Not just turbulence: on the Air India aircraft incident
Every Indian airline must uphold the highest standards and ensure that fit crew are behind the controls
Ashwin · Aug 19, 2026
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A predictable rise: On inflation
Inflationary pressures are likely to persist in India
Ashwin · Aug 19, 2026
House in disorder: On the monsoon session of Parliament
Parliament should not be treated as a gladiatorial arena where one side vanquishes the other but must remain a forum for constant conversation and the collective pursuit of solutions
Ashwin · Aug 19, 2026
Opinion Attack on Sukhbir Badal is disturbing, deepens unease in Punjab
It is striking that a state confronted by a host of pressing challenges, be it drugs, gangsters, a faltering agricultural economy and the continuing exodus of its young, should be spending so much political energy looking backwards.
Ashwin · Aug 19, 2026
Opinion The next step to the Moon and an invite for India
The cooperation on the Moon Base programme should help ISRO to achieve its own goals faster and more efficiently, and not abandon or delay them in the service of someone else’s goals.
Ashwin · Aug 19, 2026
Opinion A question in Keralam: What’s in an ‘m’?
Both Houses of Parliament have passed a Bill in response to two resolutions of the Kerala Assembly.
Ashwin · Aug 19, 2026
Opinion Monsoon session was arid, Parliament fell short
The issues that were not debated in Parliament have not gone away.
Ashwin · Aug 19, 2026
Opinion What AI doesn’t tell you: Your stories matter
To write is to leave a trace of oneself in the world, against time, against fear, against vanity, memory, and mortality. It is, like life, at once ordinary and momentous, imperfect and still full of small miracles. Could LLMs ever better that?
Ashwin · Aug 19, 2026
Opinion Kerch Strait warning, a call for vigilance
Amid the Russia-Ukraine war, the paralysis of export trade, with most shipowners suspending port calls and hesitant to make voyages amid skyrocketing war-risk insurance premiums, can potentially spill over into a global food supply crisis similar to that in 2022
Ashwin · Aug 19, 2026
Opinion PM links young to Viksit Bharat — in that Bharat, celebrate the ‘dimag’
The PM is right when he says yuva shakti will fuel the journey to Viksit Bharat, but that calls for celebrating the power of thought and freedom from fear, so that questions are asked and there is an unafraid search for answers
Ashwin · Aug 19, 2026
Opinion Major trial for Meta, large question for Big Tech
WHO data shows that adolescents also rely on social media for peer support and social interaction.
Ashwin · Aug 19, 2026
Opinion Bar Council breaks the law to crawl, its chief must go
The CJI’s rebuke isn’t enough. BCI chairman Manan Kumar Mishra has embarrassed himself and undermined the institution he leads
Ashwin · Aug 19, 2026