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

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

The Other Side Of Silence

For decades, conversations on gender based violence have rightly focused on the suffering and vulnerabilities of women. Yet, recent incidents…

July 11, 2026

The leaking pipeline: Why India must treat exam paper leaks as a systemic crisis

Every examination season in India now arrives with a grim ritual. Lakhs of students sit for an entrance test or…

July 10, 2026

Rethinking the monsoon in an age of climate change

For generations, the arrival of the monsoon has been one of India’s most anticipated annual events. It promises relief from…

July 9, 2026

Scarred and Unashamed: Body Politics and female identity

The human body is never only biological. It is social, political, and cultural. Many feminist theorists term it as “body…

July 9, 2026

When the weather becomes weapon: Climate change, suffering, and our ethical duty to adapt

There is a particular kind of vertigo that comes from watching the sky turn a colour it has no business…

July 8, 2026

From Civilisational bonds to strategic partnership Modi’s Indonesia visit reshapes Bharat’s Indo-Pacific Future

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Indonesia marks one of the most consequential diplomatic engagements in Bharat’s recent outreach…

July 8, 2026

The answer machine

There’s a WhatsApp forward doing the rounds in my family group — an uncle discovered that ChatGPT could write his…

July 8, 2026

The Tyranny of Transactions: The state that never sops asking

India has made government transactions faster, cheaper and more accessible. Yet the real burden on citizens lies not in the…

July 8, 2026

US’s 250th Anniversary to celebrate? For Indians they won’t be having regular fireworks but…

There may be no important a foreign country that has had so much impact on India than America? Well, that…

July 6, 2026