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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.

Engineered Politics

Jan Suraaj leader Prashant Kishor’s long-awaited leap from political strategist to political contender was always going to be a high-stakes experiment. For years he had been the backroom architect of some of India’s most formidable electoral campaigns.

Defying the Raj ~I

In 1917, the British Indian government appointed the Sedition Committee headed by Justice Sidney Rowlatt, to investigate “criminal conspiracies connected with revolutionary movements” in India. The committee submitted its recommendations in 1918.

War on terror continues

The Delhi blast is an indicator that India’s war on terror is nowhere near concluding, despite conveying strong messages to Islamabad by means of military strikes.

Preventable

The tragic explosion at a police station in Srinagar, which claimed nine lives and left dozens injured, is a sobering reminder of a persistent and largely unaddressed vulnerability within India’s internal security apparatus: the handling and storage of seized explosives.

Populism Fractured

The open rupture between US President Donald Trump and key MAGA figure Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is more than a dramatic falling-out between two high-profile personalities.