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Since the midnight of August 15, 1947 made India an independent nation, each anniversary invites an honest audit, not just a celebration It has been...
Recently, many Indian metro cities witnessed a worst outbreak of dengue, chikungunya and malaria with death toll rising to hundred’s even as the...
For nearly six years, the historic Gorkha connection between India and Nepal has remained caught in an unusual silence. As the Army Chief visits...
The Western Ghats have been mapped and studied for over a decade, yet there is no consensus on how much of this landscape must be protected, and at...
There is a moment most of us know well, even if we have never named it. Someone says something that needed to be said. The timing was right, the words...
India has transformed the way its citizens access and use the banking system — from Jan Dhan accounts and UPI to the RBI’s UDGAM platform for...
While the agreement offers no NATO-style collective defence, the military capabilities of its members — especially Turkey — warrant close...
Every civilisation leaves behind monuments that reflect its ambitions. Towers, temples, universities, bridges and highways become visible symbols of...
The Saudi Arabia-Pakistan-Türkiye defence pact may be premature to call an ‘Islamic NATO’, but it signals a changing security architecture in...
On this International Youth Day, India's and the world's young have already shown they know the way. The rest of us would do well to follow...
Human beings have four basic necessities/urges. These are eating, sleeping, mating and defending. Marriage is peculiar to the human species. Animals...
As Balen Shah begins engaging India, China and others, the larger test will be whether this diplomatic space can be translated into strategic economic...
While the Govt is justified in preventing the misuse of foreign contributions, the Opposition’s concerns cannot be summarily dismissed When...
Every age worry about the young. Parents have always attempted to safeguard them from failure, disappointment and misery. But somewhere along the way,...
Beyond the immediate political confrontation, Hasina’s return could affect Bangladesh-India ties and cooperation on issues ranging from security and...
The women’s reservation law, passed three ago, is yet to be implemented as it remains trapped in a political maze linking census, delimitation and...
Drug abuse is no longer merely a law-and-order challenge. It is a serious threat to public health, family life, social harmony and, above all, the...
Strategic autonomy ultimately rests not just on acquiring advanced weapons, but on having the industrial capacity and diversified supply chains to...
India’s police still function under a law written for a colonial power to control its subjects, not a republic to serve its citizens. The Police Act...
On a brief visit home to India in the last week of April, Ritu Sharma handed me a signed copy of Shakti: Tales of Power and Promise. It travelled back...
Strategic interests will always drive foreign policy, but they are often easier to pursue when reinforced by a deeper reservoir of historical trust...
Parliament has removed the legal prohibition on levying charges, replacing it with the govt’s power to impose fees through future notifications The...
Let me tell you something we all know but rarely say out loud. Somewhere, right now, a hiring manager is sitting across from a candidate who looks...
The success of India’s green mobility mission will ultimately depend not only on how many electric vehicles it produces, but also on how effectively...
Floods play havoc in Assam every year, but the scale of this year’s devastation calls for a robust and effective flood management strategy Six more...
Attitude and behavior are woven into the fabric of daily life. Research has shown that individuals register an immediate and automatic reaction of...
As India marks the 12th National Handloom Day, it is time to view handloom as a strategic sector that values sustainability, authenticity and...
Two years after Sheikh Hasina’s exile in India, New Delhi finds itself navigating one of the most delicate diplomatic transitions in its...
First of all, it must be understood that sleeping is a basic necessity of the material body. This, along with eating, is essential for the material...
Every successful political party eventually confronts the challenge of a changing electorate. For the BJP, that challenge comes from Generation X —...
Every August, as the southwest monsoon falters, the Cauvery once again becomes less a river than a courtroom argument. This year is no different...
Recent agitations involving farmers and students appear to follow a similar pattern: local grievances rapidly escalate into nationwide movements,...
As India aspires to become a Viksit Bharat by 2047, protecting its young from the scourge of drugs must be treated as a national priority requiring...
We often speak of the wisdom contained in our scriptures and epics, and the importance of introducing our children to them so that they may navigate...
Throughout history, many medicines originated from traditional knowledge. Aspirin evolved from willow bark, artemisinin from traditional Chinese...
A reopened pass cannot undo six years of mistrust between India and China. But it can be the first plank of a bridge that can shorten the distance On...
The Earth and the soil-the infinite symbiosim of Spiritually and the Human kind that we often equate it to the most sacred relation of “Mother”. ...
As the conflict with Iran grows longer, costlier, and more uncertain, Trump confronts a paradox familiar to many wartime leaders: the very instincts...
The controversy over a protester's abusive remarks eclipsed the issue that brought hundreds to the streets. That shift in focus deserves closer...
The student-led protest at Jantar Mantar over alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG examination became more than a demand for political...
Public lives are usually captured in heavy, chronological autobiographies. Dr SY Quraishi shatters that predictable format in India and I: A Hundred...
A Canadian study permit isn’t a permanent residence document. A college letter isn’t a job offer. A post-graduation work permit isn’t a...
Nepal’s communal violence tests whether Balen Shah can fulfil his promise of an efficient government capable of restoring order in the Himalayan...
Some social media posts are designed neither to inform, entertain nor inspire, but simply to provoke anger. They are easy to recognise: the sudden...
The NEET protests may have ended but can the death of a young student, driven to suicide by an examination system already tainted by leaks and...
The LS has passed a Bill to curb exam paper leaks. The real test will be whether the new law plugs the loopholes that allow leaks to occur in the...
After 13 years of working with individuals in business, academia and government, I have identified three important habits of people who tend to be...
The Gulf crisis highlights the need for a stronger rules-based maritime order, with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) at...
The PoK elections, tainted by deadly violence and dismissed by India as a ‘cosmetic’, have exposed the deepening crisis Islamabad can no longer...
As children, many of us played with magnets and discovered the quantum-electric fact that the magnetic positive poles repel each other, as do negative...
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