A defence declaration, uranium exports and a new strategic partnership — decoding India's southern-arc pivot in the Indo-Pacific, its quest for critical…
Essay Editorials
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109 editorials
From "citizens in waiting" to an independent, disruptive force — how digital platforms, memes and decentralised mobilisation are reshaping Indian democracy, and…
Strategic convergence versus an industrial gap — decoding DTTI, iCET→TRUST, INDUS-X and the 2025 COMPACT framework, the F414 and MQ-9B cases, export-control…
Sanctions turned India into the world's cheapest reactor builder. Now, with the SHANTI Act opening the sector to private capital and imported…
Roll purity versus voter inclusion — decoding the Special Intensive Revision, the May 2026 verdict upholding it, and the constitutional questions of…
Direct land purchase, single-window clearance and the long shadow of Singur and Nandigram — can a State escape the politics of land…
Fifteen Indian lives lost 400 metres from shore. Life jackets were on board — many were held, not worn. A study of…
Russian crude crossed 40% of India's barrels in May 2026 — but at a premium, not a discount. Decoding the paradox of…
Militarily dominant, diplomatically alone. A guide to the argument that Israel’s isolation is no longer imposed on it — and to the…
Energy security and farm incomes on one side; pump prices, mileage and groundwater on the other. Decoding the E20 mandate, the quiet…
A developing Pacific warming, a below-normal monsoon forecast and a parched Rayalaseema — decoding the science of ENSO, the architecture of drought…
Queen Máxima's 2026 visit reframes India's story: 89% of adults now have an account, but the next frontier is financial health —…
Record enrolment and a seven-year female lead in the classroom — yet low salaried work and a persistent wage gap outside it.…
Australia's under-16 social media ban, the PM's praise, and the states weighing bans — set against the evidence, children's rights, and India's…
Fewer deaths, but deadlier and more concentrated — decoding the GTI 2026 paradox: geographic compression in five states, a borderland surge, the…
Beyond warm optics and the 2026 Melbourne summit — the uranium breakthrough, the SHANTI Act, PACTS and maritime security, and the hard…
From ceasefire to crisis in twenty days — decoding the collapse of the June 17 MoU, the contest over the world’s most…
Electoral integrity versus inclusive franchise — analysing the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in a conflict-torn state, the disenfranchisement risk for…
Deterrence versus diplomacy after a decade of frozen ties — decoding the June 2026 civil-society appeal, the "Munir factor", the Indus Waters…
The world's third-largest oil importer, ~90% import-dependent — yet among the most price-resilient economies through the 2026 Strait of Hormuz shock. How…