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Trial by Media

With close to a thousand TV channels broadcasting 24X7, 100,000 newspapers, innumerable radio stations, and billions of messages on social media ~ all competing for eyeballs ~ the attention span of the average viewer has been reduced to some few seconds.

Bridges of Rome

In the shadow of St. Peter’s Basilica, two leaders locked in conversation offered a rare glimpse of possibility in an otherwise grinding and brutal conflict.

Treaty cancellation is a game-changer

It was once said that future wars would not be fought over land or ideology, but over something far more elemental water. As the 21st century unfolds, this prophecy seems to be inching closer to reality.

Principles of Potsdam don’t apply to Ukraine

After a second consecutive night of deadly Russian air attacks – against the capital Kyiv on April 23 and the eastern Ukrainian city of Pavlohrad on April 24 – a ceasefire in Ukraine seems as unrealistic as ever.

Fragile Opening

For the first time in months, there are signs that Hamas may be willing to entertain a longer-term ceasefire in Gaza.

Water Pressure

India’s decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty marks a bold departure from decades of misplaced restraint. For too long, Pakistan has exported terror across the border with impunity, hiding behind international agreements that assumed basic good faith.

AI-driven security

On 22 April, the pristine calm of Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam was ruptured by violence of the most brutal kind. In what is now being called the deadliest civilian-targeted terrorist attack in India since 2008, twenty-six tourists, including a child and a Nepalese national, were murdered in cold blood by militants claiming allegiance to The Resistance Front (TRF), a known proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba of Pakistan. This was not just an act of horrendous terror.

Reclaim Childhood

In a world where screens often substitute for human interaction and algorithms dictate attention, the notion of a safe, innocent childhood is fast slipping through our fingers.

Love and revolution

The Indian independence movement saw a complex interplay between personal relationships and revolutionary ideals, with freedom fighters sometimes finding love within the context of their activism.