Opinion

Punjab's Bandi Singhs: A Cause Every Party Uses, Nobody Owns

Punjab saw another bandh this week. Roads blocked, slogans raised, the same old demand repeated once again: Release the Sikh prisoners, or Bandi Singhs. Markets stayed shut, buses stayed off the road, but the day passed off peacefully, with no untoward incident reported anywhere in the state. This has been going on for more than a decade now. Every...

When Algo Decides What You See, Journalism Must Show What Matters

The internet doesn't need more content. It needs better filters for reality, shown to audiences when it really matters.

Mecca Pact: India's Gulf Advantage Runs Deeper Than Any New Military Agreement

The much-publicised Mecca Joint Defence Agreement between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan has understandably attracted attention in diplomatic and strategic circles. It is being presented by some as a significant new security alignment in the Middle East and even compared with a regional version of NATO. For India, however, there is little reason...

It's About The Provenance: Head Of Strategy Koreel Lahiri Decodes One Identity Of NDTV

We at NDTV consciously recognise the fact that the same consumer inhabits several screens during the course of a day.

Opinion | On Congress' Problem With Vande Mataram

The question before Congress today is much larger than which two stanzas it chooses to sing.

Opinion | An India-Pakistan War Test: How Far Would Saudi Arabia And Turkey Go?

India must shed its hesitation to get into deeper alliance arrangements with regional partners. Many Gulf states had approached India in the past for treaty arrangements, but India has been somewhat chary.

Opinion | India's UPI Miracle Has Created A Difficult, Rs 20,000-Crore Question

UPI's whole magic was the Rs 30 payment it charged nothing for. But how long can it stay free?

Opinion | BJP's New Team For 2029: No Big Bang, But Many Signals

Sources in the BJP say that the rejig announced on Monday is part of a larger exercise.

Opinion | Manmohan Singh, Bachchans, And Other Secrets Of 10 Janpath: The Sonia Gandhi Story

She entered politics reluctantly, mastered its power games, chose Prime Ministers, and managed betrayals. Congress's most powerful woman finally tells the world how.

Opinion | 6 Years After A Dramatic Break-Up, Are BJP-Akali Dal Set To Join Hands Again?

The arithmetic looks tempting, but the chemistry decidedly uncertain.

Opinion | Why The Congress-Samajwadi 'Merger' Fantasy Could Be Opposition's Biggest Self-Goal

Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav do not need to become one another. They need to become better at being themselves, together.

Opinion | When National Symbols Become Political Football

National pride should not be a monopoly of the Right. Nor should secularism be a monopoly of the Left. Patriotism should not require party membership.

Opinion | Mumbai's 'Marathi' Test For Cabbies, And The Art Of Fixing The Wrong Problems

All these years, India's financial capital has worked just fine without a Marathi mandate for its taxiwallahs. Whose problem is the new language rule actually solving now?

Opinion | Rs 1.05 Lakh Crore Lost: Inside The Dangerous Rise Of India's Gen Z Stock Traders

Investors under 30 now account for 37.9% of the total investor base in India. But they are also losing money at a much higher rate. Why are they doing it?

Opinion | Why A 'Bangladesh' Proposal By Turkish Media Should Worry India

A recent article in Turkish media illustrates how Ankara is turning into a strategic threat for India and its neighbourhood

Opinion | 4,800 Indians Removed, 51,000 ICE Arrests: What's Happening In Trump's America?

According to Stop AAPI Hate, Indians are now one of the most targeted groups by ICE, with the highest number of arrests, detentions, and deportations out of all Asian and Pacific Islanders.

Tracing India's Journey Through PM Modi's Independence Day Speeches

There is a simple way to measure the distance India has travelled in the last decade: listen to the prime minister's Independence Day speeches. Things have changed; it is undeniable. But what has also changed is the very nature of what Prime Minister Narendra Modi has to talk about. In the early years of the Modi government, the speeches were of...

Opinion | Attack On Sukhbir Badal: Time To Heal, Time To Rethink Panthak Politics

The motive behind the attack on Sukhbir Singh Badal remains under investigation. But the incident raises questions about the direction of Sikh public discourse.

Opinion | Noakhali To Parliament, What Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah And Faiz Were Doing On Aug 15, 1947

What was Gandhi doing while Nehru was making his famous midnight speech, and why was Jinnah hosting a lunch as a new nation began fasting? August 15, 1947, looked very different depending on where you stood.

Opinion | India At 80: The Nation That Stopped Waiting

India marks its 80th Independence Day today, and with it, eight decades of a nation's argument with its own destiny. Every anniversary is an occasion to celebrate; this one is an occasion to reckon, with the battles fought within our borders and beyond them, with the price paid for the freedom we now take for granted, and with the distance travelle...