The next few weeks may determine whether this uneasy pause would stretch to peace August 26, 2026 For the first time in months, there are signs that the United States-Iran war may be moving away from the battlefield and back toward the negotiating table. But declaring the war over wouldContinue Reading
Across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia today, and yesterday across the Middle East, Africa and the Western world, millions of Muslims marked Milad-un-Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), with prayer, devotion and profound joy. From Yemen and Brunei to Karbala in Iraq and citiesContinue Reading
India 2047: The Superpower India Must Become India’s journey towards 2047 is usually described in the language of economic growth, military strength, technological ambition, infrastructure and global influence. We speak of becoming a manufacturing powerhouse, a leader in artificial intelligence, space and semiconductors, and of acquiring the strategic weight thatContinue Reading
WHEN TINY TOTS BECOME PROTESTERS, THE SYSTEM HAS FAILEDContinue Reading
Tonight, India is battling another punishing day of monsoon rain, with Delhi-NCR once again resembling a city that has temporarily misplaced its drainage system. Roads have disappeared beneath floodwater, traffic has crawled to a standstill, schoolchildren have been stranded for hours and the question being asked with increasing frustration is no longer whether it will rain, but whether our cities are capable of surviving it.Continue Reading
ndia appears to have discovered a remarkable new form of urban planning: build the flyovers, build the expressways, build the glass towers, announce the smart city, inaugurate the project with cameras rolling, and then wait for the monsoon to reveal where the water was supposed to go.Continue Reading
The Birth of Pakistan, carved out of India on 14 August 1947 as a result of the Two-Nation Theory, left behind wounds that have failed to heal.Continue Reading
There are lives that are measured by titles, and there are lives that make the titles themselves seem too small.Continue Reading
Across South Asia and the wider Indian Ocean region, a troubling security pattern is emerging: the old boundaries between terrorism, organised crime, document fraud, piracy and cross-border insurgency are becoming increasingly blurred.Continue Reading
India’s day of hospital fires, toxic leaks, rising prices, diplomatic tensions and weather chaos comes as wars, sanctions and trade conflicts deepen an increasingly unstable world. As August 24, 2026 draws to a close, India finds itself confronting a grim mixture of tragedy, infrastructure failures, rising prices, diplomatic manoeuvring andContinue Reading
