What we have seen here is an unbearably sad and cruel situation of innocent people being killed in large numbers on daily basis in very tragic ways day after day for a long time and nothing effective ...

At the core of the discontent is the government’s admission, during an all-party meeting on April 24, that the Baisaran meadow—where the Pahalgam attack occurred—had been opened to tourists without ...

In Arabian Nights, they hear how Khalifa Harun al-Rashid travelled in disguise to know the condition of ordinary people. Mahatma Gandhi also travelled in this way. Saints and monks have followed this ...

Nowhere is this more evident than in India’s expanding metadata surveillance regime, which operates largely in legal opacity and bureaucratic silence. While traditional surveillance has always been a ...

Judiciary in India faces unprecedented challenges. Its functioning is under constant scrutiny. The government is set to launch an impeachment proceeding against Justice Verma in whose outhouse burning ...

The Adverse Impact of the New Education Policy (NEP2020) on Bihar’s Education System” and the need to explore an alternative State Education Policy (SEP). This event, Bihar Policy Dialogue, was held ...

Another call I made was to my Iranian class mate during medical college days; fear and pain in his mind were quite apparent because of uncertainties in the time to come. His wife had been quite sick ...

This episode is emblematic of a broader shift in Indian diplomacy under the current regime — one that prioritizes spectacle over substance, unilateralism over consensus, and external validation over ...

This phenomenon, termed here as the "Ram"ification of identity, invites us to reflect on how vehicles are not just modes of transportation but mobile manifestos. Yet, these bold displays also carry ...

Trump is a big dreamer, eyeing Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal, no less. Why grudge him a $400m luxury jet, a “palace in the sky”, from the Qatari government, when his trumpeters are seeking to ...

It is the Taliban’s second stint, they last ruled Afghanistan from 1996-2001. Though initially they were supported by the CIA and ISI against the Soviets, later the US toppled the Taliban’s government ...

Miguel Uribe, dubbed by one of his friends in India as “senseless and inexcusable”, has shocked the South American country and triggered an outpouring of grief within and abroad. It is doubly tragic ...