The Truth can never be hidden
In its first review by the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) since 2007, India has elicited an expression of “grave concern” about reports of the law enforcement apparatus…
By Sohail Khan · 31 Aug
This was a triumph that ironically suffered the after-effects of a loss. India’s 1-0 series victory in the two-Test outing recently in Sri Lanka, in normal circumstances, would have been seen as…
By Sohail Khan · 31 Aug
In an article, “The long wait for a woman Minister in Karnataka” (Opinion page – ‘State of Play’, August 13, 2026), a sentence read: “Since then, the share has fluctuated, with the…
By Sohail Khan · 30 Aug
Uphold Bar standards Lawyers have played a significant role in modern India, in shaping our society and polity, particularly during the freedom struggle and after Independence (Front page, “Not a good sign…
By Sohail Khan · 30 Aug
Will India learn now at least? Will it let Nepal speak to India through its agony what India has refused to hear ? The Himalaya are not a series of silos —…
By Sohail Khan · 30 Aug
September is an awkward-but-perfect travel month: the rains are still hanging around, the hills are lush, and the festive-season crowds haven’t arrived, and prices haven’t risen yet. That means if you’ve been…
By Sohail Khan · 30 Aug
In his Independence day address this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that his government had eliminated the threat of armed Naxals/Maoists, but added that ‘dimaagi Naxals (brainy Naxals’) remain. These dangerous…
By Sohail Khan · 30 Aug
A balcony can be many things: a place for your morning chai, a spot for the one plant you haven’t managed to kill, or, in Sonakshi Sinha and Zaheer Iqbal’s case, a…
By Sohail Khan · 30 Aug
In a new study, scientists have found small, short-lived brightenings in the Sun’s atmosphere that appear in the hours before a major solar flare erupts and cluster around the very spot where…
By Sohail Khan · 30 Aug
For decades, India’s population story was largely about rapid growth and the need to bring down birth rates. Now, another demographic shift is taking shape: families are getting smaller, parenthood is being…
By Sohail Khan · 30 Aug