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1966: When India's Iron Lady buckled under U.S. pressure and devalued the rupee

India, Jan. 25 -- Most Indians don't know this-but for a brief, extraordinary period, the Indian rupee was not merely a national currency. It was a regional monetary anchor, stretching from Kathmandu ... Read More


India must build an Inclusivity Stack for AI-era governance

India, Jan. 25 -- The digital public infrastructure story of India rightfully commands celebration-we constructed rails for identity, payments, and service delivery at population scale, altering the n... Read More


Return of BNP-Jamaat may normalise anti-minority violence in Bangladesh

India, Jan. 25 -- The seeds of communal violence against minorities in Bangladesh were sown long before the era of independent politics. In the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, the fundamentalist fo... Read More


Who's afraid of India's Andaman and Nicobar project?

India, Jan. 25 -- The question of who controls which global maritime chokepoints and sea routes has been brought brutally on the table by US President Donald Trump's demand for a handover of Greenland... Read More


From Virasat to Vikas: The two sides of India's civilisational rebound

India, Jan. 25 -- Prasenjit K. Basu's "India Reborn: The Epic Story of a Civilisation's Rebound from Two Centuries of Decline" is an important book with a clear purpose. It refuses to treat India's ri... Read More


Will the 8th Pay Commission Approve a 3.25 Fitment Factor for Govt Employees?

India, Jan. 25 -- TheFederation of National Postal Organisations (FNPO) has officially sent its recommendations to the 8th Pay Commission. The focus is on higher basic pay, better annual increments, a... Read More


India-EU FTA: India's pivot to Europe or Europe's reality check?

India, Jan. 25 -- The initial years of Cold War saw blocs, alliances and pacts. The 70s and 80s saw treaties and conventions taking shape. The 90s saw frameworks and protocols. Agreements, partnership... Read More


Future of India-U.S. strategic partnership is indeterminate

India, Jan. 25 -- Is US policy towards India under the Trump 2.0 Administration in a transitory phase in the evolution of India-US strategic partnership? Is President Trump's tariff policy selectively... Read More


From caveman to greenland: The hunger that never left

India, Jan. 25 -- The president of the United States has spoken of "taking back" the Panama Canal, absorbing Greenland, and turning Canada into the fifty-first state. In recent public remarks, he has ... Read More


Crossroads of psychology and politics: Everybody wants the finest mind but no one wants to cultivate it

India, Jan. 25 -- Humanity has ushered into a new year. I have had many and myriad thoughts about world affairs sitting in Taiwan last year. Here I have chosen one out of these many to articulate my f... Read More