Indian politics has for too long survived on one self-serving myth: that those who appease minorities are secular, while those who refuse to bow to votes are communal. But suddenly, the mask has slipped, not because the BJP exposed it, but because the Chief Minister of Telangana, A. Revanth Reddy, himself confessed the truth in…
The BJP loves to introduce itself as the Party with a Difference. A political reformer. A moral torchbearer. The lone crusader slaying the dragons of corruption and criminalization in Indian politics. And then reality arrives — in Bihar. As revealed on Republic TV — yes, from Arnab Goswami himself, the alleged unofficial PR manager of…
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s latest political gamble — to grant 42% reservation to Backward Classes — has run straight into the judicial wall. His attempt to crown himself as India’s new “BC leader” by breaching the Supreme Court’s 50% cap is not just constitutionally reckless; it’s politically desperate. Neither Revanth nor his party…
There’s a WhatsApp message doing the rounds lately — about how Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi’s brothers and sisters continue to live humble, ordinary lives. Usually, such forwards are quickly dismissed as political propaganda. But in this case, the truth is both verifiable and profoundly moving. At a time when political dynasties in India have…
When the country’s oldest and most respected business house finds itself in the middle of a power struggle, it ceases to be a corporate issue — it becomes a national one. The Tata Group, a 156-year-old conglomerate synonymous with India’s industrial rise and ethical capitalism, is not just a private enterprise. It is a national…
In the ruthless chessboard of global geopolitics, power is not measured by the decibel level of speeches or the roar of missiles—it is measured by the silence before a strike. India’s recent covert operation against Turkey’s clandestine military structures has reaffirmed this truth. It has also demolished a long-standing myth: that India’s Research and Analysis…
Another September, another United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session. Once again, the world’s leaders descended on New York to solve global problems—by talking about them endlessly. If nothing else, this annual jamboree is proof that while technology has advanced, politics remains stuck in a perpetual Groundhog Day. This year, though, the farce had extra seasoning….
So, Donald Trump did the unthinkable. He hiked the H1-B visa fee to a jaw-dropping $100,000 a year. Indians screamed, IT firms panicked, and WhatsApp groups of US-obsessed engineers went into collective mourning. “What about our dream?” they cried. Ah, the great American Dream—otherwise known as the great Indian Obsession. To them I say: stop…
Southern politics is never short of drama, but the recent churn in Karnataka and Telangana suggests something bigger is at play. For the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has already redrawn the political map of India from the Hindi heartland to the far-flung Northeast, the South remains unfinished business. The saffron party has pockets of…
In geopolitics, actions often betray words. The past week saw US President Donald Trump execute a sharp climbdown after a spell of reckless remarks against India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Suddenly, Modi is once again a “good friend” and India a “strategic partner.” Yet this new warmth from Washington has less to do with…
