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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.

Can Indians learn from the South Koreans?

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the India-S. Korea Special Strategic Partnership. I do not know, apart from improved diplomatic relations with Korea, what tangible benefits have resulted from this partnership for India so far.

Stranded at Sea

India today stands as the world’s second-largest supplier of seafarers, a source of both pride and livelihood for thousands of families across coastal states.

Shaky Guarantees

The debate over “security guarantees” for Ukraine has shifted the spotlight from lofty summit declarations to the harder terrain of military commitments. Within days of the Alaska summit, Western leaders gathered in Washington to wrestle with the practicalities of protecting Kyiv without crossing their own red lines.

Nationalist Movement~II

The collapse of the Non Cooperation Movement was the beginning of the breakdown of the national consensus leading to the debate between composite nationalism and the two-nation theory.