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Echoes of Iraq in Iran
11 March 2026 12:18 AM ISTThe deepening US-Israeli conflict with Iran resonates with the fragile intelligence claims and strategic overconfidence that once justified the...
Cost of Walking Away
3 March 2026 11:38 PM ISTAmerica’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement weakened verified restraints, fractured alliances, and raised difficult questions about global...
The Star Who Made Us Feel
29 Nov 2025 6:15 PM ISTDharmendra’s passing closes a luminous chapter of Hindi cinema, leaving behind not just films but a way of being on screen—gentle, sincere, warm and...
Toxic Trends
22 Nov 2025 7:19 PM ISTThe Indian wardrobe has never changed so quickly—or so wastefully. Behind next-day delivery and trendy “drops” lies a chain of ecological damage and...
Rethinking Democracy In The Age Of Branding
8 Nov 2025 8:00 PM ISTDefying the billionaire-funded machinery of American urban politics, Zohran Mamdani’s grassroots campaign restored a simple but radical idea — that...
The Shimmering Paradox
28 Oct 2025 11:58 PM ISTGold, India’s most cherished symbol of tradition and security, hides an economic shadow — billions locked in sentiment instead of enterprise, beauty...
The Nobel Disconnect
17 Oct 2025 12:02 AM ISTIndia’s absence from the Nobel roll says less about talent and more about cultural geography, translation politics, and Western literary gatekeeping
The Swiss Paradox
7 Oct 2025 11:16 PM ISTSwitzerland’s global reputation for order and peace masks a history of pragmatism, profit, and moral compromise — a testament to the quiet genius of...
Desert Winds, Nuclear Clouds
30 Sept 2025 11:58 PM ISTThe Saudi–Pakistan defence pact, with its nuclear undertones and Chinese shadow, signals a new power axis that India and Israel cannot afford to...
Durga Fierce, Free & Forever Sacred
22 Sept 2025 1:42 AM ISTThe Goddess is both a tender mother and a terrifying warrior, a source of life and a force of dissolution, writes Mousumi Roy
Politics of Everyday Consumption
13 Sept 2025 10:51 PM ISTNot through protests or bans, but through small, everyday choices, consumers in India and China are rewriting the rules of globalisation—and...
Alchemy of Wealth & Power
26 Aug 2025 10:24 PM ISTFrom ancient coins to Bitcoin, the story of money has really been about belief—how societies decide what has value, and in whom it bestows the trust...













