TOI's Vishwa Mohan rounds up the big outcomes from the latest climate change summit and IIED's Ritu Bharadwaj explains why the loss and damage fund isn't reason for cheer just yet

We Speak Out's Masooma Ranalvi talks to TOI's Sunil Baghel about their attempts to end the practice of female gential mutilation and why a recent recommendation at a UN body matters.

Dr Ranjana Kumari, director of the Centre for Social Research, on why the long-term domestic abuse Shraddha Walkar endured shouldn't be ignored.

Author and analyst Manoj Joshi explains why talks between India and China on the border dispute aren't going anywhere and why China's happy to keep India guessing.

As China refuses to abandon its Zero Covid policy, a Shanghai resident talks about what it's like to live with this policy when most of the world has moved on.

Gopal MS, who documents Mumbai's sights and smells, and sociologist Ishita Dey explain what the smell of cities tells us about them and also what it says about us.

The mythologist and author talks about the ancient cultural links between Iran and India and how the myths of the two nations diverge.

Times of India's senior editor Shankar Raghuraman decodes the issues with the 10% economically weaker section quota in light of the Supreme Court's verdict saying it's not illegal.

As Twitter muddles through layoffs and an employment winter looms, a person who was laid off and specialist staffing firm Xpheno's Kamal Karanth explain what companies should ideally do when letting people go

Co-Director of Lokniti, Sanjay Kumar, and political columnist Radhika Ramaseshan on what's expected in the Gujarat state election and why.