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Ameer Shahul’s book “Vaccine Nation: How Immunization Shaped India” covers the history, science, politics, and economics of vaccine production.

We became hostages to pharmaceutical lobbies: Ameer Shahul

Tracing the arc of immunisation in India, Shahul highlights forgotten scientists and the public sector’s role in growing its vaccine ecosystem.

Amalorpavanathan Joseph

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu at Himachal Sadan in New Delhi in December.

Centre guilty of denying Himachal its rightful dues: Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

Admitting a financial crisis, the Chief Minister blames the BJP for Himachal Pradesh’s woes and presents plans for self-reliance.

There has always been a market for superstition. Today, it is just better packaged: Gauhar Raza

The scientist-poet on how godmen, politics, and markets rebrand irrationality for both the illiterate and the educated.

Ashutosh Sharma

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The snooping state: Cybersecurity, surveillance, and digital rights in India

As phone numbers become universal IDs, digital rights experts warn of creeping surveillance and fragile safeguards for citizens.

Srinivas Kodali

Babu said he became interested in religion not as a matter of belief, but more as a social phenomenon.

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I realised that through Allah I can have the strength to face what was before me: Hany Babu

The activist says prison strips life of meaning, and faith in Allah became a source of strength during his five years in jail.

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Participating in other religious functions doesn’t mean giving up your faith: D.S. Hooda

The retired Lt Gen. reflects on the recent dismissal of Lieutenant Samuel and how trust and secular values hold the Indian Army together.

Ashutosh Sharma

Hindutva has acquired a dimension bigger than the BJP: Pratap Bhanu Mehta

The scholar warns that strong leaders, fractured opposition, and pliant institutions mark India’s path towards concentrated power.

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At a SAGES school in Lailunga, Chhattisgarh, one of many English-medium schools run by the State government. The launch of these schools has boosted overall enrolment in the State.

Make smaller States stronger

Carving out smaller States alone does not guarantee better outcomes if it is not accompanied by greater devolution of powers.

Nilakantan R.S.

The economist said discrepancies in the data have been large between the expenditure side and the production side.

India’s real growth may be 2.5–3 per cent, not 8 per cent: Arun Kumar

The economist and author says India cannot credibly be called the fastest-growing economy with unreliable data.

Sukumar Muralidharan

C. Radhakrishnan warns that entrenched interests now capture power through political manipulation and media subservience.

World classics, the Upanishads, the Gita, and popular science made me who I am: C. Radhakrishnan

Acclaimed Malayalam author reflects on his work across fiction, science writing and journalism, and why he sees no conflict between science and art.

Former IPS officer and senior security expert, Yashovardhan Jha.

The Delhi blast is an inflection point: Yashovardhan Jha Azad

The senior security expert says the attack shows how radicalisation and weak ground-level vigilance continue to outpace institutional responses.

Ashutosh Sharma

Economist Rathin Roy argues that India’s climate transition is constrained by a consumer-heavy state, a rent-seeking private sector, and an international finance regime stacked against the Global South.

Climate change is best used as a weapon of the weak: Rathin Roy

Roy, long critic of unequal climate politics, argues the only leverage left for developing countries is to turn climate politics back on its creators.

Rishika Pardikar

India is isolated globally: Yashwant Sinha

Former External Affairs Minister says the quiet stance on Gaza contrasts sharply with claims of strength, pointing to a shrinking diplomatic space.

Economist Ha-Joon Chang warns that India has never properly matured its infant industries—protection froze producers instead of making them globally competitive. Here, Ha-Joon Chang during a talk at the TERI complex, in Bengaluru, on January 8, 2015.

India hasn’t even experienced industrialisation in the first place: Ha-Joon Chang

The economist says the country skipped the hard work of building factories and skills, leaving the economy exposed as automation accelerates.

Author Sunil Tambe.

Monsoon is the centripetal force that holds all of South Asia together: Sunil Tambe

The author of Monsoon Jan Gan Man says monsoon shaped South Asia’s caste, economy, and identity—offering a sharper lens on power and ecology.

Telugu writer Syed Saleem.

I refused to let circumstances define my creative destiny: Syed Saleem

Telugu writer on battling disability, and writing fiction that confronts caste, gender, religion, and medical exploitation.

We will never agitate on the streets; people have seen enough bloodshed: Imran Nabi Dar

The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference spokesperson speaks about restoring rights, statehood, and service matters remain outside its reach.

Anuradha Bhasin, editor of Kashmir Times.

Journalism is not a crime. Accountability is not treason: Anuradha Bhasin

Kashmir Times’ editor responds to the raid on her newspaper’s Jammu office by agencies investigating alleged “anti-national” activities.

Sunil Kant Munjal, Chairman of Hero Enterprise and Founder Patron of the Serendipity Arts Festival.

Art is an incredible expression of human feelings and what is going on around us: Sunil Kant Munjal

The Founder Patron of the Serendipity Arts Festival says the event shows how artists respond to the times in a unique way.

Mridula Vijayarangakumar

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