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On Pakistan, stay the course

India made it clear terror and talks can’t go together. But given its flux, Pak may not listen

Jaishankar with Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto in Goa on Friday. (ANI)

editorials

Published on May 08, 2023 04:50 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

‘Not a victim’: Rosalind Franklin’s role in solving the mystery of DNA structure

Popular narrative sees her as a scientist whose data was stolen. But she must be remembered as an equal contributor, write researchers revisiting her story

Rosalind Franklin(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory/Wikimedia Commons)

science

Updated on May 08, 2023 05:06 PM IST

ByKabir Firaque

Sharad Pawar’s life updates

In the eye of a political storm at the moment, the veteran leader’s revised autobiography offers a glimpse into the workings of his mind

Sharad Pawar's updated book has the veteran leader’s thoughts about various political events that have rocked Maharashtra since it was last published in 2015. (HT Photo/Anshuman Poyrekar)

cities

Published on May 08, 2023 02:28 PM IST

ByShailesh Gaikwad

Karnataka Polls: Top three themes this season

Three main issues that have captured the public imagination are the ban on Bajrang Dal, insults to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and corruption.

Karnataka goes to the assembly polls on May 10. (ANI)

elections

Updated on May 08, 2023 07:29 PM IST

ByChetan Chauhan

India-Russia oil trade: Lessons from Iran

Authored by KA Dhananjay, foreign policy researcher and incoming Master's student in diplomacy and global governance, Brussels School of Governance.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin.(PTI)

International Affairs

Published on May 08, 2023 10:51 AM IST

ByHindustan Times

How can Indian roads be made more accessible for women?

This article is authored by Karina Bhasin, COO of Even Cargo, an all-woman delivery platform.

Women trying to catch a bus during rainfall.

Gender Equality

Published on May 08, 2023 10:46 AM IST

ByHindustan Times

Meerut on cusp of great socio-economic change

HT’s spotlight on lesser-known NCR towns, their rise to becoming cities in their own right, and the changes that have been brought within

Meerut has always had a strong entrepreneurial spirit, has been home to diverse businesses and industries (Manoj Sharma/HT Photo)

cities

Updated on May 08, 2023 01:38 PM IST

ByManoj Sharma

How Tushar Deshpande keeps delivering for CSK

The joint leading wicket-taker of IPL 2023 has been rewarded for his control at good pace, helping in the MS Dhoni-led team's fine run

Chennai Super Kings' Tushar Deshpande(Chennai Super Kings Twitter)

cricket

Published on May 07, 2023 07:49 PM IST

BySanjjeev K Samyal, Mumbai

Book Box: Books for a Miffed Mother

Five books + a short story, for Mother's Day next week.

books

Published on May 07, 2023 06:01 PM IST

BySonya Dutta Choudhury

Virat Kohli’s anchor-first T20 approach not paying off

The inability of IPL’s leading run-getter to explode off the blocks for RCB made it easy for Delhi Capitals to chase down the target on Saturday

cricket

Published on May 07, 2023 05:57 PM IST

ByVivek Krishnan, New Delhi

Karnataka results could pave the road to 2024

For the BJP, it's the mantra of centralisation and focus on PM Modi. The Congress is leaning on local leaders and a narrative of federalism

The BJP looks set to fight 2024 on a version of Hindutva symbolised by the person of PM Modi and his welfare push. The Congress is looking to focus on decentralisation by promoting local leaders, and imposing electoral costs on potential defectors (AFP)

opinion

Updated on May 06, 2023 07:46 PM IST

ByNarendar Pani

Take some time off from the poll heat

This morning let me offer you something rather different. It’s a selection of gems culled from the internet and shared by friends.

“Epeolatry”: A person who worships words; (Shutterstock)

opinion

Updated on May 06, 2023 07:41 PM IST

ByKaran Thapar

Pak’s terror factory is exposing SCO’s limits

The global history of terrorism shows how it has metastasised in a context of geopolitical rivalries and divisions which override shared multilateral interests

The gap between Pakistan’s words and deeds was so stark that India’s external affairs minister S Jaishankar had to call out Bhutto as the “promoter, justifier and spokesperson of a terrorism industry”, and remind SCO peers that “taking our eyes off this menace would be detrimental to our security interests”. (ANI)

opinion

Updated on May 06, 2023 07:38 PM IST

BySreeram Chaulia

Reminiscing two untold stories in Indian politics

Bhishma Narain Singh and “King” Mahendra are no longer with us. But the trajectory of politics is full of such unknown stories

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi sent veteran Congress politician from Bihar, Bhisma Narain Singh, to placate Charan Singh, who was then the home minister in the Janata Dal government. Three days later, she was released from jail (HT ARCHIVE)

opinion

Updated on May 06, 2023 07:35 PM IST

ByPavan K Varma

It’s time to take dating out into the real world again, says Simran Mangharam

New initiatives, including the Pear ring and Thursday app, are refocusing on real-life meetings. It’s a heartening shift back to enthusiasm, commitment, effort.

