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Crossing the Line

The deaths of three Indian sailors in an American strike on a commercial tanker off the coast of Oman mark a grim turning point in a conflict that has steadily expanded beyond its original protagonists.

Borders First

Only days ago, football invited us to believe that the World Cup’s greatest gift lies beyond victory itself. The tournament’s magic has never resided solely in identifying the strongest team.

The Fifth Stream ~ I

The greatest characteristic of Indian politics has been that ideological struggles here have always been multi-layered. Since the freedom movement, different conceptions of nationalism, secularism, socialism, cultural identity, and democracy have competed with one another.

Territorial Overreach

The detention of Pema Wangjom Thongdok at the Shanghai airport is not an isolated bureaucratic anomaly; it is a reminder that India’s most intractable territorial dispute has begun to intrude into civilian life in ways that should worry both New Delhi and Beijing.

Our Invisible Self ~ I

All of us remain ever so engrossed in our mundane preoccupations that we hardly find any time for our spiritual pursuits, something which is much more important to our eternal self.

Ash in the Air

The sight of volcanic ash drifting over Delhi ~ originating from an eruption thousands of kilometres away in Ethiopia ~ feels almost surreal.