When former US President Donald Trump reportedly picked up the phone to call Prime Minister Narendra Modi late on Tuesday night (as per IST) to seal a trade understanding that trims tariffs to an 18 percent threshold, it was more than a transactional moment. It signalled a revival—real or symbolic—of a political chemistry that once…
Pakistan’s decision to refuse to play India in the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup has little to do with cricket and everything to do with politics. It is a calculated move designed to manufacture leverage, provoke reaction, and inject sentiment into what is meant to remain a rules-governed global tournament. The louder calls within India…
For years, Canada perched itself on a moral high horse, lecturing India about democracy, free speech, and the “right to dissent.” Ottawa wrapped its political indulgence of Khalistani separatist elements in the comforting language of civil liberties, even as New Delhi repeatedly warned that this was not peaceful activism, but the romanticization—and at times rehabilitation—of…
If international cricket still pretends to uphold a “spirit of the game,” then the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) seems determined to demonstrate just how easily that spirit can be bent, bargained with, and ultimately discarded when it becomes inconvenient. The controversy that erupted on the eve of the ICC T20 World Cup, scheduled to begin…
So, here’s the latest chapter in Indian political theatre — an air crash tragically claims the life of Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, and within hours the usual suspects in the discredited Opposition started performing their predictable somersaults. Now, let’s be clear: this was a plane crash, not an episode of X-Files. The DGCA…
In moments of national tragedy, politics is expected to pause. Facts must be allowed to surface, institutions must be allowed to work, and grief must be allowed its dignity. Yet, in the aftermath of the tragic aircraft crash that claimed the life of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, the familiar reflexes of India’s Opposition…
The Opposition’s furious reaction to the Modi government honoring R.V.S. Mani, a former senior officer in the Ministry of Home Affairs (with G.M. Pillai then serving as Home Secretary and P. Chidambaram as Home Minister), with a Padma award reveals less about the man himself and more about the fragility of a political narrative that…
As India heads into a decisive round of Assembly elections across four politically distinct states—besides the Union Territory of Puducherry—the larger question goes beyond who will win and who will lose. The real story may be whether the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is once again reshaping the contours of Indian politics, not merely by capturing…
When NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams stepped away from active service in December 2025, she didn’t just close a 27-year chapter of personal excellence. She symbolically reminded the world of something deeper and often overlooked: the extraordinary, symbiotic relationship between Indian talent and American ambition—on Earth and far beyond it. Williams, the proud daughter of…
The recurring spectacle of state Governors refusing to read out government-prepared speeches has become one of India’s most visible constitutional flashpoints. From Tamil Nadu to Karnataka, Raj Bhavans are no longer just ceremonial residences — they are turning into political stages. The latest controversy in Karnataka, where the Governor reportedly walked out over references to…