As dating reality shows such as Love Island and The Bachelor prove, love is hard to engineer, even when one is surrounded by candidates.

lifestyle

Updated on Aug 03, 2023 01:46 PM IST

BySimran Mangharam

Don’t sweat it: Master the art of the stir-fry, with tips from Swetha Sivakumar

The perfect texture requires the right wok, high heat, a swift, wave-like motion that draws on a chef’s core strength. Find out why, in this week’s Sound Bites.

lifestyle

Updated on Aug 03, 2023 01:42 PM IST

BySwetha Sivakumar

Walk, to remember: Heritage tours in Indian cities are gaining new purpose

See Kolkata through a row of sweet shops, Mumbai via a segment of skyline, as guides craft experiences that can’t be googled; merge then, now and what’s next.

Residents of heritage villas in Chandor, which was once the capital of Goa, show visitors around their homes, on Soul Travelling walks.

lifestyle

Updated on Aug 03, 2023 01:36 PM IST

BySukanya Datta

Flex the right muscles: Rudraneil Sengupta on the wrestlers’ protest

Their ongoing stir could cost some of India’s star wrestlers their shot at the Olympics. We must ask ourselves why they still see this as their only option.

Asian Games champion Vinesh Phogat, Sangeeta Phogat, and Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik, among others, at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. (PTI)

lifestyle

Updated on Aug 03, 2023 01:34 PM IST

ByRudraneil Sengupta

Maradona redux: New-look Napoli win Italy

Like this term when Kvaratskhelia, Kim, Raspadori and Simeone joined, the Serie A wins in 1986-87 and 1989-90 too needed reinforcements.

Napoli's Victor Osimhen celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates (REUTERS)

sports

Published on May 05, 2023 09:36 PM IST

ByDhiman Sarkar, Kolkata

Manipur is burning, and we have just stepped back into darkness

Manipur has had a long history of ethnic feuds. I personally witnessed one in 1997, but sense prevailed, and peace reigned. But this time, things are different

Manipur saw one of its darkest and longest nights on May 4. The delicate balance between the people of the hills and those from the plains was disturbed once more (PTI)

opinion

Updated on May 05, 2023 08:52 PM IST

ByHoihnu Hauzel

The pickleball revolution is coming to India

It has been the fastest growing sport in the US for three years in a row and is starting to find some love in India as well.

India, in fact, has witnessed various pickleball tournaments over the years.(Pickleball Association of India)

sports

Updated on May 05, 2023 08:03 PM IST

ByRutvick Mehta

Once upon a time in the desert: A new book translates folk tales from Rajasthan

Garden of Tales features 18 unique stories about greed, grief, love and more, drawn from a 14-volume anthology by Vijaydan Detha, translated by Vishes Kothari.

lifestyle

Updated on Aug 03, 2023 01:44 PM IST

ByNatasha Rego

Read an exclusive excerpt from Double Lives, a story from The Garden of Tales

The folk tale, originally written down by Vijaydan Detha, is about how two women tricked into marrying each other fall in love and embark on a magical journey.

An early-19th-century Rajput miniature. (Getty Images)

lifestyle

Updated on May 06, 2023 02:51 PM IST

ByVijaydan Detha translated by Vishes Kothari

Mercury in retrospect: Ambi Parameswaran on India’s lost summer traditions

Aunts, uncles and cousins are now scattered around the world. Lazy afternoons have been replaced by ambitious and overpriced camps. A wistful look back.

There was a time when the long summer break meant days of delicious nothingness. (HT illustration: Jayanto)

lifestyle

Updated on Aug 03, 2023 01:29 PM IST

ByAmbi Parameswaran

Why the K’taka polls are crucial for BJP, Congress

The BJP is using more aggressive Hindutva. The Congress is hoping for a rare win and creating a coalition last attempted in the 70s

The BJP can take some encouragement from some findings in a recent, reliable pre-poll survey by CSDS-Lokniti. It found that voters were reasonably satisfied with key state government programmes to provide benefits (ANI)

opinion

Updated on May 05, 2023 07:12 PM IST

ByJames Manor

SC’s ruling on divorce should spark a debate

The guidelines laid by the court should be an indicator to start the discussion on introducing the concept of irretrievable breakdown as a ground for divorce

Most countries that have irretrievable breakdown (or “no fault”) as a ground for divorce, also invoke other safeguards, but even in such systems, there are criticisms that a party at fault manages to move the court and the judge does not have any power of inspecting the conduct of the spouses. But the process does remove acrimony. (HT PHOTO)

opinion

Updated on May 05, 2023 07:00 PM IST

ByGeeta Ramaseshan

The politics of the caste survey

The Patna high court order to halt the exercise is a blow to the Opposition. But it doesn’t mean that the idea will be abandoned, yet

Bihar’s caste survey had the backing of all parties, but it missed no one’s attention that the ones pushing it were the two Mandal-legacy parties, the RJD and JD(U), and that the BJP was a somewhat cagey co-traveller (SANTOSH KUMAR/HT PHOTO)

editorials

Updated on May 05, 2023 06:56 PM IST

ByHT Editorial

Heat signatures: How ads,power cuts, family time defined the Indian summer break

It was a season of lazy days. Ads pitched fruity drinks, domestic holidays and prickly-heat powder. A look at the way things were and how they’ve have changed.

