Opinion

Opinion | The Real Reason Gurugram Is Battered By Rain, Year After Year

The geography of Gurugram has always demanded a particular relationship with water. The problem is that the city has progressively obscured this relationship.

Opinion | The Big Reset In How India Builds Its Defence Is Here

The real transformation underway in India's defence ecosystem is visible now in a new missile or a fighter jet, but in how India is building its military technology.

Opinion | Faith, Flight And Honour: The Sikh Fighter Pilot Who Flew For British In WWII

Mahinder Singh Pujji and 23 other pilots arrived in Britain during the peak of the Battle of Britain in 1940, when German bombers rained hell on London with V2 rockets and bombs.

Opinion | Sajjan Kumar, Congress, And How To Keep Messing Up An 'Apology'

A sitting Congress MP has termed Sajjan Kumar's death an "irreparable loss", calling him a man whose bond with the people of Delhi was "an example". This was a tribute, delivered in full sentences, to a convicted killer of Sikhs.

Opinion | China Is Expanding Its Carrier Programme, But Does It Have Enough People?

China's carrier fleet is expanding in both size and sophistication. This creates a qualitatively different manpower requirement.

Opinion | The Gulf's New Defence Agreement Has A 'Credibility' Problem

There is much talk of this pact bringing peace and stability to the region. For this, the three countries involved must be stable and peaceful themselves.

Opinion | A 'Snub' Gone Too Far? The Story Of Bangladesh PM's Stalled India Visit

The abrupt cancellation of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's scheduled visit to New Delhi this month raises many questions.

Inside Pak's New Law That Has One Man Written All Over It: Asim Munir

With a new act, Munir has truly reached the apex. At least most politicians in Pakistan will hope so.

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.