Editor's Note | Cricket & Classrooms: Nurturing India’s Young Dreams Amid Rising Stars and Failing Exams
India’s tryst with destiny will mean little if our institutions continue to fail its young, even as ordinary parents sacrifice everything to protect their children’s dreams
Cover Story | The Teen Tornado: How 15-Year-Old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi Is Rewriting IPL Batting — And Cricket’s Future
At just 15, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is not only breaking IPL records with fearless batting, but also signalling the arrival of a new generation redefining how cricket is played, consumed and imagined.
No Longer a Twelfth Man: Bihar Cricket’s Journey from Administrative Turmoil to Ranji Elite with Sooryavanshi
Bihar cricket, which has languished in the shadows for long, is all set to improve its strike rate, thanks to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the new Bihari kid on the block
Blaze of Glory: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Young Indian Cricket Stars and the High Price of Early Fame
The challenges of being a celebrity cricketer at a young age can be tough to handle
The Swashbucklers: How India’s New IPL Power Hitters Are Redefining Modern Batsmanship
A new generation of fearless stars is emerging and finding its feet at the very top of an extremely competitive cricketing environment
NEET-UG 2026 Paper Leak Scandal: Collapse of Trust, Student Suicides and India’s Medical Entrance Crisis
As the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak forced the cancellation of India’s biggest medical entrance exam, more than 22 lakh aspirants find themselves trapped in uncertainty
Bhopal Gas Tragedy Survivors Face a Slow Death of Care: Broken Health System, Delayed Treatment and Failing Support
More than 41 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, survivors are battling not only chronic illness but also collapsing health-care systems, delayed approvals, missing specialists and an exhausting bureaucracy that turns the fight for treatment into a daily struggle for dignity
Why GDP Growth Doesn’t Win Elections: Jobs, Welfare and Identity Politics in India
‘Why GDP Growth Doesn’t Always Translate Into Votes’
John Bolton Urges US to De-Hyphenate India-Pak Ties as Trump Courts Pakistan’s Asim Munir
‘US Should De-Hyphenate India-Pak’
Rahul, Mamata, Akhilesh and Stalin: Inside the Power Struggles Tearing Apart the INDIA Opposition Alliance
The INDIA grouping has frayed, its regional pillars have fallen, and what remains is a set of broken relationships, and an Opposition still waiting for someone to lead it
ED Restitutes ₹32,688 Crore: How India’s Financial Crime Watchdog Is Returning Money to Victims
The Directorate of Enforcement is not just busting financial scams and nabbing kingpins across realty, narcotics and crypto, it’s also returning monies to victims
AIADMK Split and Vijay’s Rise: How Tamil Nadu Politics Is Entering a Transformative New Era
The decline of the AIADMK and the rise of chief minister Vijay’s TVK mark a potentially transformative moment in Tamil Nadu politics
Lights, Camera, Othering: How Israeli Cinema Has Framed Arabs, Palestinians and the Zionist Sabra Myth
The establishment of Israel has been accompanied by a national cinema devoted to negating and erasing the Palestinian Other
Departure(s): Julian Barnes Has The Last Word On Life, Love And Writing
Booker-winning British author Julian Barnes’ 'Departure(s)' is a unique hybrid work: playful, philosophical, whimsical
From Tehran to Germany: Ruth Martin Discusses Translating Shida Bazyar and Crossing Literary Borders
From Sisters in Arms to The Nights are Quiet in Tehran, Ruth Martin reflects on translating Shida Bazyar’s award-winning German-Iranian fiction, capturing multiple narrative voices, confronting racism and extremism in Germany, and championing multicultural stories in an increasingly polarised world.
Train Diary: A Journey to Remember on the Shatabdi Express and the Burden of Muslim Stereotypes
The haggling streamed into loud exclamations of dismay till it was time for the porter to accept with relief whatever money was dropped into his waiting palms.