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The question that needs an answer

Last week the Republic said something true about itself, and the nation recoiled. The Ministry of External Affairs clarified on Passport Seva Divas that a passport is a travel document and not a document of citizenship. The statement was legally unimpeachable.

At 250

America’s 250th birthday has naturally prompted reflection on what remains the world’s most consequential republic.

Investment Confidence

India’s economic story has reached an unusual turning point. For years, policymakers focused on removing the structural bottlenecks that discouraged private investment.

Mandate without mechanism ~ I

The Aravallis were old before the Himalayas were born, raised in the Proterozoic more than a billion years ago, and for most of that unimaginable span they have done the quiet, unglamorous work of a frontier: turning back the Thar, recharging the aquifers beneath Rajasthan, holding the air over Delhi a fraction cleaner than it would otherwise be.

Shifting dynamics of live-in relationships

As the states of Assam, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh prepare for enactment of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) following Uttarakhand which became the first in the country to do so, the discourse around UCC pertaining to individual rights is under much discussion.

Monsoon Reckoning

The weakest link in Indian agriculture has never been the farmer. It has been the country's enduring dependence on a monsoon that is becoming increasingly unpredictable.

China’s worldview

While attention remains fixed on conflicts in West Asia and their aftermath, one development with potentially far-reaching consequences for the future of international politics has attracted surprisingly little attention: China’s 17 June 2026 White Paper on global governance.