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From jugaad to jhakaas

There Are moments in history when a nation’s progress stops being incremental and becomes directional.

Peace without peace

The announcement of a framework agreement between the United States and Iran has understandably been greeted with relief.

The Long Victory

Modern society has an unhealthy relationship with medical progress. We crave miracles, celebrate breakthroughs and search for definitive cures.

Bengal’s Lost Youth

Light follows darkness. After the 15-year long TMC era ~ most certainly a dark period in the socio-economic and political history of Bengal, people are now hoping for rejuvenation of a state that has fallen beyond the depth of anarchy and despair.

Empowering youth

The decision to lower the voting age to 16 for national elections in the UK is both timely and transformative. It reflects a growing recognition that young people are not passive citizens-in-waiting but active participants in society with a legitimate stake in how their country is governed.

Dreams beget ideas

Dreams have often served as significant promoters of inspiration for some of the world’s greatest ideas and innovations throughout history. Many scientists, musicians, film-makers, poets, novelists, mathematicians, painters and sportsmen got creative ideas from their sleep. Dreams are indeed more than just mere fantasies or weird nightmares.

Use cricket to build bridges

In India, cricket is not merely a game played between two teams on a green field; it is a mass movement, an all-consuming emotion, and a cultural force that transcends boundaries of language, class, caste, and even logic.

Oil sans Russia

India's confidence in navigating a potential cut-off in Russian oil supplies due to looming secondary sanctions reflects not only geopolitical pragmatism but also the hard lessons of energy security learned over decades.

Legacy at Risk

The threatened demolition of Satyajit Ray’s ancestral home in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, is not merely a matter of bricks and mortar.