why I have great expectations from the Bharat Jodo YatraRama Kant Agnihotri
Counter Culture The Art vs Artist conundrum and the audience that is between themPrathyush Parasuraman
Guest Column: Reservation Does the EWS verdict represent the revenge of the ruling classes?Peter Ronald deSouza
Guest Column: Judiciary Judiciary needs a proper orientation to overcome technological illiteracyK. Chandru
Economic Perspectives Why the fall of the rupee should have us all worried C.P. ChandrasekharThe factors causing it are likely to persist even as the import bill continues to climb.
Counter Culture Elon Musk and the culture of greed pridePrathyush ParasuramanIf we take seriously the premise that cinema is reflective of the times it is embedded in, then the sudden expression of money and luxury as heroic en
Tribute: Jyoti Basu A pragmatic rulerPRAFUL BIDWAIJyoti Basu was ever the party pragmatist par excellence.
Counter Culture Are Hindi films problematising history?Prathyush ParasuramanAfter Padmaavat, the Hindu historical tasted blood and sharpened its fangs, but the recent Samrat Prithviraj is a weak offspring of the genre, neither
Economic Perspectives Has COVID truly exposed the broken global order?C.P. ChandrasekharDespite the COVID-19 pandemic being a severe and truly global crisis, developed countries continue to act in the interests of Big Pharma instead of fo
Economic Perspectives Terra Luna crash: When the crypto casino crumbledC.P. ChandrasekharThe Terra-Luna crash in May made it clear that cryptocurrency is inherently volatile and prone to systemic crises. Yet, as long as there is excess liq
Counter Culture Art - or dull propaganda?Prathyush ParasuramanArt can be respite, it can be raging, it can be reckless. But when it is reduced to elegant pamphleteering with moral certitude, it becomes dull propa
Economic Perspectives Freebie phobia: The BJP’s concerted attack on redistributive transfersC.P. ChandrasekharAlthough the BJP is against ‘freebies’ in principle, in practice it has been forced to use a version of concessions and transfers to counter the oppos
St. Petersburg Diary On an emotional roller coasterKsenia KondratievaImages of buildings destroyed, burned out as a result of a missile hit, haunt me wherever I walk through the city streets. For many people in this cit
Economic Perspectives Inflation leaves world economy in disarrayC.P. ChandrasekharInflation has been accelerating over the past few months. And supply levels and price trends are signalling imminent crises in global energy and food
Economic Perspectives Climate finance: A costly dodgeC.P. ChandrasekharThe burden of climate finance must be shared fairly. But, in the context of the work being done by the IPCC, developed countries talk of measures such
Economic Perspectives The fragility of contemporary capitalismC.P. ChandrasekharThe Ukraine situation is having unexpected economic consequences, such as an explosion in nickel prices, and a prolonged war could be catastrophic for
SlideshowColours of desireA mother’s sari collection feels like an act of vengeance against a life that had deprived her of small joys in her youth.
