Quote of the day by Bertrand Russell: 'Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric'Bertrand Russell was a towering intellectual figure. He championed independent thought and intellectual courage throughout his life. Russel...
28 Jan, 2026, 02.45 PM IST
Quote of the day by Alfred Marshall: 'The price of every thing rises and falls from time to time and place to place, and with every...' - father of microeconomics explains why money’s value keeps changingQuote of the day by Alfred Marshall: One of the founding economist, noted prices and money's value are not fixed. This idea remains relevan...
28 Jan, 2026, 06.11 AM IST
Why mankind keeps returning to its old bloodthirsty ways and new battlefieldsHumans didn’t get to be at the top of the species ladder by reason or love. We got here through incessant bloodlust and an insatiable desir...
21 Sep, 2024, 11.11 PM IST
We are confronted with fundamental questions about ethical treatments of AI, says CJI D Y ChandrachudChief Justice of India, D Y Chandrachud, emphasised the pivotal role of identity and its State recognition in determining resource allocati...
25 Nov, 2023, 12.40 PM IST
Does faith make you live better?As individuals age, their materialistic pursuits tend to yield to religious beliefs and practices.Women are often inclined to be more relig...
09 May, 2023, 12.16 AM IST
Is Donald Trump's tax avoidance ethical or honourable?Indeed, he paid zero tax in 2020 - the last full year of his presidency - according to figures released by the House Ways and Means Committ...
22 Dec, 2022, 11.30 AM IST
What does Elon Musk want? Is Twitter the way to get It?For many people, dynamism is contingent — on how invested you are in the world as it is, whether you stand to lose or benefit from innovati...
11 May, 2022, 06.14 PM IST
Is tax avoidance ethical? Asking on behalf of a few billionaire friendsInvestigative journalism outlet ProPublica says it has obtained a “vast cache” of information from the Internal Revenue Service that purpor...
10 Jun, 2021, 12.25 PM IST
View: New code for digital media seeks to strike a balance between freedom & responsibilitySection 79 of the Information Technology (IT) Act in India also allowed exemption to the intermediaries for third-party content, provided t...
19 Mar, 2021, 11.40 PM IST
Isabel Wilkerson's 'Caste' among finalists for National Book Critics Circle awardsWinners will be announced on March 25.
25 Jan, 2021, 05.40 PM IST
Make people want to be careful for Covid-19 mitigationGiven the infectious nature of the Covid-19 disease, some amount of restrictions such as temporary lockdowns and fines for not adhering to ...
30 Oct, 2020, 11.23 PM IST
Movie Review: Taken 3When this third installment of the popular franchise kicks off, Neeson’s hard-nosed special agent appears to be living the swinging life of...
09 Jan, 2015, 10.59 AM IST
Won’t apologize for Narendra Modi remarks, Amartya Sen saysThe Nobel-winning economist said he had nothing to apologize for saying that he did not wish to see the Gujarat chief minister become India...
28 Jul, 2013, 05.32 AM IST
- ‘Institution more important than individual’
Institutions owe their existence to the enactment of a statute. Their growth and effective functioning depends upon the person at the helm ...
04 Mar, 2011, 09.27 AM IST
- John Stewart Mill vs the ECB
Economic prescriptions that are distilled from political prejudice have little hope of being of any use in times such as these.
07 Aug, 2010, 05.29 AM IST
On what's sacred and what's notPlaying God is something science has to deal with all the time. So how should we, the people supposedly out of its ambit yet enjoying the b...
17 Mar, 2009, 03.12 AM IST
- India's poor law
As the devastating Indian famine of 1877-79 drew to a close, India's British rulers worried that their relief efforts might have gone too f...
07 Feb, 2005, 01.22 AM IST