Opinion

Building Viksit Bharat through middle-class expansion

Building Viksit Bharat through middle-class expansion

India is aspiring to be Viksit Bharat by 2047. The idea is moving and the country must attain this cuttingedge…

September 4, 2026

Vande Mataram row: National Pride, Constitutional Values and the Politics of Patriotism

Few expressions in India carry the emotional, historical and political weight of “Vande Mataram.” From the freedom struggle to contemporary…

September 3, 2026

Beyond selective quotations: Understanding Manusmriti and Hindu thought

There is a simple rule in public life: those who believe they will face no consequences often speak the loudest…

September 3, 2026

When the law cites a case that never existed

Ask a chatbot a question today and it answers at once, fluent and sure of itself. That confidence is the…

September 1, 2026

India’s markets shrugged off its youth uprising

Student protests disrupted the political scene, but the industry continued business as usual. On 15 July, India’s cabinet approved Semicon…

September 1, 2026

How will India deal with China’s ‘water bomb’?

After devastating floods in Nepal, serious questions are once again being raised over the threat posed by Chinese dams. I…

September 1, 2026

The Indian State has become better at giving than fixing

India has mastered the politics of giving. It has yet to build a system for stopping, redesigning and reallocating. India’s…

September 1, 2026

86 million reasons to reform: The macroeconomic case for regulated early childhood care

The recent suspension of operations at a day care facility at the Capgemini office in Bengaluru marks a watershed moment…

July 20, 2026

Gwadar under fire again: Can Pakistan’s Gwadar port ever outrun its security problem?

Pakistan's military said on July 8 that three militant attacks since July 6 — near Quetta, at a police post…

July 16, 2026

On Iran War, Time for Modi to Push Harder Against “Bombaholic” and Bombastic Trump Tendencies

The Democrat Opposition party, looking likely to control the US Congress after soon coming mid-term elections, told US president Donald…

July 11, 2026