Year: 2026

There is something curious about the way we remember the 1980s. We are surrounded by […]

India has entered the second half of FY2026–27 with an unusual combination of strong economic […]

I was beginning to lose hope that India’s ambition to develop its first green-field city […]

From sexualised AI propaganda to the rehabilitation of convicted rapists, “Nari Shakti” becomes an ornate […]

The Main Reasons for the Creation of the Original BRIC(S) One of the main reasons […]

Brent crude, which touched nearly $108 a barrel on September 14, 2026—its highest level since […]

There are moments when goodness asks for nothing in return. A man sees a stranger […]

When machines start building the next generation of machines, the question shifts from what artificial […]

Engineering is where a nation’s dreams acquire weight, shape and permanence. Every bridge that connects […]

QR Code that Crossed the Border.  A traveller in a foreign country opens his phone, […]

There was a time when BRICS was discussed largely as an idea, a grouping of […]

The Photograph that Should Make Us Think There are photographs that record an event, and […]

The Impossible Choice On 12 September 1897, twenty-one soldiers stood inside a small frontier post […]

When Generals who once led soldiers into battle are made to fight the State for […]

The 18th BRICS Summit, to be held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on 12–13 […]

While the current debate was recently triggered by the Government’s release of India’s Quarter 1 […]

Map is Changing Again For most of the post-Cold War era, we persuaded ourselves that […]

There are singers who entertain us, singers who move us, and singers whose voices become […]

India claims to be a rising technological power. It builds rockets, runs the world’s largest […]

Rethinking the compact between politics, administration and the citizen When an honest and effective civil […]

India remains among the fastest-growing major economies, supported by domestic consumption and continued public investment. […]

Language, Migration and the Price of Economic Fragmentation When Language becomes a Barrier There is […]

There are moments when the numbers themselves become unbearable. Hundreds dead. Thousands missing. Entire settlements […]

Some writers belong to their age. A few manage to escape it. Amrita Pritam belongs […]

Introduction A Century in Stirrups: Three Generations of Indian Cavalrymen is a historical non-fiction book […]

Prelude: Operation Sindoor, A Strategic Inflection Point Operation Sindoor in May 2025 demonstrated India’s military […]

Pakistan’s Economic Fragility and Military Resurgence The Planes Are Landing There is something unsettling about […]

The rapid growth of Gurugram highlights a sharp divergence in India’s urbanisation: soaring real estate […]

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s approval to transfer all DRDO-developed conventional missile technologies to private industry […]

“Made in India” has become an important marker of India’s growing defence-industrial capability. The transformation […]

Lt Gen PJS Pannu’s recently published book, ‘Taramandal Sangram: Space Constellations at War’ set me […]

Bitumen, Geopolitics and Green Infrastructure  When Oil Becomes a Geopolitical Weapon Every Middle East crisis […]

Introduction The history of warfare is often told through increasingly sophisticated weapons: the machine gun, […]

Taramandal Sangram, authored by Lt Gen P. J. S. Pannu, was released at a distinguished […]

PM Modi’s 15 August 2026 Independence Day address offers an expansive and confident account of […]

A humble tribute to Usain Bolt at Forty There are athletes who win races. There […]

Three internal taxes that could derail India’s growth trajectory There are moments in the life […]

From Pothole Detection to Digital Road Governance When Pothole Became an Evidence A Bengaluru engineer […]

How a young Peshwa transformed mobility, manoeuvre and audacity into an art of war The General […]

The Silence after Atal Eight years after Atal Bihari Vajpayee left us, there is something […]

Introduction  Every major war reshapes how future wars are fought and expose weaknesses that peacetime […]

The Human Cost of War Beyond the Battlefield A warship can carry thousands of men […]

From Individual Integrity to Institutional Excellence When One Officer Becomes a Phenomenon By now, Tukaram […]

My mother was born in 1944. She was three years old when India became free. […]

For most of India’s independent history, the idea of a national border conjured a fixed […]

Across cultures and institutions, management practice may differ, but one principle commands wide agreement: praise […]

He Changed the Battlefield, Not the Soldier Within I have known Colonel Subhash Deswal long […]

The Future Is Already Here Every generation has been told the same thing: the youth […]

There are moments in a nation’s history when age becomes irrelevant, and courage becomes immortal. […]

Where Going Home Has Become an Expedition Gurugram has finally achieved what it has been […]

Some heroes arrive with fanfare. They dominate headlines, command television screens, and bask in the […]

Eighty-five Years After Tagore, Are We Still Listening? Some poets write verses. A few write […]

If We Cannot Die for Our Country,  Let Us at Least Learn to Live for […]

Whenever I look back on my life, I find that memory plays a curious game […]

The forthcoming meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on August 3-5, 2026, will be held against […]

