The sweeping electoral victory of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party has fundamentally altered Bangladesh’s political landscape. At the center of this shift stands Tarique Rahman, who returned from nearly two decades of exile just before the passing of his mother, former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. Crucially, the caretaker administration led by Muhammad Yunus withdrew the legal…
There was a time when entering Parliament required stature. Today, it sometimes appears all one needs is a slogan, a placard, and a reliable pair of vocal cords. The latest spectacle in the Lok Sabha would have been comic had it not been consequential. The Opposition has once again stalled proceedings while attempting to initiate…
The Supreme Court of India has once again put the spotlight on the principle of reservation — not by striking it down or expanding it, but by asking a fundamental question: should the benefits of caste-based reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) continue to flow unabated through generations of the same families,…
By any measure, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s nearly hour-long press briefing on the findings of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has pushed the Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi into the eye of a political and national-security storm. The Chief Minister did not merely trade in insinuations; he chose to publicly outline what he described…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Malaysia was not just another stop on a busy diplomatic calendar. It was a statement—quietly firm, strategically layered, and unmistakably confident—that India under Modi is no longer content reacting to global events but is actively shaping outcomes. In an increasingly fragmented world, Modi’s foreign policy is emerging…
In a quiet but profoundly consequential move, the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has upheld the Parliamentary Pensions (Repeal) Bill, clearing the way for the abolition of lifetime pensions for lawmakers. Passed by Parliament with a simple majority, the decision has been hailed as historic—not merely for Sri Lanka, but for democracies grappling with the…
The India–US trade deal has finally happened. And no, this is not the moment to play childish games of who blinked first or who had the last laugh. Diplomacy is not a street fight; it is a chessboard. Those who mistake it for arm-twisting eventually discover that patience, not pressure, decides the endgame. The India–US…
For decades, one of the most corrosive myths circulating within India’s own strategic and defence “thinktank” ecosystem has been this: India cannot design, develop, and deliver complex military platforms on its own. That belief—often whispered in seminars, shouted in television studios, and sanctified by retired uniforms with colonial hangovers—was repeatedly aimed at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited…
Washington’s latest chest-thumping over India’s energy policy says more about American political theatre than any seismic shift in New Delhi’s strategic calculus. US President Donald Trump is now claiming that India had agreed to immediately halt purchases of Russian oil and instead divert energy imports—reportedly worth $500 billion—towards the United States or Venezuela. He coupled…
In recent years, surveys, social media debates, and academic research have pointed to a striking shift in how young Indian women perceive marriage. Once regarded as a near-universal milestone of adulthood, marriage is now increasingly treated as one option among many—sometimes postponed, sometimes reshaped, and in some cases consciously rejected. This shift has sparked both…
