Opinion

What Is India’s Youth Asking For: Cultural Identity or the Right to a Future?

India’s youth have always questioned power, from the student movements of the 1970s to the Anna movement. Today, programmes in Ujjain and Indore raise a new question: is young India seeking cultural identity, political recognition or something more basic — the right to shape its future?

BRICS Isn’t Beijing’s Game. It’s India’s Strategic Autonomy

India’s BRICS engagement is not about choosing China over the West but protecting its strategic autonomy. As the global order turns multipolar, India must retain strong ties across competing blocs while defending its independent foreign policy and ensuring that national interests, not Western approval, shape its international choices.

Across Time Zones and Election Trails: The Sudivya Sonu I Knew

Sudivya Sonu was more than a politician I covered. He was someone I knew as a voter, journalist and friend. Across two decades, cities, elections and time zones, our conversations continued—until a final speech, a promised meeting and a sudden loss changed everything

A Third of the Capital Erased: The Reality Behind the SIR Revision

Nearly one in three Delhi voters is missing from the draft electoral roll after the SIR exercise. For those affected, the issue is not merely a number—it could mean navigating paperwork and bureaucracy to reclaim a fundamental democratic right.

When Politics Trumps the Uniform: How MP Government Is Blocking Justice in Vijay Shah Case

Nearly 15 months after calling Colonel Sofiya Qureshi a terrorist’s sister, MP minister Vijay Shah faces no action. The Mohan Yadav government continues to block his prosecution, defying a Supreme Court SIT report and risking potential judicial ire
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Is Secularism a threat to Traditions of India?

India got independence from British colonial rule on 15th August 1947 after a long struggle which was inclusive and had plural dimensions. Foundation of...

Open letter to all Bengalis

To, all the Bengalis out there I am writing this as I love Bengal, its culture and the people. My wife is from Kolkata and...

GIC employees association opposes PM Modi’s policy to sell PSUs

General Insurance employees all India association, reacting to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement during a webinar on 25th February, vehemently oppose the policy...

‘I will be dead before working for Roman’: 14 Female Employees Share Harrowing Stories of Sexual Abuse and Misogyny at the Middle East Forum

As a woman, Lisa Barbounis felt so threatened that day while sharing a living space with her boss, Gregg Roman, in a foreign country...

Is Narendra Modi still undefeatable?

At 8-30 PM on January 18, 1977, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi announced over All India Radio – first in Hindi and then in English...

Caligula cries: PM Modi’s tearful farewell to Ghulam Nabi Azad

Even Caligula cried.  Images of the third Roman emperor popped up in my mind when I watched our prime minister crying on the floor of...
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