Where India Meets the East There are places on a map that are important because […]
Month: September 2026
Saudi Arabia Fires a Chinese Missile: A Signal for Iran
Introduction On 17 September the Wall Street Journal reported that Saudi Arabia had fired a […]
America’s 100% tariff threat: India’s strategic options and choices
US President Donald Trump has signed the ‘Lindsey O Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act […]
The Moral Pivot Back to the ‘80s
There is something curious about the way we remember the 1980s. We are surrounded by […]
Sunita Williams: Woman Who Lived the Orbital
There is something strangely beautiful about the coincidence. In November 2023, Samantha Harvey published Orbital, […]
India’s Energy Squeeze: Tariffs, Tankers and a Test of Nerve
Two blows to India’s energy security landed in the same week, and neither was of […]
India’s Inflation Crossroads: What the Signals Mean for RBI Policy
India has entered the second half of FY2026–27 with an unusual combination of strong economic […]
PM Narendra Modi and the Power of Thinking Big
I was beginning to lose hope that India’s ambition to develop its first green-field city […]
The Goddess Trap: How Indian Politics Worships Women—and Punishes Their Freedom
From sexualised AI propaganda to the rehabilitation of convicted rapists, “Nari Shakti” becomes an ornate […]
Bangladesh: The Eastern Front Is Moving
The Empty Chair Sometimes, absence speaks more clearly than presence. When the 18th BRICS Summit […]
The XVIIIth BRICS Summit in India: Founders’ Vision and Objectives Sidelined
The Main Reasons for the Creation of the Original BRIC(S) One of the main reasons […]
Mecca Joint Defense Agreement : Capability, Capacity and Constraints
Introduction The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement was signed between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan on […]
Double Whammy of Mounting Oil Prices and an Inflationary Spiral: Manifestly Unedifying
Brent crude, which touched nearly $108 a barrel on September 14, 2026—its highest level since […]
The Moral Pivot Be Good, Do Good
There are moments when goodness asks for nothing in return. A man sees a stranger […]
AI at the Edge of Control
When machines start building the next generation of machines, the question shifts from what artificial […]
The Engineer We Need
Engineering is where a nation’s dreams acquire weight, shape and permanence. Every bridge that connects […]
UPI: India’s New Economic Passport
QR Code that Crossed the Border. A traveller in a foreign country opens his phone, […]
Escaping the Digital Chakravyuha
Easy to enter, hard to flee—the risks of today’s screen-based childhood and the erosion of […]
Understanding Xi Jingping’s New Era China
Introduction Xi Jinping, declared his rule to be a ‘New Era’ in The Party’s Third […]
Travelling with Ganesha: Three Places, One Tradition
Follow Ganesha across Khajuraho, Bhopal and Hampi, where art, storytelling and ancient landscapes transform travel […]
BRICS at 20: From Rhetoric to Economic Resilience
There was a time when BRICS was discussed largely as an idea, a grouping of […]
When The World Comes To Delhi
The Photograph that Should Make Us Think There are photographs that record an event, and […]
Saragarhi: The Greatest Last Stand
The Impossible Choice On 12 September 1897, twenty-one soldiers stood inside a small frontier post […]
The Last Stand
When Generals who once led soldiers into battle are made to fight the State for […]
BRICS in New Delhi: Can India Turn Ambition into Deliverables?
The 18th BRICS Summit, to be held at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on 12–13 […]
The Recent Indian Economic Growth Controversy: Trust Deficit, Data and Methodological Challenges
While the current debate was recently triggered by the Government’s release of India’s Quarter 1 […]
Beyond Iran: Is America Redesigning the Islamic Arc?
The War We See—and the War We Do Not Wars are often fought on battlefields […]
Moon is Mine: When Geography Becomes Power
Map is Changing Again For most of the post-Cold War era, we persuaded ourselves that […]
Bhupen Hazarika: The Voice that Came From a River
There are singers who entertain us, singers who move us, and singers whose voices become […]
Why India Does Not Have Technology Sovereignty, and What Must Change
India claims to be a rising technological power. It builds rockets, runs the world’s largest […]
When Good Officers Walk Away
Rethinking the compact between politics, administration and the citizen When an honest and effective civil […]
Larak Island: The Pendulum of Escalation and Negotiations Continue
Introduction US struck two rocket launchers on Iran’s Larak Island on 30 August, apparently, after observing […]
Indian Economy, Resilience, Risks and the Road Ahead: September Update
India remains among the fastest-growing major economies, supported by domestic consumption and continued public investment. […]
The Invisible Borders Within
Language, Migration and the Price of Economic Fragmentation When Language becomes a Barrier There is […]
