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Citizen’s Burden

When the government insists that an Indian passport is not proof of Indian citizenship, something more than a legal clarification is at stake.

War and Consent

The most enduring consequence of a war is often not what happens on the battlefield, but what it reveals about the institutions that authorise it.

Plutocracy gone crazy

At its zenith, England was known as a nation of shopkeepers, where trade followed the crown; this was however interchangeable ~ the East India Company accumulated an empire, many times the size of the mother country.

China’s travails

As China’s rubber-stamp parliament convenes in Beijing, the world watches with a mix of anticipation and concern, dissecting the economic roadmaps and power dynamics laid bare in the highstakes political theatre.

Call from Patna

The INDIA alliance must draw some succour from the response to its rally in Patna on Sunday.

Public buildings must be symbolically rich

Even as new public buildings and projects are gradually taking shape in Indian cities, there is a pertinent need to promote and build fine and meaningful works of architecture.

Leap or Gamble

In a bold leap towards the future of space exploration, Russia and China have announced plans to consider deploying a nuclear power plant on the moon by the mid-2030s.

‘All-White Saraswati’

As our globalized world commemorates International Women’s Day, it is an opportunity to delve into to the life, times and works of Annie Besant who travelled from England to land in Kandy, (Ceylon) on 16 November 1883, where she inaugurated her tour with lectures.