Every Indian family has one. The uncle, who arrives at a wedding with a long face, finds fault with the arrangements, complains that nobody consulted him, refuses to smile for the family photograph and, just when everyone is enjoying the celebration, ..

For decades, India has spoken about the drug menace as though it were principally a problem of policing, addiction and rehabilitation...

Those familiar with the ideological and philosophical tradition of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) would not have been surprised by the substance of Dr. Mohan Bhagwat’s speech in the United States...

Nepal’s latest deluge is a reminder of a truth that modern civilisation repeatedly forgets that nature can be studied, monitored and predicted, but it cannot be commanded...

A criminal justice system is expected to answer one basic question within a reasonable time. Who is guilty and who is not? When that answer takes 44 years, the delay is no longer an administrative inconvenience...

The Delhi High Court’s recent observations on live-in relationships deserve a debate that goes beyond the immediate question of whether two consenting adults have the right to live together...

There is something deeply revealing about Donald Trump invoking India’s electoral system as an example for America while the Congress party, led by Rahul Gandhi, continues to portray the same system as fundamentally suspect...

There are moments when history does not need a speech. A photograph is enough. The Tricolour flying over Lal Chowk in Srinagar is one such moment. For decades, Lal Chowk was presented as the symbolic heart of separatism...

The government may have moved a step ahead in pushing the FCRA Amendment Bill, but the larger lesson goes far beyond the fate of a legislation...

The Jharkhand student agitation has exposed the Congress’s most familiar political habit. Outrage when an opponent is in power, silence when an ally is responsible...

There are many hazards in public life. There are political attacks, hostile crowds, angry slogans, criticism, ridicule and, occasionally, objects flying in one's direction...

India's Parliament is once again confronted with an all-too-familiar phenomenon: foreign politicians attempting to influence the country's legislative process...

For centuries, Nepal was known for two things that defined it in the eyes of the world - the majesty of the Himalayas, and the endurance of its Hindu civilisational ethos...

The elections in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) have once again stripped away the carefully cultivated narrative that Pakistan presents before the international community...

For millions of young Indians, a competitive examination is not merely a test. It is the gateway to a career, social mobility and a better future...

The resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan marks a significant political development. The BJP is not a party known for taking such decisions impulsively...

Even peaceful protest is an essential feature of any democracy. Democracy also requires vigilance...

The images on your TV are not random. The slogans are not spontaneous. The timing is not a coincidence...

Jantar Mantar has become a stage once again. Not for students. Not for reform. It has become a theatre of politics...

The rise of Muhammad to the top of Britain's baby-name charts is much more than a statistical milestone. It is a snapshot of a country whose demographic profile is changing before its eyes...

The latest reports on the treatment of underground Christians in China have once again drawn international attention to an old question:..

A democracy survives not merely because it has a government, but because it has an opposition that is vigilant, visible and constantly engaged...

The recent proceedings before the Chhattisgarh High Court have once again demonstrated that India is not merely debating school prayers...

The Allahabad High Court recently refused to quash criminal proceedings in a case involving allegations under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, despite arguments based on Muslim Personal Law...

Politics often borrows the language of faith, but the public has every right to ask whether that language reflects conviction or convenience...

The so-called “Cockroach Janata Party” has collapsed under the weight of its own hype...

The Congress today faces two battles at once. One is against the BJP in the political arena. The other is within its own ranks, where competing voices increasingly expose the absence of a coherent national position...

Sonia Gandhi's article on Gaza is presented as a humanitarian appeal. It accuses the Modi government of abandoning India's moral voice and remaining silent in the face of civilian suffering...

The recent controversy surrounding passport verification has once again exposed a peculiar tendency in Indian politics...

As India remembers the dark days of the emergency imposed on June 25, 1975, it is important to go beyond the familiar narrative of censorship, arrests, and suspended freedoms..

History is not merely written in books. It is also written on road signs, public squares, monuments, and the names a society chooses to honour. Every nameplate is a declaration of memory. It tells future generations who deserves gratitude, who deserves ..

The reported decision of six Members of Parliament from Shiv Sena (UBT) to join the camp led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is not merely another political setback. It is a devastating blow to Uddhav Thackeray personally and ..

The recent observations of the Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Sandeep Mehta and Vijay Bishnoi that "RTI activism has become a business" may have shocked some sections of the activist ecosystem. But for millions of Indians who have witnessed ..

