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Express View on Martha Stewart on the Sports Illustrated cover: Age is just a number
May 17, 2023 7:26 am
Putting 81-year-old Stewart on the cover sends out an especially powerful message against the unconscious — or even conscious — ageist bias that exists in industries such as beauty, fashion and entertainment
Express View on government's Open Network for Digital Commerce: An audacious idea
May 17, 2023 7:19 am
If ONDC is to 'help our small retail survive the onslaught of large tech-based e-commerce companies', it will have to do better than them or even what UPI did in payments. And it should definitely not burn the money of taxpayers or public financial institutions
Express View: Terror strike in Poonch flags challenges at the LOC
April 22, 2023 7:15 am
New Delhi needs to keep up the heat on Islamabad while firewalling diplomatic events from falling hostage to purveyors of terrorism
Express View: A campus that is safe and free
April 19, 2023 7:27 am
It must provide an enabling environment for students. Ensuring security should not be at the cost of their freedoms.
Express View: In Media One verdict, SC does some much-needed plain-speaking on national security
April 07, 2023 7:07 am
In this instance, as in so many others, the Supreme Court has moved the needle for greater openness and more freedom, without which both justice and democracy are incomplete.
Indian Express editorial on The Wire story and the police raids: A tale of two
November 05, 2022 10:46 am
Those in power out to delegitimise a free press. And a newsroom that put self-righteousness above rigour.
Questions on Morbi bridge collapse must be answered – for the sake of ensuring accountability and for drawing lessons for the future
November 01, 2022 9:12 am
Providing relief is just the starting point. The bigger concern should be to understand why the bridge collapsed just four days after it was reopened. This is important for the sake of ensuring accountability and also for drawing lessons for the future.
Standoff involving President's office, executive and judiciary triggers a constitutional crisis in Nepal
September 23, 2022 10:48 pm
The Kathmandu meltdown underlines the failure of Nepal's political class to manage the sweeping changes that came about after the 2008 abolition of the monarchy
The return of cinemas marks a new beginning in Kashmir
September 22, 2022 5:45 am
For the ordinary people of Kashmir, many of whom have grown up without having watched a single film on the big screen, the promise of these miracles — taken for granted by millions around the world — is a hopeful start
Alone together: The story of a Japanese man earning by simply being there for others speaks of a loneliness that won't be easily fixed
September 08, 2022 8:10 am
That so many are willing to pay for the companionship that, in a less disconnected world, would be freely available, speaks of a profound malaise
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