Is India’s Maoist Insurgency Truly Near Its End? When redoubtable Amit Shah, the Home Minister, declared that India would soon be free of the world’s longest-running Maoist insurgency, it carried the cadence of closure—a decisive end to a conflict that has simmered, flared, and endured for nearly six decades. Yet, like many long wars foughtContinue reading “The End of The Red Corridor”
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An Evening that Spoke for the “Third World”
The gathering was not large. Yet it was the kind of gathering where numbers quietly surrender to thought. On that evening, we had assembled to release a collection of poems titled तीसरा जहाँ, written by Savita Jain ‘Savi’, herself a retired senior government functionary. The book explores the lives, pains, hopes, aspirations and quiet resilience ofContinue reading “An Evening that Spoke for the “Third World””
Delhi Declaration – A Global South Moment
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 concluded at Bharat Mandapam with the endorsement of the New Delhi Declaration by 88 countries and international organisations — among them the United States, China, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Brazil, Russia, the European Union, and IFAD. When these 88 nations endorsed the New Delhi Declaration at theContinue reading “Delhi Declaration – A Global South Moment”
Who owns A Language?
A widely circulated interview between Elena Reyes, a Filipino professor of English, and a veteran British broadcaster James Whitmore did something quietly radical. In a few unadorned exchanges, it unsettled a belief so deeply normalised that it often goes unquestioned: that there exists a proper way to speak English, and that this propriety is bestContinue reading “Who owns A Language?”
When Dusk Sang Vande Mataram
Beating Retreat in a New Key On the evening of 29 January, as dusk gathers softly over Raisina Hill and the sandstone façades of power begin to glow in amber light, India performs one of its most understated yet evocative rituals. The Beating Retreat ceremony, held three days after Republic Day, brings the grand pageantryContinue reading “When Dusk Sang Vande Mataram”
A Budget of Consolidation in an Uncertain World
The Union Budget 2026–27 has been presented at a moment when the global economic and political environment remains deeply unsettled. Wars continue to disrupt trade routes, financial markets remain sensitive to interest rate movements in advanced economies, and supply chains are increasingly shaped by geopolitics rather than efficiency alone. For an economy like India—integrated withContinue reading “A Budget of Consolidation in an Uncertain World”
The “Mother of All Deals”: India, Europe, and the Re-Making of Global Trade
When India and the European Union concluded what leaders on both sides have described as the “Mother of All Deals” in January 2026, the moment marked the end of one of the longest and most tortuous trade negotiations of the modern era—and the beginning of a new geoeconomic alignment in a fractured world. Negotiations forContinue reading “The “Mother of All Deals”: India, Europe, and the Re-Making of Global Trade”
India in 2026: Her Moment of Measure Part-II
Pressures, Possibilities, and the Shape of Influence In the first part of this essay, I reflected on India’s economic scale and the institutional resilience that now underpins it. Yet macro stability alone does not tell the full story of a nation’s moment. Beneath the surface lie social tensions, external pressures, and environmental limits that willContinue reading “India in 2026: Her Moment of Measure Part-II”
India in 2026: Her Moment of Measure Part-I
Scale, Stability, and the Learning Curve As India enters 2026, it does so at a moment of paradox. The country stands on the cusp of an extraordinary economic milestone: by the close of the financial year, it has overtaken Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy. Yet this achievement unfolds against a backdrop of disquiet—strainedContinue reading “India in 2026: Her Moment of Measure Part-I”
THANKSGIVING AND THE AMERICAN CONSCIENCE: A THREE PART REFLECTION-PART III
Intertwined Destinies: A Shared, Fractured, And Enduring Legacy If the first two parts of this essay trace the movement of history—the rise, the rupture, the unravelling—this final part turns toward the deeper question: What did this encounter ultimately do to the social, economic, and moral intercourse between those who were native to the land andContinue reading “THANKSGIVING AND THE AMERICAN CONSCIENCE: A THREE PART REFLECTION-PART III”
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