TV ads signalled the onset of the season. (Above right) The energy drink Glucon-D had its iconic sun sucking the energy from children with a straw. By 2018, Onida’s horned devil TV mascot was helping drive AC sales.

lifestyle

Updated on Aug 03, 2023 01:30 PM IST

ByAnesha George

Felt like I was screaming and nobody could hear me: Actor Sidhant Gupta to Wknd

The actor is making waves for his role as a struggling filmmaker in Jubilee, the new series by Vikramaditya Motwane. But the road here was full of twists.

lifestyle

Updated on Aug 03, 2023 01:27 PM IST

BySukanya Datta

Terms of Trade | What will proportionate reservations achieve?

While proportional reservations may help in the quest for socioeconomic equality, they cannot be the silver bullet to end social oppression.

Recent political developments suggest that there is a renewed momentum for using the political route to further the agenda of caste equality in the country. (Shutterstock)

opinion

Updated on Jun 15, 2023 10:14 PM IST

ByRoshan Kishore

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India made it clear terror and talks can’t go together. But given its flux, Pak may not listen

Popular narrative sees her as a scientist whose data was stolen. But she must be remembered as an equal contributor, write researchers revisiting her story

In the eye of a political storm at the moment, the veteran leader’s revised autobiography offers a glimpse into the workings of his mind

Three main issues that have captured the public imagination are the ban on Bajrang Dal, insults to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and corruption.

Authored by KA Dhananjay, foreign policy researcher and incoming Master's student in diplomacy and global governance, Brussels School of Governance.

This article is authored by Karina Bhasin, COO of Even Cargo, an all-woman delivery platform.

HT’s spotlight on lesser-known NCR towns, their rise to becoming cities in their own right, and the changes that have been brought within

The joint leading wicket-taker of IPL 2023 has been rewarded for his control at good pace, helping in the MS Dhoni-led team's fine run

Five books + a short story, for Mother's Day next week.

The inability of IPL’s leading run-getter to explode off the blocks for RCB made it easy for Delhi Capitals to chase down the target on Saturday

For the BJP, it's the mantra of centralisation and focus on PM Modi. The Congress is leaning on local leaders and a narrative of federalism

This morning let me offer you something rather different. It’s a selection of gems culled from the internet and shared by friends.

The global history of terrorism shows how it has metastasised in a context of geopolitical rivalries and divisions which override shared multilateral interests

Bhishma Narain Singh and “King” Mahendra are no longer with us. But the trajectory of politics is full of such unknown stories

New initiatives, including the Pear ring and Thursday app, are refocusing on real-life meetings. It’s a heartening shift back to enthusiasm, commitment, effort.

The perfect texture requires the right wok, high heat, a swift, wave-like motion that draws on a chef’s core strength. Find out why, in this week’s Sound Bites.

See Kolkata through a row of sweet shops, Mumbai via a segment of skyline, as guides craft experiences that can’t be googled; merge then, now and what’s next.

Their ongoing stir could cost some of India’s star wrestlers their shot at the Olympics. We must ask ourselves why they still see this as their only option.

Like this term when Kvaratskhelia, Kim, Raspadori and Simeone joined, the Serie A wins in 1986-87 and 1989-90 too needed reinforcements.

Manipur has had a long history of ethnic feuds. I personally witnessed one in 1997, but sense prevailed, and peace reigned. But this time, things are different

It has been the fastest growing sport in the US for three years in a row and is starting to find some love in India as well.

Garden of Tales features 18 unique stories about greed, grief, love and more, drawn from a 14-volume anthology by Vijaydan Detha, translated by Vishes Kothari.

The folk tale, originally written down by Vijaydan Detha, is about how two women tricked into marrying each other fall in love and embark on a magical journey.

Aunts, uncles and cousins are now scattered around the world. Lazy afternoons have been replaced by ambitious and overpriced camps. A wistful look back.

The BJP is using more aggressive Hindutva. The Congress is hoping for a rare win and creating a coalition last attempted in the 70s

The guidelines laid by the court should be an indicator to start the discussion on introducing the concept of irretrievable breakdown as a ground for divorce

The Patna high court order to halt the exercise is a blow to the Opposition. But it doesn’t mean that the idea will be abandoned, yet

It was a season of lazy days. Ads pitched fruity drinks, domestic holidays and prickly-heat powder. A look at the way things were and how they’ve have changed.

The actor is making waves for his role as a struggling filmmaker in Jubilee, the new series by Vikramaditya Motwane. But the road here was full of twists.

While proportional reservations may help in the quest for socioeconomic equality, they cannot be the silver bullet to end social oppression.

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