How Pakistan-Based Terror Networks Rebuilt, Relocated and Resurfaced After Operation Sindoor Every terrorist incident in […]

Every generation reinvents the art of protest. Our parents marched with empty stomachs and full […]

The New Religion Politics has always shaped nations. It has inspired revolutions, toppled empires, built […]

The global economy is undergoing its most significant transformation since the end of the Cold […]

The Ribbon and the Ruins Barely sixteen days after its inauguration, a newly constructed bridge […]

Thirty Days Among the Natives The adventure began, as most modern adventures do, not in […]

Lionel Messi’s seemingly relaxed style on the pitch conceals a razor-sharp strategic mind. During the […]

Peaceful protest is a legitimate feature of every functioning democracy. It becomes a strategic and […]

Protest and the Mirror The scenes at Jantar Mantar are both familiar and understandable. Thousands […]

“Price is what you pay; value is what you get”. Warren Buffett  Financial markets have […]

India’s foreign policy establishment has a comforting habit. Whenever a hard question is asked, the […]

The Mountain Beyond Mountains There are mountains that challenge the body. There are mountains that […]

The Seduction of Certainty Every age has its temptations. Ours is the temptation to be […]

Why Great Nations Are Built by Alignment, Not Size Beyond the Arithmetic of Power Nations […]

A short viral clip of a dog theatrically carrying a newspaper from one family member […]

Why it Remains the Ultimate National Security Asset The New Obsession The vocabulary of national […]

Loving what you do is a necessary spark, but it is only the opening scene. […]

Why the World Still Needs the Dalai Lama at Ninety-One The Smile That Survived History […]

The Monk Who Awakened a Nation On the anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Mahasamadhi, India does […]

Why Tiny Nations Reach the FIFA World Cup While India Watches Elephant Missing from the Stadium […]

Artificial intelligence is often presented as a triumph of innovation, a tool destined to make […]

The Invisible Character That Builds Great Nations World’s Favourite Conversation Every democracy has its favourite […]

Let us examine the monthly contours of the Indian economy in the third article of […]

Awards cannot save nations from ecological ruin; true strength lies not in false brilliance, but […]

Walk into any college classroom and you will find bright young minds preparing for examinations […]

Who Decides When Killing Becomes Moral? Can Wars Be Just Wars do not begin with […]

Every FIFA World Cup produces its fairy tale. This year, it belongs to Cabo Verde. […]

History has a curious habit. It rarely settles its accounts within a generation.  Nations, like […]

The Evolution of Indian Way of War As Indian satellites watch over distant oceans, cyber […]

The global economy is being reshaped by geopolitical tensions, technological disruption, shifting trade patterns, climate […]

A recent LinkedIn discussion, initiated by Professor Francesco Moscone of Brunel University London, sparked my […]

The global economy entered the second half of 2026 confronting a convergence of forces that […]

Political independence was achieved in 1947. Mental independence remains a work in progress. The recent […]

The Peace After the Storm The proposed peace agreement between the United States and Iran, […]

Napoleon blamed the Russian winter. Hitler blamed the Russian winter. In reality, both were defeated […]

Present on the occasion, apart from the distinguished speakers, were the GOC-in-C Central Command, Gen […]

The Age of Connection, the Era of Division The twenty-first century has witnessed extraordinary achievements. […]

Connectivity is the New Currency of Power For much of modern history, power was measured […]

The Promise and the Betrayal For generations, India has offered its youth a simple bargain: […]

The RBI finds itself on a sticky wicket ahead of its upcoming monetary policy meeting, […]

Politico-Military Fusion for the Era of Multidomain Warfare “A wise man should restrain his senses […]

History rewards nations that arrive before others recognise the frontier As nations race to explore […]

Introduction Technologies such as drones, hypersonic ammunition and cyber warfare have been at the forefront […]

“The preservation of the republic is no less than governing- what a thankless task it […]

Shakti: Tales of Power and Promise by Ritu Sharma. Published by Kitabwale. 2026. Hardcover. Pages […]

The Nalanda Approach must become part of India’s larger diplomatic and cultural imagination India’s rise […]

Vinesh Phogat and the Cruel Irony When Vinesh Phogat stepped onto the mat at the […]

The Country The World Still Misunderstands Recently, the leading Norwegian newspaper chose to depict the […]

The government’s notice to the Delhi Gymkhana Club — that it faces closure and repossession […]

India’s domestic tourism has been largely growing on its own steam. It is the growing […]

The recent debate around Delhi Gymkhana Club, Jaipur Polo Ground and The Race Club has […]

Fences, floodlights, bunkers, and patrol routes have long shaped the image of border security in […]

Three years of cuts during Ukraine, seventy-six days of absorption during Hormuz, and the contrast […]