BJP takes Hindutva route in TN, Bengal
Saffron party gears up to overpower strong regional forces in 2026 Assembly elections “Undaunted by the not-so-encouraging statistics, Prime Minister…
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Trump-MbS summit – $1 trillion among friends
The exceptional amity heralds new domains of strategic cooperation, with the potential to anchor bilateral, regional and global developments in…
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The Comey and James dismissals are a reminder of Trump’s lawlessness
Monday brought good news for two of Donald Trump’s most hated enemies: the former FBI director James Comey, and the…
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Bihar Elections: India’s Drift Toward One-Party Hegemony
“It is a profound irony that a party’s rise to power through a fair, transparent, and democratic process can ultimately…
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Nehru’s Enduring Idea of India: A Legacy under Siege
The BJP, under the leadership of Narendra Modi, is making an incessant effort to erase the Nehruvian legacy but build…
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Rethinking immigration in the age of exclusion
The future of immigration policy is linked to a willingness to confront the dark past and the brutal realities of…
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Long Road to Justice in ’84 Riots Cases
Sajjan serves a life term, Tytler faces trial — proof of victims’ relentless fight against power Forty-one years after the…
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“Can America Endure Without the Spirit That Built It?”
A troubling reality unfolding across the United States today is the growing disillusionment of a large segment of the people,…
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The CJI’s restraint and the media’s reckoning
This is the real danger. When outrage turns profitable, civility becomes costly. The judiciary, bound by decorum, cannot compete in…
Read MoreNew Jersey 2025: World’s Most Over-Governed and Corrupt State?
Even pre-independence India, with 450 million people and 12.6 million square miles, had around 600 princely states. Modern New Jersey,…
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Saints, Sadhvis, and the State: How Political Hinduism is Rewriting India’s Democracy
The danger is no longer in the future—it’s already here. As rituals replace reason, and holy men replace elected representatives…
Read MoreFrom 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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