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Beyond Signatures

India’s recent trade diplomacy has produced an unusual paradox. New Delhi is negotiating or concluding trade agreements with a range of partners even as questions persist about what earlier agreements have actually delivered.

Beyond Hormuz

The geopolitical shock created by the Iran conflict is forcing countries far beyond West Asia to confront an uncomfortable reality: energy security can no longer be built around a single region, a single route or a single set of political assumptions.

Years of Grace

It was in 1982 that Dr Grace McCann Morley was bestowed the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award by the Government of India for her stellar contributions to the establishment of the National Museum in New Delhi.

Gender justice must go beyond social fabric

The Supreme Court’s decision to revisit its Handbook on Combating Gender Stereotypes has now been accompanied by an assurance that any revised directions will be framed in keeping with the “Indian social fabric”, devoid of foreign expressions.

Politics as theatre

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address to the US Congress looked less like a governing report card and more like a campaign rally that happened to be held in the nation’s most formal chamber.

Beyond the Trophy

When a small film from Manipur wins a major international award, it is tempting to read the moment as a feel-good story about recognition finally reaching a neglected corner of India.