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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.

Security implications of the Hasina verdict

Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) sentenced its former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to death, in absentia, after finding them guilty of crimes against humanity during the student led protests of July-August last year.

Beyond the Crash

The crash of a Tejas fighter jet during a demonstration flight at the Dubai airshow has triggered a wave of commentary ranging from dismay to outright scepticism.

Champions Unseen

Indian cricket has lifted countless trophies across formats and categories. But few victories carry the symbolic force of what unfolded in Colombo on Sunday.

Killing Fields

The recently concluded Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Financing Summit 2025, attended inter-alia, by V Anantha Nageswaran, Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) and SEBI chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey, made headlines because of some plain-speaking by the CEA, who observed: “India’s equity markets have grown impressively, but Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) have increasingly become exit vehicles for early investors, rather than mechanisms for raising long-term capital.”