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The lights are staying on in UP

Energy is the backbone of the modern economy, driving industrial productivity, transport, connectivity, trade and basic necessities.

Brexit Dividend

Ten years after Britain voted to leave the European Union, the most revealing aspect of Brexit is not what happened, but what did not.

Memory and History

The withdrawal of an artwork from Britain’s National Portrait Gallery over its portrayal of Winston Churchill's role in the Bengal Famine of 1943 is not merely another episode in the culture wars.

Being lonely

Although loneliness stems from a feeling of social isolation, ironically, it is one of the most unifying human experiences.

Burdens Biden must shrug off

In the United States, one of the men vying for the presidency faces 91 criminal charges in four concurrent criminal cases.

Climate leader

In a pivotal year marked by global concerns over climate change, India has emerged as a beacon of leadership in the quest for a sustainable future.

Swamiji and Truth

Swami Vivekananda was a Rishi. Truth was the essence of his life. Standing on truth, he fought many a battle and emerged invincible. His struggles to uphold truth amidst untruth were legendary and an object lesson to those who wished to tread the path of truth.

Living on the margins

The months of lockdown and the pandemic continue to form a part of a blurry scary past. Haunting images of those harrowing times are imprinted in our collective consciousness: images of food lying on the tracks on which a family died, of police and authority spraying pesticides over a group of people during a mass exodus, workers desperately trying to get home in inhumanely crowded buses, trains, bicycles, and even on foot.

Quake lessons

In the wake of the powerful earthquake that rattled central Japan on New Year’s Day, the resilient spirit of the nation is once again put to the test.