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Delayed Answers

One year after one of the worst aviation disasters in Indian history, the most unsettling reality is not that the final answer remains elusive. It is that, in the absence of definitive findings, competing certainties have rushed in to fill the void.

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.

Revealing Faces

When the settlement at Keeladi in Tamil Nadu first revealed its buried urban world, the conversation was about bricks, scripts, and the architecture of civilization.

Mixed signals from Trump administration

The US Under-Secretary for Defence, Elbridge Colby, stated in a tweet on 14 August, while referring to the 80th anniversary of the surrender of Japan, “That is the policy we are carrying to our allies in the Asia-Pacific.”

Fragile Skies

India's aviation industry has soared into the global elite, now ranking as the world’s third-largest aviation market ~ a remarkable feat. Yet, the recent air crash ~ a tragedy that claimed 260 lives in Ahmedabad on June 12 ~ casts a long shadow over this achievement.

Silicon Illusions

Few commodities carry the weight of the semiconductor chip. They are the hidden scaffolding of the global economy, running everything from cars and consumer electronics to missile systems and artificial intelligence.