Opinion

Opinion | BRICS' Climate Question: Who Gets to Write the Rules?

The New Delhi Declaration puts debt, trade, and technology at the centre of climate politics, and that is where they belong. The most important line in the 2026 BRICS New Delhi Declaration is not about climate alone, but about demanding a say in the rules of the green transition. By calling for a more representative international order and refor...

Opinion | 482 Dead, And Counting: How A Glacier Collapse Became A Himalayan Disaster

What looks like a sudden flood is actually the final link in a chain of events unfolding across an increasingly unstable Himalayas

Blog | Madhav Gadgil: The 'Durable Optimist' Who Believed Science, Too, Has Obligations

Gadgil, despite decades of frustration and bureaucratic sidelining, believed that people could organise, that knowledge could travel, and that democracy, however delayed, could still correct its course.