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Gen Z Should Guard Against Political Hijacking of Their Movement and Concerns

New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- I studied in a Jesuit school in the coastal town of Kannur - then, Cannanore - in North Malabar, Kerala. The education system in Kerala was then heavily influenced by student pol... Read More


India's A.I. Future Requires a New Approach to Groundwater Governance

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- According to the UN Report on Global Water Bankruptcy 2026, "long-term water use has exceeded renewable inflows and safe depletion limits" such that previous water supply levels ... Read More


From God's Own Country to the World's Investment Destination: Kerala Wins Tourists But Why Not Investors?

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Every year, millions of travellers make their way to Kerala in search of something that has become increasingly scarce in an anxious world: serenity. They come for the backwaters... Read More


AI and Us: Decision Making Should Not Be Outsourced to AI

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- When I started trading - not investing - in the stock market in 2016, there were a plethora of YouTubers, mostly self-appointed experts, advising all and sundry on what to trade ... Read More


The Mineral Geopolitics of the Bay of Bengal: To Win the Subterranean War, India's Maritime Strategy Needs a Paradigm Shift

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Discussions concerning the security architecture of the Bay of Bengal are almost exclusively dominated by a fixation on traditional chokepoints, naval base competition, and freed... Read More


Erasing Colonial Symbols Won't Feed India's Families: A Call for Economic Pragmatism

New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- The Delhi Gymkhana Club's fight with the Union government has now missed three hearing dates, pushed to September 3 after the government's reply reached the club's lawyers only t... Read More


India's Education Report Card: Student Retention, not Enrolment is Key to Success

New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- India's education story is often narrated through expansion like more schools, higher enrolment, new institutions, digital initiatives and ambitious policy announcements. But the... Read More


Growing US-China Rivalry in Indian Ocean: A Test of Sri Lanka's Foreign Policy

New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- Amid the intensifying US-China rivalry in the Indian Ocean, career diplomat Eric S. Meyer was sworn in this week as the new US Ambassador to Sri Lanka. Known for his emphasis on ... Read More


Hasina's Return Proclamation Throws a Spanner in India-Bangladesh Ties

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Bangladesh has seen considerable political upheaval in August. For ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the month is particularly fraught. Her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the ... Read More


80 Years On, Is India Still Being Policed by the Raj?

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- On the 80th anniversary of Independence, an uncomfortable truth has to be stated plainly: India is steadily moving away from functioning as the normative democracy that the found... Read More