The split in the Trinamool Congress was not a sudden development. It was inevitable. The surprise is not that it happened, but that it took so long. The cracks within the party had been visible for years, concealed only by Mamata Banerjee's personal ..

For decades, Indian Communists lectured the nation on democracy while practising political arrogance, ideological rigidity and organisational insularity. Now, after suffering one of their most humiliating defeats in Kerala, they have suddenly discovered ..

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's observation that the so-called “Hindu Rate of Growth” should actually be called the “Congress Rate of Growth” is more than a political remark. It is a challenge to one of the most enduring intellectual distortions ..

The Supreme Court's recent observation that premarital sex cannot be termed "moral turpitude" has triggered an important debate that extends far beyond the facts of a particular legal case. The remark came while hearing the case of an aspiring police ..

The Supreme Court’s recently released draft regulations on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in courts may well prove to be one of the most important policy interventions in India’s emerging digital era. At its heart lies a simple but profound ..

The latest developments in West Bengal have once again exposed one of the deepest distortions afflicting Indian democracy is dynastic politics. The ongoing turmoil within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is not merely a battle of factions. It is a reminder ..

Kapil Sibal's declaration that he is "ashamed to live in India" is not merely a political statement. It is a revealing glimpse into a mindset that has haunted India's public discourse for decades. A mindset that has never truly trusted the instincts ..

The demand to end Scheduled Tribe (ST) reservation benefits for those who have abandoned tribal faith, customs, traditions and community life after conversion is not a question for debate. It is a question, which goes beyond constitution and legal ..

The change of leadership in Karnataka is not a sign of Congress strength. It is a symptom of Congress decay. At a time when the party desperately needed stability in its only major surviving southern state, the Congress high command instead delivered ..

India has finally decided to confront a truth that generations of political leadership either ignored, concealed, or cynically exploited for vote-bank gains unnatural demographic change is not merely a statistical issue; it is a civilisational, ..

At a time when India is steadily consolidating its position as a major global power under Narendra Modi, the repeated attempts by Rahul Gandhi to paint a picture of chaos, collapse and unrest raise serious questions about the direction in which ..

There are certain moments in public life when a government decision rises above routine administration and enters the realm of civilizational correction. The decision of the West Bengal government, led by Suvendu Adhikari, to make the rendition ..

For decades, any discussion on demographic change in India was dismissed as “communal paranoia” by self-proclaimed secular intellectuals and vote-bank politicians. Those who raised concerns about illegal infiltration, border districts changing rapidly, ..

There are electoral victories, and then there are ideological turning points that redefine political history. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s victory in the Naxalbari Assembly constituency is one such moment. This is not merely the defeat of a rival ..

Kerala’s post-election Congress leadership tussle has intensified debate around factionalism, coalition pressures, dynastic politics, and the party’s organisational direction...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent appeal to citizens regarding restrained fuel consumption, unnecessary travel, excessive imports and the responsible use of resources such as gold was not merely an economic advisory. It is an attempt to revive ..

The much-advertised INDIA bloc was always less of a political alliance and more of a temporary refugee camp for anti-BJP parties terrified by the rise of Narendra Modi and the electoral dominance of the Bharatiya Janata Party. It had no ideological ..

The political undercurrents in Tamil Nadu are beginning to expose a larger national crisis inside the so-called INDIA bloc. What appears on the surface as an electoral adjustment involving the Congress, DMK and the emerging TVK has, in reality, ..

For far too long, cross-border infiltration into India has been shaped by sentiment, outrage and political expediency rather than clear-headed policy. The recent elections in Assam and West Bengal brought this reality into sharp focus. What should ..

The debate over the Great Nicobar Island Development Project is no longer merely about environment versus development. It has evolved into a larger question of India’s strategic clarity versus political obstructionism. At the center of this debate ..

Once formidable in their bastions of West Bengal and Kerala, the communists now face a structural crisis that goes beyond electoral arithmetic and enters the domain of ideological exhaustion...

Gujarat civic elections are not just another electoral milestone — they are a decisive reaffirmation of a civilisational political shift that began in the state decades ago...

The Allahabad High Court’s latest observation on “Sar Tan Se Juda” deserves far more attention than a routine bail order. Justice Ashutosh Srivastava has drawn a line that a constitutional democracy cannot afford to blur:..

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again demonstrated that diplomacy does not necessarily require diplomatic ambiguity...

There is something deeply revealing about the sudden arrival of consent forms in Mumbai's churches..

