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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.

Starmer will have a lot to rebuild

Right now, Sir Keir Starmer is a highly significant individual. He’s the leader of the opposition in the UK. He’s the leader of the country’s Labour Party. And importantly, he has a very high likelihood of becoming Britain’s prime minister in less than a year.

Songs of Unity

Hailed as ‘Bharat Kokila’, the ‘Nightingale of India’, she was a poet from whom flowed words as songs of unity, compassion, love, duty and responsibility towards a nation subjugated.

Growing slower

As the dust settles on the country’s latest economic indicators, a nuanced picture emerges of an economy navigating through a delicate balance.