Small Institutions, Towering Offices: The Architecture of Power Within the NLUs
The Leafletby K. Sudha·22d ago
CHAIRMAN OF THE BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA (‘BCI’), Manan Kumar Mishra’s directions imposing a ban on the enrollment of students of the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research University of Law...
Daayra Movie Review: Kareena Kapoor and Prithviraj Sukumaran’s tight police procedural needed a breathing room
New Indian Expressby Kartik Bhardwaj·22d ago
Daayra Review: “You can’t handle the truth!” screams Jack Nicholson’s Colonel Jessep when pushed too far by Tom Cruise’s Lieutenant Kaffee in A Few Good Men (1992). He is right, in a way.
View: Africa’s diaspora needs a bigger role
Semaforby Yinka Adegoke·22d ago
Yinka’s view The African diaspora is often discussed as a vast reservoir of capital and goodwill waiting to be tapped for the continent’s development. But that may undersell its value.
Trump’s Iran sanctions have a China problem
Business Lineby Zongyuan Zoe Liu·22d ago
In late August, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared an “economic D-Day” against Iran, promising “the single greatest financial offensive ever marshaled against an adversary.” The D-Day...
Lord Knows What I Am - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby Azra Raza·22d ago
Alex Lanz in LARB: “MR. BLOOM READ with relish the lustrous verses of Blake and Shelley,” I am tempted to write, since Harold Bloom, the author of The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry...
From fibre to future: Weaving sustainability into India's textile growth
Business Lineby Giriraj Singh·22d ago
As India targets a $350 billion textile and apparel industry by 2030, sustainability is shifting from the margins to the centre of its competitiveness strategy.
When regulation distorts the market: The bigger lesson from Uber’s exit, By Dipo Baruwa
Premium Timesby Premium Times·22d ago
In the first part of this discussion, I examined what Uber’s exit reveals about the analogue infrastructure beneath Nigeria’s supposedly digital economy.
how the situationists turned spectators into participants
architecture archivesby thomai tsimpou I designboom·22d ago
the city as a field of possibility What if the city wasn’t something to consume but something to play?
Why is Nigeria succumbing to American hegemony?, By Jibrin Ibrahim
Premium Timesby Jibrin Ibrahim·22d ago
It was difficult to understand how our president, Bola Tinubu, would go and beg President Trump to shoot missiles into Nigeria on Christmas evening last year, allegedly to kill Islamist terrorists.
Big Tech’s Contribution to Economic Inequality and the Authoritarian Convergence with China - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby David Hoyt·22d ago
by David Hoyt In his recent book, Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and Dreams of A World Without Democracy, historian Quinn Slobodian offers what might be the closest thing we have to an...
Dolly Parton, Gloria Steinem, and Why Grieving a Celebrity Feels So Personal
Timeby Lisa McCarty·22d ago
Recently, the world has collectively mourned the unexpected losses of several well-known public figures, from Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem to Bob Mackie and Tim Curry.
Maxxing treats life as a problem when it’s a mystery | Psyche Ideas
Psycheby Håkon Evjemo·22d ago
In 2021, while working from home at my corporate law gig, I became obsessed with napping. Throughout my working life, the post-lunch slump felt like an unavoidable feature of the 9-to-5.
Black holes ring like bells. What happens next is stranger | Aeon Essays
Aeonby Richard Dyer·22d ago
Listen to this essay 20 minute listen It is 9 am on a warm July Sunday in Cambridge, as I head towards a café in the city centre.
Why China Isn’t Getting Existential About A.I.
The New Yorkerby Isaac Chotiner·22d ago
On Sunday, China’s Minister of State Security published an article in a state-run magazine that warned about artificial intelligence posing a threat to the rule of the Chinese Communist Party...
Decolonising Indology
Open Magazineby Rajeev Deshpande·22d ago
Decolonising Indology On a recent visit to the Asiatic Society in Mumbai, Home Minister Amit Shah noted that Indology has been more a colonial narrative of India and less about the country’s true...
India's concept of 'dharma' different from Western notion of religion: Bhagwat
ThePrintby PTI·22d ago
Ujjain, Sep 18 (PTI) RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said that India’s understanding of the concept of ‘dharma’ was distinct from Western notions of religion, asserting that the country has not...
The Contract On America - 3 Quarks Daily
3 Quarks Dailyby John Ambrosio·22d ago
by John Ambrosio In 2001, Grover Norquist, the Republican anti-tax crusader, famously quipped in an interview that he did not want to abolish government, “I simply want to reduce it to the size...
The political undercurrents of the feud between Wike and APC governors, By Uche Igwe
Premium Timesby Premium Times·22d ago
These unfolding scenarios deserve some careful introspection. I believe that the Progressive Governors are neither lazy nor collectively fraudulent.
GST on MDR: Should merchant discount rate attract GST?
Business Lineby Mohan R Lavi·22d ago
“Since currently no MDR is charged on UPI transactions, there is consequently no GST.” With these words, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) put to rest, in April 2025, rumours...
Older Gen Z girls in Keralam delaying marriage
The Hinduby The Hindu Bureau·22d ago
With greater access to higher education, increasing financial independence, and changing social expectations, older Gen Z girls across Keralam view marriage only as one among several life choices.
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