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Strangers Within

Strangers Within

India likes to celebrate its diversity, but the everyday experience of many citizens from the Northeast tells a more uncomfortable story. In cities...

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Tariff Leverage

Tariff Leverage

The return of aggressive tariff politics in Washington signals that global trade is once again entering a period of uncertainty. The decision by the...

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Dignity’s Edge

Dignity’s Edge

When the Supreme Court allowed doctors to withdraw life-sustaining treatment for Harish Rana, a man who had remained in a vegetative state since a...

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Security Questions

Security Questions

The attempted shooting of Dr Farooq Abdullah at a wedding reception in Jammu is more than a shocking moment of personal danger for an elderly...

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Mamata Banerjee announces formation of 5 cultural & development boards for ST, OBC, SC communities

Mamata Banerjee announces formation of 5 cultural & development boards for ST, OBC, SC communities

West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Friday announced the constitution of five new cultural & development boards for Scheduled Tribe...

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Strategic rejig

Strategic rejig

India’s defence procurement strategy is undergoing a quiet but consequential transformation. For decades after independence, New Delhi’s military...

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Oil War

Oil War

The expanding conflict involving Iran, Israel and the United States has already demonstrated a harsh reality about modern warfare: the most immediate...

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New Benchmarks

New Benchmarks

Reliable macroeconomic statistics are fundamental to economic governance. Last year, the IMF, even while revising India’s GDP growth projections...

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Kitchen Security

Kitchen Security

War in West Asia rarely feels distant in India’s kitchens. When tensions rise around the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, the consequences...

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Strategic Windfall

Strategic Windfall

Wars rarely produce clear winners, but they almost always produce opportunists. The escalating confrontation involving the United States, Israel and...

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Dynasty Question

Dynasty Question

The death of Iran’s long-time supreme leader Ali Khamenei in US-Israeli air strikes aimed at crippling the country’s leadership, has triggered one...

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Nepal’s Youthquake

Nepal’s Youthquake

The electoral surge of Balendra Shah, the rapperturned-mayor now poised to become Nepal’s youngest Prime Minister, represents more than an...

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Daughter’s Return

Daughter’s Return

In India, marriage has long been treated as a one-way journey for women. Once a daughter leaves her parents’ home in a wedding procession, social...

11.03.2026 20

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Naval Ripples

Naval Ripples

The torpedoing of the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean is a stark reminder that distant wars rarely remain distant for India. When a US...

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India’s New Order

India’s New Order

India’s emphatic triumph in the latest men’s T20 World Cup final in Ahmedabad is more than another trophy in an already crowded cabinet. It...

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Gulf Exposure

Gulf Exposure

Wars in West Asia rarely remain distant events for India. The ongoing confrontation involving Iran, Israel and the United States is a reminder that...

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Forged Authority

Forged Authority

When Sundararaman Ramamurthy, chief executive of the Bombay Stock Exchange, found himself apparently dispensing stock tips in a slick online video,...

09.03.2026 10

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Slow Pivot

Slow Pivot

When China’s leadership gathers in Beijing for the annual meetings of the National People’s Congress, the numbers announced are usually meant to...

09.03.2026 10

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Kaziranga Model

Kaziranga Model

In conservation, success stories are rare enough that they often sound improbable. Yet in Assam, the recovery of the greater one-horned rhinoceros at...

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War Powers

War Powers

When the United States enters another West Asia conflict, an old constitutional question returns: who decides when America goes to war? The latest...

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J & K’s triumph

J & K’s triumph

When Jammu and Kashmir lifted the Ranji Trophy this season, it was not merely a cricket result; it was a quiet rewriting of a national narrative. For...

07.03.2026 20

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Alliance arithmetic

Alliance arithmetic

When Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar announced his decision to seek election to the Rajya Sabha, it signalled more than the personal transition of a...

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Holistic dispute resolution needed for infra

Holistic dispute resolution needed for infra

There is a massive infrastructure boom in India. These large scale and complex projects involve multiple stakeholders, from government to private...

06.03.2026 10

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Reset in ties

Reset in ties

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to New Delhi this week, the symbolism extended far beyond diplomatic...

06.03.2026 10

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Strait Shock

Strait Shock

Wars in West Asia are often measured in missiles and maps. This one may ultimately be measured in barrels and basis points. The US-Israeli strikes on...

06.03.2026 10

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Agencies on trial

When a court rebukes India’s premier investigative agency as sharply as the Rouse Avenue court did last week, the verdict travels far beyond the...

04.03.2026 20

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Measured Words

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed Israel’s Knesset last week, one sentence stood out: “No cause can justify the murder of civilians....

04.03.2026 20

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Ballots after bullets

On 5 March, nearly 19 million citizens of Nepal will vote to choose a new House of Representatives. The campaign rhetoric is full of promises ~ clean...

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Decapitation Gamble

The killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a joint US-Israeli strike marks the most dramatic escalation in West Asian conflict in decades. For nearly...

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More Than Rent

London likes to think of itself as a city that layers history rather than erases it. You can walk from a glassy bank headquarters to a Georgian square...

02.03.2026 10

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Silencing Civics

A democracy does not teach civics by reciting hymns. It teaches by showing how power is meant to work ~ and how it sometimes fails. That is why the...

02.03.2026 10

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Strategic Balance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel, his first since the Gaza war began, is being presented as a routine exercise in deepening a...

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Pipelines and Power

Europe’s energy map was supposed to be changing. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, leaders in Brussels spoke of diversification, resilience, and...

01.03.2026 10

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Politics as theatre

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to the US Congress looked less like a governing report card and more like a campaign rally that...

28.02.2026 9

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Beyond the Trophy

When a small film from Manipur wins a major international award, it is tempting to read the moment as a feel-good story about recognition finally...

28.02.2026 6

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Need for restraint

When a government hosts a global technology summit, it is making a promise: that it can match ambition with competence. India’s recent AI Impact...

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Iran’s fault-lines

Iran’s campuses have once again become political frontiers, and that alone says something essential about the country’s present moment. When...

25.02.2026 20

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Tremor and Restraint

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake is no ordinary event. It is the sort of seismic jolt that history remembers, one capable of reshaping coastlines and...

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