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Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Freedom’s first frontier, democracy’s last
The Andaman & Nicobar Islands helped shape India’s journey to freedom. They should also have a fuller voice in shaping its democratic future
The Iran-US MoU: Tehran’s diplomatic triumph, Tel Aviv’s strategic setback
Signed at Versailles, the Iran-US MoU could reshape the regional order by easing Iran’s isolation while undermining many of Israel’s wartime objectives
Pakistan rejected her, Bharat is covering her up: Why are we afraid of ‘Dancing Girl’?
What’s common between Mohenjo-daro’s ‘Dancing Girl’, BR Ambedkar’s Western attire, Pakistan’s Islamist mooring, Britain’s Victorian morality and NCERT’s recent goof-up? More than you think
US-Iran agreement: Trump’s deal to nowhere
The deal gives Iran room to breathe, America room to retreat, and everyone else a reason to wonder whether all the bluster was ever going to amount to anything
‘Azad Kashmir’: Pakistan’s ultimate political oxymoron
In the grand theater of Pakistani politics, the definition of ‘Azad’ has been completely flipped: it implies the freedom to obey, the freedom to be economically exploited, and the freedom to be occupied under the guise of autonomy
Godzilla is here: India needs a climate-resilient agri-system to withstand future El Niños
The country can deal with extreme climate events by embracing its ancient agrarian wisdom and pivoting towards a more sustainable food system
India’s fertility rate drops below replacement level: Do we need to panic?
The claim is that India’s population will reach a maximum of 1.6 billion in 2048 before falling ‘sharply’ to ‘just over 1 billion’ by 2100. However, this projection is based on fertility assumptions for the 2050s–2080s, which depend on the childbearing plans of women who have not yet been born
The Indian ambassador in Tibet: Why Lhasa matters for India
Ambassador Vikram Doraiswami’s visit to Lhasa is a reminder that Tibet remains central to India’s strategic and civilisational interests
Trump’s Iran deal is yet fragile: Peace in West Asia remains a distant dream
The war will conclude not with a decisive 'peace deal' or battlefield resolution, but through incremental exhaustion of escalation options on both sides
Beyond Rafale and G7: India-France ties move from defence deals to strategic industrial partnership
What began as a relationship centred on fighter aircraft and submarines is increasingly moving into manufacturing, maintenance and advanced technology
The Aurangzeb trap: How Trump is paving the way for America’s strategic decline
Empires are built on power but sustained by trust. Aurangzeb forgot that truth and weakened the Mughal empire; Trump may be making the same mistake with America today
Persian Gulf conflict marks the arrival of an age of incomplete wars
The 20th century conditioned strategists to believe that decisive military action could fundamentally reshape geopolitical realities. The 21st century increasingly challenges that assumption
Will the US-Iran ceasefire hold till Friday’s signing?
The ceasefire will succeed only if Washington can defend it, Tehran can live with it, and Jerusalem chooses not to undermine it
BIMSTEC at thirty: Renewed challenges, new opportunities
In the era of technological supremacy and the corresponding digital divide, BIMSTEC has significant potential to become a digitally integrated regional economy linking South Asia and Southeast Asia
Three sailors dead, one strategic lesson: India needs leverage, not emotion
New Delhi just needs to find the right leverage and use it to make Washington see its point of view, which should be taken very seriously
PM Modi’s Slovakia visit: India’s calibrated diplomacy in a fractured Europe
Amid a fractured EU energy order, India is not choosing sides in an internal argument—it is ensuring it remains visible and relevant to both sides
US-Iran ‘deal’ marks breakthrough, but West Asia peace hangs by a thread
Reopening the Strait of Hormuz under the new MoU is a clear win for the global economy, but the relief may be short-lived. If history repeats itself, Washington's diplomatic focus could quickly wane
The time for India’s strategic restraint towards the United States is over
America’s disdain, imperial arrogance, and refusal to show even a proforma regret for the loss of Indian lives calls for a reset in ties
Civilian seafarers must not become casualties of geopolitics
Naval operations must prioritise the absolute protection of civilian life. Any US strike that inflicts harm on neutral Indian sailors represents a severe breach of international norms that demands transparent accountability, formal apologies, and immediate systemic changes to rules of engagement
‘Mythos’ and ‘Fable’ deliver a reality check: India needs AI sovereignty and supply-chain resilience
A National AI Mission is required, designed at scale, capable of integrating public and private efforts, and focused on building foundational technologies rather than incremental improvements
Pilgrimage as diplomacy: What Doraiswamy’s Tibet visit really signals
The resumption of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is more than a religious milestone; it reflects a pragmatic thaw in India-China ties without diminishing New Delhi’s long-term strategic concerns
Mythos and Fable lesson for India: Sovereign AI is no longer optional
The most advanced systems in the world can be turned off for most of the planet by one government, with no warning and no appeal. For countries still treating sovereign AI as a long-term ambition rather than a near-term necessity, the argument has already been settled by events
The Mao syndrome: Jaishankar exposes Western paradox of trusting dictators, doubting democracies
Jaishankar’s critique of Western double standards finds a striking historical parallel in the West’s disastrous misreading of Mao Zedong
Pakistan’s ‘Azad’ Kashmir myth is crumbling fast
For years, Pakistan has presented ‘Azad’ Kashmir as proof of its commitment to Kashmiri aspirations, but today the streets of Rawalakot, Muzaffarabad, and other towns tell a different story: if the territory is truly ‘Azad’, why is its population still caged politically, economically, and socially?
The Iran war is approaching its inflection point
Every protagonist in this war can now credibly claim, to its domestic audience and to the world, that it has achieved its principal objectives. Once that becomes possible, the political space for de-escalation emerges
Head-on | Why reviving SAARC is in Pakistan’s interest, not India’s
Pakistan’s very raison d’etre is to be the antonym of India: faith, history and culture. And yet, perversely, it is pathologically obsessed with India. It craves recognition, even a handshake, and cohabitation as equals
The quantum leap you’re already living: Where quantum computing stands today
What we have today is a technology in transition. It is past the stage of simple proof of concept but not yet at the stage where it transforms ordinary life on its own
SpaceX $2 trillion market cap: AI boom’s finest hour or the beginning of the most dangerous bubble?
The future being sold to investors today is not imaginary. Artificial intelligence will almost certainly reshape economies, industries and societies. The only unanswered question is whether investors have already paid for thirty years of success before the first decade has even finished
The ghost of Kashmir: Once raised against India, now haunting Pakistan
The Mirpuris and other Kashmiris in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir are no longer merely objects in Pakistan’s Kashmir policy; they are becoming subjects in their own right, and they are speaking in a language the state cannot easily absorb
Modi’s 25 years of excellence: The balance sheet of India’s political executive
The political endurance of Narendra Modi invites an evaluation that goes beyond the traditional political lexicon. For a quarter of a century, he has operated not merely as a political figure but as the chief executive officer of a relentlessly driven, intensely contested enterprise — first Brand Gujarat and then Brand India