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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.

Shehbaz Returns

Shehbaz Sharif has been elected as Pakistan’s Prime Minister for the second time, marking a return to a position he held until August when Parliament was dissolved ahead of the elections.

Crop Woes

As the forces of nature unleash their fury, India's agricultural landscape finds itself at the mercy of untimely rainfall and hailstorms, wreaking havoc on winter-sown crops like wheat, rapeseed, and chickpeas.

Himalayan challenge~I

The Himalayan nations hold immense geo-political and strategic significance for India. As the world's highest mountain range, the Himalayas act as a natural barrier between India and its northern neighbours ~ China, Nepal, Bhutan, and Pakistan.

Clouds of Dissent

In the sprawling landscape of Indian agriculture, where nearly two-thirds of the population depends on farming, the Union government finds itself grappling with a recurring challenge ~ the discontent of protesting farmers.