India’s WC win

India’s historic win in the 2026 T20 World Cup marks a significant milestone, making them the first and only team to win three T20 WC titles and the first to successfully defend it. For the Men-in-Blue, who rode on the masterclass batting of Sanju Samson through the tournament, it isn’t just another ICC win but an emphatic statement that they reign the world in white-ball cricket. Through this momentous win, India achieved redemption at the stadium in Ahmedabad, effectively erasing the heartbreak of their 2023 ODI World Cup final loss to Australia at the same venue. 

Ranganathan Sivakumar, Chennai

LPG crisis

Reports of cooking gas shortages surfaced in restaurants in Mumbai, where LPG agencies are allegedly delaying cylinder deliveries, anticipating a price hike. Restaurants rushed to secure supplies while households began stocking essential commodities, fearing a cascading rise in costs. Concerns are linked to fuel imports passing through the Strait of Hormuz. India cushions such risks through reserves like the Visakhapatnam Strategic Petroleum Reserve and diversified imports from Russia and the United States. However, in such a scenario, poverty needs to be shared, not be kept confined to a stratum of society.

R.S. Narula, Patiala

Prez’s WB visit

The recent sparring between Narendra Modi and Mamata Banerjee over alleged lapses during President Murmu’s visit shows how swiftly ceremonial matters become political ammunition. Protocol, meant to safeguard institutional dignity, is reduced to a scorecard of grievances when every gesture is interpreted through partisan lenses. The President’s office deserves respect beyond political convenience, but so does people’s intelligence. When leaders argue more about optics than outcomes, citizens are left wondering whether protocol is being defended or merely deployed as another instrument of politics.

K. Chidanand Kumar, Bengaluru 

Waste of time

The opposition parties seem to have a penchant for moving impeachment and no-trust moves in Parliament against the bigwigs. Close on the heels of moving a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, the opposition parties are preparing to move an impeachment motion against the CEC. Knowing full well that they will not succeed in their mission, yet making an attempt is just a symbolic way to register their protest.

H.P. Murali, Bengaluru

Social division

A working paper on residential segregation published by the National Bureau of Economic Research demonstrates how separation along caste and religious lines remains deeply embedded into the fabric of our everyday lives, with residential segregation faced by Muslims and Scheduled Castes (SC). This is not merely income-related but is also the manifestation of a pervasive system of inequality embedded in the smallest unit of public life: the neighbourhood. Residential segregation perpetuates worse access to public services, employment opportunities and labour networks and promotes unfair stereotypes and prejudices inherent within the society.

Yash P. Ralhan, Jalandhar

Sovereignty of India at stake 

When Trump asserted that India had agreed not to import oil from Russia, the Modi government stoutly refuted that there was any such condition imposed. Now, with the report that Trump has permitted India to import oil from Russia, and that too only for 30 days due to the war, India stands exposed on the following counts: a) that the government has lied to the people of the country that Trump has not imposed any such precondition; and b) the sovereignty of India has been unconditionally pawned at the altar of the US.

Tharcius S. Fernando, Chennai