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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One after another setback to Modi’s politics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second term has not been smooth, politically. He is receiving one setback after another, the latest being in Maharashtra where...

The Greatest Folk Tales of Bihar revives childhood memories

As a kid I grew up listening to tales my maternal grandma would tell us at night as we slept under the open sky...

Sharad Pawar, the Grand Old Man of Indian Politics is the Man of the Moment

The stratagem that yielded results in Goa, Manipur and Karnataka, has failed to reap benefits in Maharashtra. The 'invincible' combination of Narendra Modi-Amit Shah...

Reading SC order on Ayodhya: Condemn the Sin but Concede to Sinners

The five-member constitution bench of the Supreme Court began their 1045 page verdict by aptly calling the Ayodhya dispute almost as old as the...

Open Letter to My Muslim Friends– “Do not build mosque on the 5 acres land”

My dear Muslim friends, Honour the Supreme Court’s verdict on Ayodhya. Let the Ram temple come up at the place where the Babri mosque stood...

Rana Preet Gill: A Compulsive Writer and Obsessive Reader

The tale of a rabies infected she dog turned this veterinarian into a writer. Surprised! Read on: Rana Preet Gill, a doctor at Government Veterinary Hospital,...
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