From 1947 Poverty to 2014 Prosperity, and the Myths of Sudden Greatness
By 2014, before the Modi government came to power, India’s GDP had reached nearly $2 trillion, the 10th largest in…
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The UN Can Survive Without the US
Next week world leaders will gather for the General Assembly’s annual high-level debate, and that despite the Trump administrations’ scorn…
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Nepal is facing a moment of reckoning
Endemic corruption, nepotism, inequality and misgovernance had angered the people of Nepal. “An unsettled Nepal will seriously jeopardize Indian interests.…
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Is India a ‘Tariff King’? Not Really
“When India is judged on tariffs, there are two parameters which are used. One is simple average tariffs, and the…
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India’s Election System in Shambles: Restore Democracy with paper ballots and audited voter rolls
The recent revelations by Rahul Gandhi, the opposition leader in India, pointing to the election irregularities in Karnataka and Maharashtra,…
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How India can navigate Trump’s tariff storm in a choppy world
Trump’s tariffs and the penalty he is likely to put on India for purchasing Russian oil have undeniably introduced a…
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Bangladesh, a year after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster
Public opinion appears to have turned against the Yunus interim regime — with growing economic distress, the shared refrain seems…
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US Tariff Threats and Geopolitical Penalties on India: Strategic, Economic, and Diplomatic Implications
The recent pronouncements by the United States regarding the potential imposition of a 25% tariff on all Indian imports, coupled…
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Why the reluctance to recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza?
A narrow understanding of the term, as well as Israel’s history as a haven for genocide victims, explains the dissonance…
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Indian inequality and the World Bank’s claims
Even if the precision of the World Bank’s inequality estimates is discounted, a significant improvement in India’s international ranking is…
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Two democracies and the echoes of tyranny
The same dynamics that enabled the Emergency in India now threaten the U.S.; the lesson is that tyranny thrives when…
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Can the Democratic Nominee Deliver? New Yorkers Ask for Realism, Not Rhetoric
Mamdani’s promises speak to a deep hunger for change. But unless he and his campaign begin to share detailed, actionable,…
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Attack on Iran N-sites & the ‘nuclear apartheid’ argument
While many countries support the IAEA’s role in non-proliferation, they demand respect for national sovereignty and equal access to nuclear…
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Blame not the messenger in India’s diplomacy
India’s tough message on terrorism and Pakistan will find more takers if it plays to its advantage it being a…
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End of Pax Americana: An International Perspective
The decline of Pax Americana might just be the invitation the world needed to imagine and create something better, based…
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Lok raj without lok laj is a hollow democracy
What can be more pathetic than the BJP MP accusing the unfortunate women who lost their husbands in Pahalgam, of…
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India must cash in on its economic edge
The US is facing a slowdown owing to the fallout of Trump’s tariff policies, compounded by Moody’s unprecedented decision to…
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Dangerous fallout of Op Sindoor: Social media warriors join ranks of useful idiots
The manner in which social media Frankenstein monsters have trolled Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and his daughter is beyond the…
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The building blocks of an India-U.S. energy future
Nuclear energy and critical minerals can be the bedrock of a deepening energy and technology partnership ‘For India’s energy security…
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World Press Freedom Day 2025: A Global Call to Defend the Truth
“Repression of the press has a long and tragic lineage. In ancient Rome, historians who documented the excesses of emperors…
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The Killing of Hindu Tourists in Kashmir: A Shameful Reminder of Terrorism’s Barbarity
Terrorism must be uprooted, not selectively targeted. As long as organizations like LeT and JeM are allowed to survive, there…
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Trumponomics deserves to be taken seriously
While Donald Trump’s detractors believe that he has embarked on the impossible, the fact is that this is a mission…
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The oligarchy we see today
In today’s increasingly unequal world, empowered by tech marvels such as Artificial Intelligence, economic power invariably gets concentrated in a…
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Perilous and chaotic, Trump’s ‘liberation day’ endangers the world’s broken economy – and him
While the president has identified the need to do things differently, his strategy risks a slump, hitting the very Americans…
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President Trump’s Executive Order Focused on Election Integrity Signals a Turning Point for American Democracy
These reforms are not Republican or Democrat in nature—they are commonsense protections that uphold the integrity of our republic. In…
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Trump and the silencing of America’s universities
The implications of Donald Trump’s orders extend to the world - supremacy, misogyny, and virulent nationalism threaten academic freedom, intellectual…
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Onus on Carney to rebuild India-Canada ties
It will be a difficult balancing act to ensure that action taken against extremist elements does not trigger a backlash…
Read MorePoisoning Your Kids: The Hidden Dangers of Passing Prejudice to the Next Generation
Are You Poisoning Your Child’s Mind? Do you have the right to corrupt your child’s innocence with your own biases,…
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Note to Europe: Stay Calm and Don’t Retaliate
Donald Trump’s tariffs rampage will only hurt Americans. It is hard to keep track of all the tariffs that U.S.…
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‘Foreign hand’ is as distracting as ever
“This current storm means that the BJP — and the MEA — has moved on from the controversy over the…
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