Children Among Dead As Gaza Crisis Deepens Amid Intensified Strikes
Children continued to bear the brunt of Israel's ongoing military offensive in Gaza this week, as fresh airstrikes, attacks on...
World View
“A Betrayal Of India’s Civilisational Ethos… Simply Unconscionable”
The Congress on Monday mounted a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cited...
3 Lessons For The World From The Fall Of Another UK Prime Minister
A multitude of factors, nosediving public opinion in the UK among them, has defenestrated another leader. But Keir Starmer’s resignation...
Stop ‘Appeasing’ Trump, Don’t Sign Skewed Trade Deal: Congress To PM
As crucial trade negotiations between India and the United States gather pace, the Congress has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
The Mistakes That Sealed UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Fate
On the gloriously sunny morning of July 5 2024, Keir Starmer walked into Downing Steet as prime minister for the...
Iran War: What Did The US & Israel Truly Achieve?
After weeks of on-again, off-again negotiations, US President Donald Trump finally seems to have secured an agreement from the Iranian...
Earth’s Energy Imbalance Has Doubled – Here’s Why That Matters
Heatwave across Europe and south Asia have dominated the news recently. But these events are really a surface expression of...
What Happens When The World’s Breadbaskets Start Failing At Once?
Agriculture today is a massive, globally interconnected industry. That interconnectivity has brought jobs and varied foods to people who might...
What Is ‘Strategic Autonomy’ & Why Is Everyone Reaching For It?
Strategic autonomy is having a moment. European leaders are invoking it to justify a historic defense buildup; India’s foreign ministry...
A Man Out Of Time – E.M. Forster And The Legacies Of Colonialism
I was aware of David Lean’s cinematic adaptation of A Passage to India (1984) before I encountered E.M. Forster’s original...
Baloch Insurgency: How It Imperils South Asian Regional Security
In the space of 10 days in late April 2026, insurgents in Pakistan purportedly carried out 27 attacks in the...
How Democracies Became The New Digital Authoritarians
“Digital authoritarianism” refers to governments using technology for surveillance and censorship to repress dissent. China remains the master practitioner. There,...
The Race To Discover New Species Before They’re Gone
When most people imagine scientists discovering new species, they probably still picture an expedition into the unknown. A naturalist travels...
Israel’s Lebanon Campaign Risks Repeating Past Failed Lessons
Going into the war in Iran, the Israeli government seemingly had two intertwined goals: to bring down the Islamic Republic...
Cong Questions PM Modi’s Silence On Israel-Lebanon Conflict
The Congress on Tuesday intensified its criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of remaining silent on Israel’s ongoing...
Is The ‘Quad’ Dying A Slow Death?
Analysts have tried to make sense of US President Donald Trump’s second term with countless, sometimes contradictory, labels. He’s isolationist...
Leaving Home: They Returned To Afghanistan, But Not To Stability
In Pakistan, Khoja Gul was a businessman. He is Afghan, but like many around him, he moved across the border...
One Year On, How Close Are India And Pakistan To Another Conflict?
A year has passed since conflict broke out between India and Pakistan, briefly raising fears of an all-out war between...
Reparations, Responsibility And The Unfinished Business Of Empire
On Wednesday, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani stated that he would urge King Charles III to return the Kohinoor diamond...
What Women’s Work Songs Reveal About The Changing Climate
Anusuyabai Pandekar and her daughter-in-law Mandabai sit facing each other beside a stone grindmill. The mill is still. No grain...
Chernobyl At 40: Secret Files Reveal Extent Of Soviet Cover-Up Attempt
On April 26, 1986, Soviet engineers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were conducting a safety test. Doomed by a...
In A Fractured World Order, Where Does The Global South Fit In?
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was one of the first world leaders to speak out about the “ruptured” world order...
Latest Attack On Trump Reflects Rising Political Violence In US
For the third time in three years, Donald Trump has come under threat by an attacker. Many facts remain unclear...
Democracy Meets Extreme Heat: Elections In A Warming Climate
On 13 February, 37-year-old Suraj stood for nearly four hours in open ground in Salem, Tamil Nadu, waiting to hear...
‘Hellhole’ Remark: India’s Global Image Still Battles Western Bias
"A baby here becomes an instant citizen, and then they bring the entire family in from China or India or...
