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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Arun Jaitley: Master of manoeuvrings

Arun Jaitley was more of a master of manoeuvrings than a legal wizard or a politician. He was intelligent, of an amiable demeanour, an...

PM Modi’s Independence Day speech: A roadmap to one party- one leader rule

Adaroniyo Pradhan Mantriji, PM Modi Badhai Ho, Sriman! Your Independence Day speech at Red Fort ramp has endeared you to me more since it provided me a...

India at 72, Do We Give It all Up? Or Rise Like The Phoenix Again?

Happy Independence Day India, India stands at 72 a little shaken, a little stirred, yet a warrior still perhaps we are the only generation...

Kashmir issue: Naa Rahega Baans, Na Bajegi Bansuri

Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Sirji, I am enthralled by the developments since your historic telecast to the nation on August 8 on abrogation of...

Kashmir problem: victory of gun-loving lobby

In his broadcast to the nation on August 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a facetious attempt to justify his Government’s chesty decision to...

Kashmir: For Whom the Bell Tolls

Many of my fellow countrymen, mostly Hindus, have hailed Union Home Minister Amit Shah after the passage of Narendra Modi government's sweeping legislation in...
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