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Defections will impact not only the Opp but the BJP too

02-07-2026

Crucial questions about the future of Indian democracy have been raised by successive defections over just the past few months, crippling parliamentary and state legislative wings of at least three political parties—the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the Trinamul Congress (TMC) and, most recently, the Uddhav Thackeray Shiv Sena.

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China’s expanding footprints in the Indian subcontinent

02-07-2026

Forty years after the Sumdorong Chu incident, news that a tiny tribe in north-central Arunachal Pradesh has complained that China’s People’s Liberation Army has transgressed into their traditional pasture lands and built structures there carries with it a sense of déjà vu.

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Ram mandir theft a major setback to RSS’s philosophy

01-07-2026

Three fundamental questions need to be asked outright about the controversy surrounding the theft of the donation at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. First, why was the Ram Janmabhoomi Kshetra Trust not disbanded by the central government immediately after the theft came to light? Second, why was an FIR not lodged when the matter came to the UP police’s knowledge? Third, why did the RSS not remove Champat Rai, Anil Mishra, and Gopal Rao
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Redev projects in Mumbai need to tick several boxes

01-07-2026

Redevelopment of residential buildings has caught on recently in Mumbai. Several projects have been taken up where either individual societies or the local authorities have been going in for such redevelopment ostensibly to improve urban living. But there are some issues which, ideally, should be addressed and taken care of to ensure that this process is orderly and not haphazard, which is a risk associated with such schemes.

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The politics of Emergency

01-07-2026

There can be no argument, either academic or political, for keeping certain aspects of India’s contemporary history and politics out of textbooks, especially at the high school level. Yet, there cannot but be disconcertment about the manner in which the powers that be in India today project the Emergency that was declared in June 1975 and was lifted 21 months later, in March 1977. For public consumption
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Bhagyaraj: King of screenplay

01-07-2026

Much like Bollywood’s triumvirate of Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar, and Raj Kapoor, Tamil cinema had Krishnaswamy Bhagyaraj, K. Balachander, and Mahendran to rub shoulders with one another. Bhagyaraj, who passed away on June 27 in Chennai after a cardiac arrest, was often described as the king of screenplay, although he directed and acted with equally consummate ease. Charming with handsome good looks and an infectious smile
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Women, a vital link missing from India’s AI revolution

30-06-2026

A woman in a village in Bundelkhand opens an artificial intelligence chatbot on her smartphone. She wants to know whether the dizziness she has been experiencing during pregnancy is serious.

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Why India must broaden its Southeast Asia engagement

30-06-2026

The core drivers of ASEAN-India relations are dominated by hard defence procurement, counter-terrorism, and maritime security. High-profile developments—like India selling BrahMos cruise missiles to the Philippines
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Shadow on the altar: A tragedy born of silence, status, betrayal

29-06-2026

The shocking and calculated murder of 26-year-old Ketan Agarwal at Lohagad Fort near Pune is not merely a sensational crime headline; it is a profound, heart-wrenching tragedy that strips bare the deep, systemic rot festering beneath the surface of modern Indian matchmaking.

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Rapidly depleting aquifers leave India in choppy waters

29-06-2026

Now that the government has finally accepted that India is facing the El Nino factor, with a 60 per cent deficiency in the crucial southwest monsoon, the question uppermost in the mind of the average Indian is how it will impact his water needs.

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Securitising water will not solve Pak’s inherent problems

27-06-2026

The narrative of Pakistan’s diplomatic coup in brokering the US-Iran deal has been undermined by increasing civil unrest within its borders, further aggravated by the sentencing of human rights activist Dr Mahrang Baloch to life imprisonment earlier this week. Pakistan has accordingly pivoted to crying foul on the Indus Waters Treaty, securitising water as it does all its problems.

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The unbearable anxiety of being just an ordinary human

27-06-2026

Once people aspired to raise decent families, do honest work, educate their children, and, perhaps, leave behind a little more than they inherited. Few felt compelled to become remarkable. The extraordinary existed, but it stood out precisely because society considered ordinary lives honourable.