Opinion

Opinion | Indian Political Parties Are Now Stuck In An Awkward Gen Z 'Situationship'

For Gen Z to say "Bet" or "No cap", there is a lot of homework ahead for political parties. 'Breadcrumbing' them just won't work.

Opinion | A Rs 5,000 Fine Can't Fix India's 'Babu' Raj. But It's A Start

A new bill in Delhi imposes a fine of Rs 250 a day on bureaucrats, with a Rs 5,000 ceiling, if their service for citizens is delayed without a valid justification. Can this fix India's great 'Babu' bottleneck?

Opinion | DMK's Strength Is Becoming Its Weakness - And Nobody Is Happier Than Vijay

DMK is fast closing doors that perhaps needed to be kept open.

Opinion | The Vijay Paradox: How A 'Welfare State' Still Ended Up Dissatisfied

The TVK will have to go the extra mile to deliver the goods, over and above the DMK's slew of welfarist measures that were generally comfortable, but not enough for the voter who simply said, 'Yeh Dil Maange More'.

Opinion | Nearly 10,000 Layoffs In 2025: Why Are Indian Startups On A Firing Spree?

In an age where trendy co-working office spaces have replaced humble garages as startup symbols, the current slump is best seen as a mirror to show some deeper realities.

Opinion | The Great Claude Shakeout: What You, A 'Techie', Must Do To Stay Relevant

As the AI genie arrives to do big tasks on the fly, the cyber coolie gets hurt.

Opinion | Amazon Layoffs, And Lessons From A Late Bihar Treasurer

No boom is useful if your skills do not match up, and any boom is good if you can reinvent yourself, building on what you can do and adapting to a new environment.

Opinion | Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Is Right About Bengaluru. But The Solution Is Elsewhere

In the language of IT, Bengaluru's traffic issues began with a bandwidth problem, and were compounded by the fact that infrastructure did not drive growth but had to catch up for it.

Opinion | India-Pak Asia Cup Row: War, Minus The Shooting

George Orwell called sport "War Minus The Shooting" in an essay on sporting spirit, where he said that competitive sports trigger intense nationalistic rivalries and aggression. I am just wondering if that could be called "War PLUS the shooting" now.

Opinion | In Musk vs Altman, The Winner Might Just Be A Third Guy - Of Indian Roots

Is the tail trying to wag the dog to build Aravind Srinivas's Perplexity? Or is it because the "other giants" in this tech race like to lift a David on their shoulders to fight a Goliath like ChatGPT?

Blog | Sky-High Rent, Choked Roads: How Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi Became India's Chaos Capitals

Your office may be cool and your home furnishings plush, but there is little you can do about the confusion outside.

Opinion | Gurugram And Its 'Manhattan' Dreams: Fake It Till You Flood It

While news pages are moaning about waterlogged roads in the city, there is a builder boldly advertising, in a newspaper jacket, "luxe suites" in an imaginatively titled "South of Gurugram".

Opinion | To Understand Musk-Trump Splitsville, You Must Look At Mamdani

To understand the peculiar three-way conflict involving Trump, Musk, and Mamdani, you have to understand what makes America prosperous and yet the Average Joe or Jane unhappy.

Opinion | Why Are Tomatoes Selling So Cheap? A Much Bigger Problem Is At Play

Tomatoes are aplenty and selling cheap this summer across India, and, as they say, there is a problem of plenty, thanks to crop rotation, hybrid seeds and nature's bounty.

Opinion | So, Why Has Apple Stuck To Its Chennai Plan Despite Trump's 'Warning'?

Tim Cook is likely bothered more about what shareholders and analysts think of the way he manages his company's huge cash pile - estimated at well over $300 billion - than an oddball statement from Trump about moving all production to America.

Opinion | Upstarts Or Startups? Why Piyush Goyal Is Not Entirely Wrong

Cutting-edge entrepreneurship is more about adventurous ambition than just growth. There must be a passion for novelty, not mere get-rich-quick ideas.

Opinion | Trump's Recession 'Cure' May Be Worse Than The Disease

A lot will depend on how trading partners respond to US threats, which, as of now, are more in posture and promise than measurable reality.

Opinion | What An Indian 'Thali' Can Tell Us About DeepSeek

The timing of DeepSeek's release is such that Trump may think twice about slapping trade restrictions on China in some spheres, while investors may ponder on the most optimal way to spread their bets.

Opinion | Intel's Downfall Is A Lesson In Why Not To Miss AI Revolution

Intel reminds one of Guru Dutt's semi-autobiographical classic, Kagaz Ke Phool, in which a filmmaker falls on bad days after a phenomenal period.