There was something almost comical about a recent viral video from Ladakh in which a middle-aged woman, reportedly 40, was seen allegedly misbehaving with personnel of the Indian armed forces guarding the nation’s borders—and apparently presenting herself as Gen Z. If this is where the “Gen Z” label has reached, perhaps the Election Commission should…
The United States Ambassador to Bharat, Sergio Gor, calling Jammu and Kashmir an “important part of Bharat” during his first visit to the Union Territory is certainly welcome. But should Bharat chest-thump over an American diplomat acknowledging what is an established constitutional and national position? Certainly not. Gor’s statement is diplomatically significant, particularly because Washington…
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren may have hoped that cancelling the disputed JSSC-CGL examination and other recruitment tests would bring the student agitation to an end. Instead, the decision exposes a much deeper malaise: a recruitment system in which allegations of irregularities, questionable examinations and administrative failures have steadily eroded the trust of the very…
Former Union Home Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram’s response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reference to “dimagi naxals” is being projected as a political retort. But it could well become something more significant—a revealing window into the mindset of a political generation that presided over the long and bloody battle against Left-Wing Extremism….
I have listened to several Independence Day speeches from the ramparts of the Red Fort over the years. Some were ceremonial, some political, some predictable, and a few genuinely memorable. But, having heard Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address this year, I came away with a distinct feeling: this was not merely a speech to mark…
The reported refusal by students of Hyderabad’s NALSAR University of Law to have the Chief Justice of India as chief guest at their convocation is more than a campus controversy. It forces a disturbing question: has freedom of speech and expression, guaranteed by the Constitution, begun crossing the line from legitimate dissent into institutional defiance?…
As Bharat prepares to celebrate its 80th Independence Day, there is little reason for citizens to celebrate the performance of one of the institutions that embodies our democracy. The Monsoon Session of Parliament has ended, and what should have been a forum for debate, scrutiny and legislation was too often reduced to shouting, sloganeering, protests…
The decision to refer the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, to a 31-member Joint Parliamentary Committee is being projected by sections of the Opposition as a retreat by the Narendra Modi government. That interpretation is politically convenient—but factually hollow. It is not a defeat for the government. It is a demonstration of how a…
Pakistan may not be breaking up tomorrow—but the warning lights are flashing across the country. From Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Islamabad is confronting an uncomfortable reality: the Pakistani state is having increasing difficulty converting military power into political stability. The latest symbolism comes from Balochistan. On August 11, separatist figures…
The reported Iranian plot to assassinate US President Donald Trump is not merely another episode in the increasingly dangerous confrontation between Washington and Tehran. It is a chilling reminder of how far state-sponsored hostility can go—and why threats against elected national leaders must never be normalised, justified or politically romanticised. According to reports based on…
