The Supreme Court’s interim order on the Waqf Act deserves acknowledgment, not blind celebration. In their considered wisdom, Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih stopped short of staying the entire Act, choosing instead to put on hold certain controversial provisions. This cautious middle path, while seemingly balanced, raises larger questions about the…
For more than a year, Manipur has stood wounded—its society scarred by the ethnic clashes between hill tribes and plains people, its politics in shambles after the resignation of a duly elected BJP government, and its image badly bruised. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally set foot in Imphal this week, it was not just…
For weeks, India–US relations seemed caught in a tailspin, thanks to President Donald Trump’s trademark outbursts. First came the reckless tariff war, then the 50 per cent duty slapped on Indian goods, and finally the unpresidential flourish—his staff’s “unacceptable language” hurled at New Delhi. Many feared the bonkers theatrics from Washington would derail years of…
India, the world’s largest democracy, cannot and will not be bullied — not by billionaire speculators, not by compromised dynasts at home, and certainly not by wavering “allies” abroad. The Modi government’s crackdown on George Soros’s shadowy network is more than a regulatory measure. It is a historic reminder: India threw out the East India…
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken a long-overdue yet necessary step: a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across the country. Predictably, opposition parties have rushed to brand the exercise as “vote chori.” But the Supreme Court itself has refused to quash petitions challenging the process, and in doing so has reinforced…
The Himalayan nation of Nepal, long seen as a buffer state between India and China, has just witnessed a chilling reminder of what the so-called “deep state” of the United States and its global accomplices are capable of. Within just 36 hours, a democratically elected government was shaken to its core, as anarchic mobs—engineered, financed,…
On September 8, 2025, Kathmandu bled. What began as a peaceful Gen-Z protest against the government’s shutdown of 24 social media and messaging platforms—Facebook, YouTube, X, WhatsApp, Instagram, LinkedIn, and others—ended in gunfire. Police opened fire on unarmed demonstrators. Casualty figures remain contested: state TV admits one death and fifty injuries, local media reports fourteen…
In a democracy, Parliament frames laws, the executive implements them, and the judiciary ensures they are applied within the bounds of the Constitution. But increasingly, sections of India’s judiciary appear to blur these boundaries. Instead of confining themselves to upholding the law, some courts seem eager to entertain every Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that challenges…
Donald Trump stormed back into the White House with the promise of restoring America’s pride and power. His second innings was expected to be more seasoned, less erratic, and better grounded in the realities of global geopolitics. Instead, what we are witnessing is the opposite—an American President who seems intent on undoing his own credibility,…
There is a difference between fiery political rhetoric and outright indecency. Sadly, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seems incapable of recognising it. By repeatedly calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party “chor” (thief), she has crossed not just the line of political propriety but also trampled over the dignity of the constitutional office…
