India’s Space Sector: A Launchpad for Global Partnerships
With its scientific capabilities, entrepreneurial ecosystem and international credibility, India is uniquely placed to bridge the gap between established and…
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Turn the scalpel towards foreign policy
The Great Game: India’s presidency of BRICS may not signify that it is on board an alternative view of the…
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Mamdani’s New Deal
Zohran Mamdani embodies a generational transition in American politics, where younger progressives challenge an ageing conservative establishment built on and…
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Ram Mandir theft tests Hindutva plank
Onus on Opposition to corner the BJP in the upcoming session of Parliament The history of Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir —…
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When Syama Prasad Mookerjee backed India’s first non-Congress, Akali-dominated govt in PEPSU
The Jana Sangh was the political precursor to the Bharatiya Janata Party, which was formed in 1980 An important chapter…
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India’s Next Knowledge Bridge
For decades, the Indian diaspora has been one of our country’s greatest strengths, serving as a living bridge between India…
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Before Its 250th Anniversary, America Is at a Turning Point
Tomorrow (July 4), America will celebrate its 250th Independence Day. It should have been a moment of national celebration, but…
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Will You Come Home?
India has spent decades watching its best scientific minds build careers abroad. It now has a serious answer to the…
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How much does it take to win an election
Without winning the trust of India’s richest, Rahul Gandhi has very little chance of putting up a fight in 2029…
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Moving from war to deal in a deeply divided region
A fragile Iran deal masks deeper regional rivalries and uncertainties Even as the ceasefire between the United States and Iran…
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Religious Freedom, Reciprocity, and the Future of India’s Democratic Promise
“The United States may reasonably ask whether the openness it extends to visiting religious leaders is being reciprocated elsewhere. More…
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The ‘harvest’ China wants is one India cannot afford
Diplomatic optics must not dictate India’s boundary negotiations with China When Luo Zhaohui, then China’s Ambassador to India, revived the…
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India’s strategic dilemma: from non-alignment to multi-alignment
The lawless acts and events of the Trump 2.0 era have become a testbed of strategic autonomy “The special and…
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Why the Bengal formula may not work in Punjab
Punjab’s real concerns are jobs, drugs and growth, not imported narratives of communal division. “BJP leaders ask Punjabis for an…
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Austerity without equity will fail
If this is to be India's forex Satyagraha, the design must match the ambition “Here lies a structural paradox in…
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Understanding inequality in India’s growth story
‘Low’ inequality conceals more than it reveals There have been some significant policy changes in the recent past — this…
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How three ‘isms’ failed the people of the Middle East
From Nasser to Khomeini, the region’s revolutionary ideologies have delivered only ruin “The outgrowth of these dramatic events was an…
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Pope shows Trump the mirror.
Leo XIV has boldly exposed the US President’s “delusion of omnipotence” “Vance’s incorrect advice would not have swayed the Pope,…
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Sikhs, Partition and Political Fate
The British rejected the demand for a separate Sikh state in the event of a partition along religious lines in…
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The imperial design of US nationalism
Education serves as an innocuous tool in America’s grand project of global dominance “The idea that knowledge is power is…
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Trump wants to reshape Iran
As US President threatens to bomb Iran into the Stone Age, Pezeshkian writes a letter “The US President is not…
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India on the sidelines as Trump pauses war
India has abandoned its posture in favor of US & Israel, but not joined the coalition. It has chosen the…
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U.S. Farmers are in Crisis. The Iran War Is Not Helping
Over the past year, farmers across the United States have been facing a crisis. Staring down record high business costs…
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The way forward for Punjab
“The problem is that Punjab is broke. An investment summit in Mohali this weekend may have come a bit late…
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The pivot to the hard right
The world is at the mercy of a few technocrats and authoritarian rulers Controlled fire was perhaps one of the…
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Talks or conflict?
Iran, held in Muscat, Oman on 6 February, and in Geneva on February 17, have been described by both sides…
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India-RI ‘gotong royong’: Persevering geopolitical storms together
“As India and Indonesia march toward our common vision of Developed India 2047 and Golden Indonesia 2045, we do so…
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Trump’s Peace Board raises old questions
As India ponders Trump's invite to join the Board of Peace, here's a recall of Vajpayee's refusal to send troops…
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Can India harm Pakistan by restricting Indus waters?
A full account of how much water India is losing because of the Indus treaty should be made public by…
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Trump sets a perilous precedent
The use of force by the US in Venezuela raises doubts about the legitimacy of its actions “The fact that…
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