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Hard Year, Hard Choices

New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- As we step into a new year, India's diplomacy finds itself standing at a complex crossroads-tested, recalibrated and compelled to defend national interest with firmness while nav... Read More


Complex Legacy

New Delhi, Dec. 30 -- Under normal circumstances, the death of a former head of government invites respectful tribute, a neat historical summation and predictable diplomatic statements. But Begum Khal... Read More


Structural Paradox

New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- The Supreme Court's intervention in the Aravalli case is not merely another entry in India's expanding catalogue of environmental litigations. It is a critical moment of introspe... Read More


Calculated Comeback

New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- Tarique Rahman's return to Bangladesh after 17 years in exile is more than a personal political comeback; it marks a defining moment for Bangladesh's internal future and for Indi... Read More


Mob Menace

New Delhi, Dec. 26 -- Mob violence has long haunted the conscience of South Asia, but moments like the recent lynching of Dipu Chandra Das in Bangladesh - followed just days later by the brutal killin... Read More


Shaken Belonging

New Delhi, Dec. 25 -- There are certain times in the year when a nation instinctively softens. Festivals do that to people. They remind us that despite disagreements, noise, and politics, there is sti... Read More


Calibrated Normalisation

New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- The latest assessment by the United States Department of War on China's military and strategic behaviour offers an interesting, though incomplete, lens through which to view the ... Read More


Calculated Provocation

New Delhi, Dec. 23 -- The deteriorating situation in Bangladesh has moved beyond a question of internal political instability and entered the realm of deliberate external manipulation with serious reg... Read More


Bold Step But With Gaps

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- The passage of the Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill promises insurance and protection for all. By raising the foreign direct investment cap from 74 per ... Read More


From Faith to Festival

New Delhi, Dec. 21 -- Christmas today arrives wrapped in familiarity-trees, gifts, carols, Santa Claus-yet its history is far less fixed than modern rituals suggest. What is striking is not how old Ch... Read More