Khudiram Bose: The Boy Who Walked Smiling to the Gallows
There are moments in a nation's history when age becomes irrelevant, and courage becomes immortal. On the morning of 11 August 1908, outside the walls of Muzaffarpur Jail, the British Empire prepared ...
Gurugram: The New Venice
Where Going Home Has Become an Expedition Gurugram has finally achieved what it has been aspiring to for decades: it has become a truly world-class city. Glass towers, global corporations, luxury apartments, ...
Mirabai Chanu: The Weight She Lifted Was Never Just Iron
Some heroes arrive with fanfare. They dominate headlines, command television screens, and bask in the glow of celebrity. Others walk quietly among us, speaking little, demanding nothing, and allowing their work to ...
Where the Mind Is Without Fear
Eighty-five Years After Tagore, Are We Still Listening? Some poets write verses. A few write history. Once in a century, one writes the conscience of a civilization. Every Indian has heard the ...
The True Measure of Patriotism
If We Cannot Die for Our Country, Let Us at Least Learn to Live for It Three Indias, One Tricolour There are moments in a nation's life when history writes three stories ...
The Academy That Never Lets You Graduate
Whenever I look back on my life, I find that memory plays a curious game with me. It quietly erases the things that once appeared monumental. I struggle to remember the dates ...
RBI’s August 2026 Policy- Holding the Rate Steady
The forthcoming meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on August 3-5, 2026, will be held against the backdrop of a resilient domestic economy but a vulnerable external sector. Hence, this Policy has evoked wide ...
Kashmir 2026: The Quiet Reconstruction Behind the Attacks
How Pakistan-Based Terror Networks Rebuilt, Relocated and Resurfaced After Operation Sindoor Every terrorist incident in Jammu and Kashmir this year has, understandably, been read as a story about what happened on Indian ...
Pizzas, Pakoras and Protests
Every generation reinvents the art of protest. Our parents marched with empty stomachs and full conviction. Our generation marched with slogans. Present generation, it appears, marches with a food coupon. Once upon ...
When Politics Replaces Society: How Identity, Algorithms and Tribalism are Shrinking the Human Mind
The New Religion Politics has always shaped nations. It has inspired revolutions, toppled empires, built constitutions and transformed societies. In a healthy democracy, politics is a means to achieve collective welfare. It ...
Navigating the New Geoeconomic Landscape: India’s Roadmap to Economic Resilience
The global economy is undergoing its most significant transformation since the end of the Cold War. The era when globalization, trade liberalization and market efficiency largely shaped economic outcomes is giving way ...
Infrastructure for Inauguration: When Premature Failure Becomes the Costliest Tax
The Ribbon and the Ruins Barely sixteen days after its inauguration, a newly constructed bridge in Dehradun reportedly suffered a massive structural failure making it out of use for months till the ...
