From the flooded road beneath the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya to the battered Imphal–Ukhrul highway in Manipur, two very different images are telling the same story. The North-East is building. But is it building the infrastructure needed to survive what it is building? The Jorabat–Khanapara corridor has repeatedlyContinue Reading
X briefly suspends of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s New York event organisersContinue Reading
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy launched a blistering attack on Modi, stating that the Prime Minister is “acting as a Gujarati, not as the Prime Minister of India” and behaving like a “brand ambassador for Gujarat”. When an Indian state goes abroad to seek investment, should the colour ofContinue 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
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
