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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.

Indian cities need to think in circles

For those of us who live in Delhi-NCR, every winter is now déjà vu wrapped in smog; except it is no t imagined but real. The script is also to o familiar and almost normalised by now; AQI indices spike, schools close, flights circle, and the usual cast of villains takes the stage - stubble burning, diesel trucks, firecrackers and unhelpful winds.

A mission adrift ~ II

While the motive of the Regional Rural Banks was social profits as opposed to commercial profits, some commercial losses were unavoidable and were supposed to be treated as the social cost for the benefit of financing the farmers and rural poor.

No winners

The reopening of the United States government after the longest shutdown in its history offers little cause for celebration.

Valuations on Trial

The current rush of Indian start-ups entering the public markets marks a defining phase in the evolution of the country’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.