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The capsizing of a tourist speedboat near Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island, which claimed the lives of 15 Indian tourists, including three from Andhra Pradesh, highlights how fun trips can turn into disasters when safety is compromised. Swift rescue efforts by Vietnamese, which saved many lives, deserve appreciation.

Preliminary reports blame overcrowding of the boat, which...

World champion Team India’s T20 plans lie in tatters after disastrous T20 series defeats at the hands of Ireland and England. A team mentally ill-prepared for such a tour with a new captain and experimental player picks flopped to the extent that a “brownwash” was avoided only because the first of five T20Is against England was a rain-interrupted no-result.

There wer...

When Bangladesh’s new Prime Minister Tarique Rahman took office in February 2026, there was an air of optimism about a reset of India-Bangladesh ties. The removal of the interim administration of Muhammad Yunus, and its open anti-India bias, seemed to open space for a reboot.

That hope seems to have dissipated.

The election of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party...

The recent controversy over a medical student’s “cadaver” remarks had provoked outrage. A video went viral, apologies followed, an institution ordered an inquiry, and social media did what it often does: converted discomfort into judgment. Yet the incident should not be remembered as one young person’s lapse in language or maturity. It must be treated as a mirror held up to ...

Not too long ago, friendships, romantic partnerships, and business relationships ended because one person couldn’t tolerate the smell of the other’s hair oil, hated the way they chewed or found their taste in bhajans appalling. And one of them punched the other in the nose to announce the termination of a relationship. Those were good times, trust me.

Today, everyone...