The BRICS of 2026 is very different from the grouping formed in 2009. With the addition of Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the bloc has become larger and more diverse.
India’s sugar policy is slipping into a familiar pattern. When production rises, exports are encouraged. When supply tightens, exports are restricted.
For someone who had spent most of his life studying constructed languages, the idea of constructing his own death would certainly have amused him. The flood of social media posts and the exchange of messages among Esperantists and linguists from across the world soon confirmed that this was no joke.
Five years after Myanmar's military seized power and plunged the country into a prolonged civil conflict, a new reality is emerging across Asia.
The controversy surrounding the Delhi Gymkhana Club is no longer only about one institution in Lutyens’ Delhi.
The West Bengal assembly election has just ended with the swearing in of the new government on 9 May 2026.
I grew up in Kolkata at a time when public life carried a certain dignity. Politics was not merely a contest for power; it was also an exercise in restraint, language, and moral posture.
The Opposition’s problem is no longer merely ideological confusion or organisational weakness.
Exactly at 5 pm on 29 April, all TV stations worth their salt began to harangue viewers with electoral data ~ never mind the fact that due to Election Commission restrictions, no exit poll results could be broadcast till 6.30 pm.
On 16 May 2014 the people of India gave an electoral verdict that changed the country decisively.
