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Mumbai’s manhole puzzle: Inside the century-long evolution of manhole covers
8+ hour, 56+ min ago (457+ words) As the underground network expanded, manholes were built at regular intervals to allow workers to inspect and clean the sewers....
From the Opinions Editor: From Kerala’s landslides to Assam’s floods, learning to live with nature
12+ hour, 33+ min ago (21+ words) Climate change is global, but resilience will be built locally — through solutions shaped by ecosystems, communities and the places they inhabit...
Writing from the Solitary: In an age of screens, an anthology confronts our loneliness epidemic
19+ hour, 33+ min ago (22+ words) Drawing on voices like Sumana Roy, Jeet Thayil, and Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', this eclectic anthology reframes loneliness as a shared human condition...
P Chidambaram writes: Space beyond political parties
20+ hour, 11+ min ago (37+ words) Yet, through a 35-day protest, CJP has obliged two Cabinet ministers to negotiate, extracted the resignation of a minister, forced the government to withdraw the cases against the protesters, and got written commitments from the government...
Tavleen Singh writes: No lessons from cockroaches
20+ hour, 33+ min ago (520+ words) None of our political leaders covered themselves in glory in the week gone by in which we saw the aftermath of the cockroach protest. And since no lessons were learned, we are likely to see much more of what Bob…...
Small firms flag price hike in projects using PVC pipes as Government curbs input imports
21+ hour, 41+ min ago (178+ words) Big local producers of S-PVC say floor price justified, China, others dumping resin cheap...
Amritsar at 450: The eternal city
23+ hour, 55+ min ago (110+ words) Tracing the city that’s home to one of the most notable places of pilgrimage for the Sikh, Amritsar unravels as a place that was built to be a refuge for all — before it became an epicentre for all of Punjab....
When CMs arrive before engineers: What went wrong with Vijay’s Cauvery outreach
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (178+ words) Stalin accuses Vijay of being “isolated” after Shivakumar, citing protests in Karnataka, asks him to defer Bengaluru visit to discuss Cauvery dispute...
SC judge bats for transparency, says calling people ‘ants’ or other names unconstitutional
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (136+ words) Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan called for greater transparency in judicial appointments, saying public scrutiny and disclosure of Collegium reasons would strengthen accountability....
Blinkit gave us errand dates. But it took away the intimacy behind errands
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (356+ words) Quick commerce made everyday life more convenient. It also erased the small, unplanned moments of connection that we're now trying to recreate, one grocery run at a time....