Cover Stories

The Theatre of Vikaas

In our nation, announcements masquerade as achievement and spectacle substitutes scholarship, imported machinery is paraded as indigenous genius, dissent is dismissed as disloyalty, and repetition is

Fr. Gaurav Nair Fr. Gaurav Nair
02 Mar 2026

It Took a Robo Dog to Expose the Rot in Indian Higher Education

The Galgotias robo-dog scandal at the India AI Summit exposed systemic decay in post-2014 higher education "expansion," driven by optics and privatisation under Narendra Modi, privileging spectacle ov

Oliver D'Souza Oliver D'Souza
02 Mar 2026

Articles

In a 1947 address at the University of Allahabad, Jawaharlal Nehru envisioned universities as temples of humanism, reason and truth. Today, shrinking public funding, rampant privatisation, ideological

G Ramachandram G Ramachandram
02 Mar 2026

At Rashtrapati Bhavan, replacing Edwin Lutyens' bust with C Rajagopalachari is framed as decolonisation, yet, in truth, it reflects a broader politics of renaming under Narendra Modi—symbolism over su

A. J. Philip A. J. Philip
02 Mar 2026

Gen-Z call to make leaders rely on public schools and hospitals underscores youth priorities—education, health care, and jobs—amid rising freebies, inequality, and weak public investment. The Supreme

Jacob Peenikaparambil Jacob Peenikaparambil
02 Mar 2026

Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil's micro-minority appeal coincides with Kerala's delayed response to the Justice JB Koshy Commission, whose recommendations aim to address internal Christian disparitie

John Dayal John Dayal
02 Mar 2026

The All India Catholic Union warns of rising violence, legal curbs, and social exclusion targeting Christians across the Northeast, citing unrest in Manipur and enforcement of the Arunachal Pradesh Fr

IC Correspondent IC Correspondent
02 Mar 2026

The 2002 Gujarat violence, following the Sabarmati Express tragedy, became one of independent India's darkest chapters. Allegations of state complicity, contested investigations, and enduring survivor

Cedric Prakash Cedric Prakash
02 Mar 2026

In his second encyclical, Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home (2015), Pope Francis offers a sustained moral critique of consumerism, unrestrained economic expansion, and ecological indifference.

Joseph Maliakan Joseph Maliakan
02 Mar 2026

As nuclear powers like the United States and Russia modernise vast arsenals while policing others, critics decry a double standard embedded in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The world risks bec

P. A. Chacko P. A. Chacko
02 Mar 2026

O Jurist Dr. Gregory Stanton, You talked of genocide in ten slow steps I come from a land Where we have been walking those steps For six thousand years Without shoes, Without dignity, Without

Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla Dr Suryaraju Mattimalla
02 Mar 2026

The robotic dog is not the real problem. It is the comfort we now have with make-believe. It is the applause that follows every convenient explanation.

Robert Clements Robert Clements
02 Mar 2026