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The Mirror India Refuses to Face

India, Nov. 17 -- The World Day of the Poor arrives each year as an indictment. It calls us to look, without pretence, at a truth we dodge daily: the poor are not the margins of society. They are its ... Read More


The Message from New York

India, Nov. 10 -- The Mamdani moment is real! New York, the hub of capitalism, has chosen a democratic socialist! Though his win is local, its echo is very much global. As a young Muslim and the first... Read More


Faith at the Crease Jemimah Rodrigues Shows India What Real Sport Looks Like

India, Nov. 3 -- Sometimes, a sporting moment just outgrows the scoreboard. Jemimah Rodrigues' unbeaten 127 against Australia in the World Cup semifinal was one such instance. It wasn't just about the... Read More


The Age of Hollow Thrones

India, Oct. 20 -- There was a time when leadership meant taking responsibility rather than focusing on performance. Today, it is theatre. It is blatantly obvious that globally, there are no exemplary ... Read More


The Caste That Refuses to Die

India, Oct. 13 -- The recent shoe attack on Chief Justice BR Gavai, shocking as it may seem, is not an isolated act of disrespect against an individual. The act, reportedly inspired by a god, is a sym... Read More


Anti-Indian Sentiment and the Mirage of Brain Gain

India, Oct. 6 -- A fresh wave of anti-Indian sentiment is crashing over Western nations, increasing in crescendo. You see it everywhere on posters, in dialogues, on social media. You hear it in politi... Read More


Print vs Digital

India, Sept. 29 -- The digital age is here to stay. Any discussion that disregards this is logically fallacious. As of early 2025, approximately 5.64 billion people-68.7% of the world's population-use... Read More


Hindutva Over Nation-Building

India, Sept. 22 -- The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has reached its centenary. Its leaders call it a cultural force. Its members see it as the soul of the nation. But a century of its work shows someth... Read More


Wake-Up Call for South Asia

India, Sept. 15 -- Nepal's streets erupted last week as Generation Z protesters forced Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to escape his own country. The social media ban lit the fuse of a complete rejection... Read More


Teachers as India's Last Defenders of Truth

India, Sept. 8 -- Teaching has always been a divine profession. Every religion that makes a divinity claim always views the sacred as a teacher or source of instruction-the one who shows the way. Sinc... Read More