If democracy is measured not just by ballots cast but by the belief that those ballots truly matter, then the recent surge in voter turnout in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu deserves far more than a passing mention. It demands a hard look at what changed—and why. Credit, where it is due, must go to…
If there is one constant in India’s political theatre, it is this: corruption scandals erupt with thunder, dominate headlines with moral outrage, and then quietly dissolve into procedural fog. The Kaleshwaram project—once showcased as an engineering triumph and later exposed as a multi-crore controversy—now risks becoming another case study in how India’s political class and…
The latest hearings before the Constitution bench on the Sabarimala Temple entry case have once again exposed a fault line India has long refused to confront honestly: can a modern republic afford multiple, competing religious codes operating under the same Constitution? What began as a legal debate over women’s entry into the Sabarimala Temple has…
The collapse of the much-hyped second round of talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad is not just another diplomatic setback—it is a stark reminder that Pakistan was never the right broker to begin with. When a nation struggling to hold its own economy together attempts to mediate one of the world’s most…
The defeat of the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha on Friday was not merely a legislative setback—it was a revealing moment of political priorities, contradictions, and calculated posturing. When a Constitution Amendment Bill aimed at ensuring greater representation for nearly half of India’s population fails to secure the mandated two-thirds majority, it exposes…
When Narendra Modi rose to address the special session of Parliament, he did more than outline a legislative agenda—he threw down a political gauntlet. The message was unmistakable: history is knocking, and those who choose obstruction over opportunity will have to answer not just to Parliament, but to the people—especially India’s women. At the heart…
What has exploded out of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Nashik unit is not merely a corporate scandal—it is a damning indictment of institutional apathy, systemic collapse, and a pattern of abuse that was conveniently dismissed for years as “propaganda” or “conspiracy.” Not anymore. The disturbing allegations—ranging from sexual harassment and rape to coercion and…
At a time when global leadership often appears hesitant, transactional, or paralysed by diplomatic niceties, Donald Trump seems to have embraced a far more assertive doctrine—one that many may instinctively criticise, yet one that, on closer scrutiny, carries the weight of strategic necessity. His recent posture on the Strait of Hormuz is not mere rhetoric…
There are voices we admire, and then there are voices that quietly become the soundtrack of our lives. Asha Bhosle belongs to the latter—effortlessly, timelessly, almost invisibly. You don’t merely listen to her; you grow up with her, fall in love with her songs, and somewhere along the way, realise she has been there in…
While the world’s cameras remain obsessively fixated on a negotiating table at the Serena Hotel, the real deal-making—sharp, silent, and devastatingly effective—is unfolding thousands of miles away at the Great Hall of the People. And at the centre of it stands Xi Jinping, scripting what increasingly looks like a geopolitical masterclass, even as Donald Trump…
