Opinion

Paying the rent of respect during Pitr-paksh

Paying the rent of respect during Pitr-paksh

Human birth is a great blessing. We are indebted to our parents for giving us our physical bodies. Pitri-rinn and…

September 28, 2026

When Trump and Xi Bargain, India Must Bring Its Own Leverage

The importance of the summit held by Donald Trump and Xi Jinping on 24 September in Washington is not restricted…

September 28, 2026

The Ganga Treaty: Time To Think Beyond Water

For three decades, the Ganga Water Sharing Treaty has provided an important framework for managing one of the most politically…

September 25, 2026

Greenland: A geography of power and possibility

Few places reveal the strange relationship between geography and power as vividly as Greenland. For decades, its vastness and remoteness…

September 25, 2026

India & V4: New geography of strategic engagement

The first meeting of Visegrád Four (V4) foreign ministers with India on September 21 in New York highlights an important…

September 25, 2026

Space, semiconductors, and AI in Modi’s India: The Amrit Kaal Paradigm

The geopolitical and economic landscape of the twenty first century is defined not merely by military might or geographical size,…

September 24, 2026

The Mecca defence Pact Is a Test of India’s West Asia strategy

The security framework of West Asia is evolving amidst rising tensions involving the United States and Iran. Nations in the…

September 24, 2026

Fix Hormuz first, IMEC Will happen later

On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting, US President Donald Trump gave a major boost to the India-Middle…

September 24, 2026

Don’t slow AI down. Speed up its guardrails instead

As Trump and Xi prepare to meet, the nuclear era has already answered whether safety requires slowing down.  Martin Wolf,…

September 24, 2026

HOUTHIS, SAUDI ARABIA AND THE WEST ASIA CRISIS

The crisis involving the Houthi movement in Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the wider West Asian region has entered a dangerous…

September 22, 2026