TURKEY ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR NETANYAHU: ANKARA SEEKS INTERPOL RED NOTICE OVER GAZA FLOTILLA

ANKARA, AUGUST 22, 2026: Turkey has dramatically escalated its confrontation with Israel, seeking an Interpol Red Notice against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the interception of a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla in international waters. The move takes the Gaza conflict into an increasingly consequential legal arena, where national courts, internationalContinue Reading

Vande Mataram: The History Behind a National Song and the Controversy Around Its Full Version

Vande Mataram: A National Song, a Complicated History Few patriotic songs in India carry the emotional power, historical prestige and political controversy of Vande Mataram. It became one of the great anthems of the freedom struggle. Yet its history is more complicated than the familiar patriotic invocation suggests. The keyContinue Reading

If Rahul Gandhi Has to Sit Outside a Police Station for Justice, What Hope Does an Ordinary Citizen Have?

Rahul Gandhi is one of the most powerful opposition politicians in the country, leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, with direct access to Parliament, lawyers, journalists, political networks and national attention, yet has to fight for an FIR to be registered for an injured teenager. A 19-year-old studentContinue Reading

“WE ARE NOT GOING TO BACK OFF”: DIPKE'S 48-HOUR ULTIMATUM TURNS JAIPUR SCHOOL CRISIS INTO A NATIONAL TEST

“They can attack us.They can send circulars.They can try to intimidate us.We are not going to back off.” That is the unyielding line in the sand drawn by Abhijeet Dipke as the School Thik Karenge campaign collides head-on with alleged political violence in Jaipur. According to Dipke, CJP co-convener AshutoshContinue Reading