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A linguist beyond borders

For someone who had spent most of his life studying constructed languages, the idea of constructing his own death would certainly have amused him. The flood of social media posts and the exchange of messages among Esperantists and linguists from across the world soon confirmed that this was no joke.

Accepting reality

Five years after Myanmar's military seized power and plunged the country into a prolonged civil conflict, a new reality is emerging across Asia.

Heritage queried

The controversy surrounding the Delhi Gymkhana Club is no longer only about one institution in Lutyens’ Delhi.

Acres of Privilege

On 22 May 2026, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs issued an eviction order directing the historic 113-year- old Delhi Gymkhana Club to vacate its 27.3-acre Lutyens’ Delhi premises by June 5.

Grappling with a counterfeit reality

Recently, the New York State University in the US initiated a programme called ‘NYU in real life’, to promote a student-led culture change of spending less time online and more in living life in person, and creating together a ‘collective effervescence’.

Code Red

Artificial intelligence is no longer merely a technological story. It is becoming a labour-market story, a social-stability story and, increasingly, a middle-class survival story.

Bengal must reimagine science education

Recent political discussions surrounding the condition of education in We st Bengal, including concerns expressed by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, have once again drawn attention to a deeper crisis within the state’s academic culture.