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India’s antibiotic obsession

CHANDRA BHUSHAN

CHANDRA BHUSHAN Ihave travelled extensively over the past three decades and never once fallen sick outside India — until my visit to Brazil last month for COP30. A simple viral infection ended up becoming a mirror, revealing how differently India and Brazil approach antibiotic use, and why this difference matters.

Invest in small towns

KIRAN KARNIK

KIRAN KARNIK I may lose a battle but I will never lose a minute, said Napoleon Bonaparte. Nowhere should his aphorism resonate more than in developing countries like India, where every moment lost counts for a great deal because we have so far to go to reach the goals of

Britain’s disdain for scrutiny

SHYAM BHATIA

SHYAM BHATIA Two nations at the ends of Asia — India and Greece — are now bound by a common quest: to reclaim the soul of their civilizations. Both are demanding the return of treasures taken in the age of empire and still displayed in London’s marble halls. The Chola

Politics of futurism

SANJAYA BARU

SANJAYA BARU In the excitement generated in urban India by the election of Zohran Mamdani as the mayor of New York, few have asked where the mayors in India are. Many cities do have mayors but few know of them given their limited powers. Most in the nation’s capital would