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The morality of reading, or not reading, Alice Munro

Published on Jul 20, 2024 15:44 IST

FILE PHOTO: Customers look at a window display congratulating Canadian author Alice Munro at bookstore Munro's Books after she won the Nobel Prize for Literature in Victoria, British Columbia October 10, 2013. REUTERS/Andy Clark/File Photo (REUTERS)

In death, a Pashtun poet’s message rings a lot louder

Born in 1994, Gilaman Wazir grew up near the Durand line in northern Waziristan (Pakhtun1103/Wikimedia commons)

Published on Jul 20, 2024 15:44 IST

Formalising care work can pay gender justice dividends

In privatised childcare, there are still outdated curricula and meals lacking nutrition. Here, there is a need for government to set the guardrails and encourage further innovation and growth. (Photo by Raj K Raj/ Hindustan Times) (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Jul 20, 2024 15:44 IST

Iran’s new President and the art of complexity management

Iran's newly-elected President Masoud Pezeshkian (C) waves to supporters as he visits the shrine of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran on July 6, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (AFP)

Published on Jul 19, 2024 15:32 IST

In Jammu attacks, a clear imprint of the Pakistan army

Doda, Jun 13 (ANI): The Indian Army conducts a search operation in the dense forests of different districts to track down and neutralise terrorists after a Special Police officer was injured in exchange of fire with terrorists in the Gandoh area, in Doda on Thursday. (ANI Photo) (ANI)

Published on Jul 19, 2024 15:32 IST

A lost opportunity for a forward-looking civil code

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami with others holds a copy of the Constitution of India, at Vidhan Sabha Bhawan, in Dehradun, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 (PTI)

Updated on Jul 19, 2024 15:32 IST

Terms of Trade | Why Emergency is not a useful stick to beat the Congress today

The Emergency was the darkest chapter in post-independence India’s history when an elected Congress government suspended civil rights, jailed the parliamentary opposition and even suspended elections.

Published on Jul 19, 2024 02:30 IST

India as the world’s population billionaire

India could help sustain populations in many other countries through immigration of its young to the deficit regions (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) (AP)

Published on Jul 18, 2024 15:34 IST

Flooding, management both vital for Kaziranga

Nagaon, Jul 01 (ANI): A herd of Deer cross a National Highway at the flood affected Kaziranga National Park near Burapahar range, in Nagaon on Monday. (ANI Photo) (Anuwar Hazarika)

Published on Jul 18, 2024 15:34 IST

Can Pakistan break the army’s shackles?

TOPSHOT - Parliamentarians of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, carry posters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, during a protest outside the Parliament house in Islamabad on July 18, 2024. Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) (AFP)

Published on Jul 18, 2024 15:34 IST

BJP’s dilemma as party weighs pros and cons of changing leadership in the state

Prayagraj, May 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a mace during a public meeting for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha Polls, in Prayagraj on Tuesday. Uttar Pradesh Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya also present. Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and BJP allies Sanjay Nishad, Om Prakash Rajbhar and Anupriya Patel are believed to have indirectly targeted chief minister Yogi Adityanath (ANI Photo)

Published on Jul 18, 2024 14:01 IST

Crafting official history, making official memory

The National War Memorial, as a new entity, also has redefined the authorised rituals associated with national festivities.. (HT PHOTO/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Published on Jul 17, 2024 15:38 IST

Update Emigration Act to fight risky labour migration

India can better handle risky migration by updating the Emigration Act to include safety measures and streamline labour migration (HT File)

Published on Jul 17, 2024 15:38 IST

Why our large cities need metropolitan governance

India had 53 million-plus cities (or urban agglomerations (UAs), defined as a continuous urban spread constituting one or more towns and their adjoining outgrowths). (HT File/ For Representation)

Updated on Jul 17, 2024 15:38 IST

Donald Trump assassination bid: Clamour for gun control grows

DALLAS, TEXAS - MAY 17: An attendee walks by guns displayed in the Daniel Defense booth during the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting & Exhibits at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on May 17, 2024 in Dallas, Texas.

Published on Jul 17, 2024 15:29 IST

Lessons for the BJP in Bengal bypoll losses

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee with party candidates Saugata Roy and Sayantika Banerjee during a road show for Assembly bypolls, in Kolkata, Thursday, May 23, 2024. (PTI Photo) (PTI)

Published on Jul 16, 2024 15:21 IST

How Indian Americans are shaping the future of the US

San Francisco: Indian-Americans gather outside the Consulate General of India in support of India, in San Francisco, USA. (PTI Photo (PTI)

Updated on Jul 16, 2024 15:20 IST

Needed, a reframing of the debate on jobs

FILE PHOTO: A worker checks sift joints used for cement filtration at its manufacturing factory in the industrial area of Kolkata June 12, 2012. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)/File Photo (REUTERS)

Published on Jul 16, 2024 15:20 IST

Decoding the complex relationship between microbial bugs and drugs

Antibiotics are crucial for treating bacterial infections, but since they do not discriminate between harmful and harmless bacteria, they can also disrupt the balance of our microbiome.

Published on Jul 16, 2024 15:19 IST

The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: The guide to enjoying junk food

Junk food can be enjoyed. Here's the guide.

Published on Jul 16, 2024 10:48 IST

View from the Himalayas | An uphill task for Nepal’s not-so-new PM Oli

Newly elected Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli, right, is being sworn by President Ram Chandra Paudel, left, at the Presidential residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, July 15, 2024. Khadga Prasad Oli, the leader of Nepal��s largest communist party, was named prime minister on Sunday following the collapse of a previous coalition government. AP/PTI(AP07_15_2024_000199A)

Published on Jul 16, 2024 02:30 IST

Rahul Gandhi tastes electoral success but the journey ahead is arduous

Churachandpur [Manipur], July 08 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi meets with victims of Manipur violence, at a relief camp in Churachandpur on Monday. (ANI Photo)

Published on Jul 15, 2024 17:13 IST

NATO at a crossroads: New purpose, fresh challenges

Published on Jul 15, 2024 15:32 IST

Moderating politics in the age of extremes

FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures with a bloodied face while he is assisted by U.S. Secret Service personnel after he was shot in the right ear during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo (REUTERS)

Published on Jul 15, 2024 15:32 IST

The imperative for better State capacity

Human resources for local governments must be India’s priority./Pic by Vinay Santosh Kumar/HT

Published on Jul 15, 2024 15:32 IST

Bleeding vaginas don’t need bleeding hearts

The big operating myth behind proposing menstrual leave without understanding the context and individual needs is that all women experience painful periods

Published on Jul 15, 2024 02:30 IST

Making deterrence on terrorism work in J&K

The search operations come amid a spike in terror attacks across Jammu region. (File)

Published on Jul 14, 2024 17:29 IST

Whiff of continuity and a resurgent Opposition

TOPSHOT - Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a ceremony to decorate India's PM with the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 9, 2024. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

Published on Jul 14, 2024 17:29 IST

Grand Strategy | The Chinese tangle in India-Russia relations

Russian president Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi after their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on Tuesday. (AFP)

Published on Jul 14, 2024 17:25 IST

Of ghosts, Shah Bano, and the dignity of women

Caught-in-the-crossfire-between-prevailing-majorit

Published on Jul 14, 2024 02:45 IST

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