As the standoff between Russia and the West over Ukraine continues, Tanvi Madan from Brookings Institution and TOI's diplomatic editor Indrani Bagchi explain its multiple geopolitical fallouts, including for India.
Author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik explains why the attempts to make faith and rituals scientific are unnecessary and why being scientific shouldn't mean a discarding of faith.
Vikram Doctor, one of India's best chroniclers of the food industry, explains why we may pay more for chocolate-based treats this year and whether we are going to face a chocolate apocalypse.