Climate change is no longer a distant environmental concern. It is increasingly becoming a question of livelihoods, food security, public health, economic stability and social justice. Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, extreme weather events, melting glaciers and growing water stress are already affecting societies across the world. For India, the challenge is particularly signific…
Social media has become one of the most powerful forces shaping contemporary society. It has changed the way people communicate, form opinions, consume information and participate in public life. A person sitting in a small town can now communicate with thousands of people across the world within seconds. Yet, behind this remarkable ability to connect lies an uncomfortable question: is social med…
Human civilisation is built upon the desire to overcome limitations. We construct bridges over rivers, fly across oceans, cultivate deserts and develop medicines against diseases. Laws created by human beings regulate how societies function, while science allows us to understand and sometimes manipulate the forces of nature. Yet there remains a fundamental boundary that civilisation cannot perman…
The image of the Indian woman has undergone a remarkable transformation. From being primarily associated with domestic responsibilities, women today are increasingly visible in universities, workplaces, businesses, public institutions, politics, science, sports and the armed forces. Legal reforms, education, urbanisation and economic development have expanded opportunities that were once largely …
Gratitude is often expressed through words, gestures and acts of kindness. Yet there is another, quieter form of gratitude that is visible not in what we say but in how we experience life. Joy can be understood as such a form. When a person is able to appreciate what life offers, find meaning in ordinary moments and share happiness with others, that person acknowledges the value of existence itse…
The international order has never remained static. Alliances rise and decline, new centres of power emerge, and countries continuously adjust their foreign policies according to changing national interests. The Non-Alignment Movement emerged during the Cold War when much of the world was divided between two competing power blocs led by the United States and the Soviet Union. Newly independent cou…
A classroom may appear to be a small and ordinary space, occupied by students, teachers, books and blackboards. Yet within that space, the foundations of a nation's future are quietly being created. The engineers who build its infrastructure, doctors who protect its health, administrators who implement its policies, scientists who expand its knowledge and citizens who sustain its democracy all pa…
Fiscal federalism lies at the heart of India's federal structure. The Constitution distributes taxation powers and expenditure responsibilities between the Union and the States, while also providing mechanisms for transferring resources between them. The objective is to ensure that every level of government has adequate resources to perform its constitutional responsibilities. Economic reforms an…
Agriculture has historically been at the centre of Indian civilisation. Villages, communities and local economies developed around farming, and for generations, land provided not only food but also livelihood, identity and social security. Even today, agriculture remains closely connected with the lives of millions of Indians. Yet the nature of this relationship has changed considerably. For a la…
The digital revolution has changed the way people communicate, work, trade and access public services. A smartphone connected to the Internet can now function as a bank, classroom, marketplace, office and source of information. The rise of the digital economy has therefore created enormous possibilities for individuals and businesses that were previously constrained by geography, income and physi…
