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Cleanest Shirt

For much of the past year, economists have been waiting for the American economy to stumble. It has been hit by tariffs, labour disruptions, geopolitical tensions and renewed inflationary pressures.

A relationship redefined

Xi Jinping at his meeting with Donald Trump on 14-15 May 2026 in Beijing referred to the Thucydides Trap, a metaphor that refers to the inherent tensions and perils when an established power is challenged by a rising power.

Deterrence Revisited

For more than two decades, India’s nuclear doctrine has been treated as a settled matter.

Counting Care

For generations, Indian society has perfected a contradiction.

Nato tested

The violation of Polish airspace by a swarm of Russian drones has drawn Europe into one of its gravest security moments since the end of the Cold War.

Grand Old Man who told us of an empire’s loot

History often rewards those who speak for the voiceless, even when their words are unwelcome.” In his 200th birth anniversary year, Dadabhai Naoroji stands tall not merely as a nationalist icon, but as a polymath, thinker, parliamentarian, social reformer, and above all, the conscience-keeper of colonial India.

When bullets speak

The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a university campus in Utah is a chilling reminder of how violence has seeped into the bloodstream of American politics.