India should count caste. It is a social reality. If caste continues to influence education, employment, economic opportunity and social mobility, the State needs credible data to understand the problem and design targeted policies...

Rahul Gandhi’s latest performance in Pune has once again brought into focus a political phenomenon that deserves serious examination - the rise of the “dimagi naxal”...

For decades, Pakistan has worked relentlessly to internationalise the Kashmir issue. Islamabad has attempted to portray Jammu and Kashmir as an unresolved international dispute and to persuade major powers that the region requires external intervention...

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s organisational rejig is much more than a routine reshuffle of office-bearers. It is a statement about how a political organisation prepares itself for the future...

On August 15, 1947, India achieved what generations had struggled and sacrificed for: political freedom. The Union Jack came down and the Tricolour rose over a free India...

There was a time when Parliament was considered the temple of democracy. Members entered it conscious of the institution they represented, the people who had elected them and the seriousness of the business before the nation...

The modern dating culture presents a striking paradox as people are looking for love but increasingly tired of the very process through which they hope to find it...

As India celebrates the centenary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat has once again demonstrated why the organisation has remained relevant across generations...

The Supreme Court's recent decision extending the protection against cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (now Section 85 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita) to women in qualifying live-in relationships has once again ignited a fundamental ..

Some moments rise above routine politics and become milestones in a nation's moral journey. The passage of the Vande Mataram Bill by both Houses of Parliament is one such defining moment...

With Lok Sabha passing the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, India has finally acknowledged a bitter truth that paper leaks are not routine irregularities but a national crime against merit...

The latest agitation at Jantar Mantar is not merely another protest against the Narendra Modi government. It is a political commentary on the present condition of India's Opposition...

Politics is often decided not by the beginning of a movement but by what happens after its emotional peak...

There was a time when Naseeruddin Shah's performances spoke louder than his interviews. Today, the opposite often appears true...

Democracies rarely collapse in a single dramatic moment. They decay gradually when constitutional institutions begin yielding to the politics of the street...

In an age of specialists, Sir Garfield Sobers feels almost mythical. Today's cricket is built around clearly defined roles: opener, finisher, death bowler, wrist-spinner...

The latest declaration by Baloch nationalist leaders proclaiming an independent "Republic of Balochistan" has once again drawn international attention to Pakistan's largest and most resource-rich province...

The controversy surrounding the mosque near the runway of Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport is religious in nature...

Pakistan has finally solved the oldest problem of governance. Why maintain separate ministries when one institution can do everything? Need national security? Call the Army...

The controversy over Congress spokesperson Dr. Ajoy Kumar referring to Sikkim as a "neighbouring country" should not be dismissed as an innocent slip of the tongue...

When President Donald Trump chose the 250th anniversary of American Independence to warn against Communism, the symbolism was striking...

The demolition of the 125-year-old Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Sahib in Farooqabad in Pakistan last week wasn’t a clerical error. It was a confession...

For more than seven decades, Pakistan built its Kashmir policy on one slogan "Azadi." It funded it, armed it, glorified it and exported it across the Line of Control...

The brutal rape and murder of a three-and-a-half-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Nasrapur village near Pune on May 1, 2026, was one of those crimes that shook the conscience of society...

Corporate executives often make sweeping observations. It is almost part of the job description. But occasionally, the confidence exceeds the homework...

Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has once again found himself expressing regret in court. This time, before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, he filed an application apologising for dragging Kartikeya Singh Chouhan, son of former Chief Minister ..

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board's June 22 meeting produced exactly what seasoned observers expected. Another resolution lamenting Muslim "marginalisation," another call for a nationwide agitation, and another attempt to portray Indian Muslims ..

The decision of the Telangana government to name a road near the US Consulate in Hyderabad as “Donald Trump Avenue” has produced an unlikely political development. For a brief moment, the BJP and the CPI(M) found themselves on the same side of an ..

After more than 100 days of conflict, the United States and Iran have finally agreed to a ceasefire framework and a 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The immediate danger of a wider regional war appears to have receded, the Strait of Hormuz ..

The outrage expressed by Kerala Chief Minister of Congress V.D. Satheeshan over the participation of three university Vice-Chancellors in an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) programme has once again exposed a deeply ingrained tendency within the ..

Every few years, as electoral setbacks mount and political irrelevance stares them in the face, leaders of Congress and Congress-originated parties begin talking about reunification. The latest discussions about parties that once split from the ..

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The much-hyped Delhi agitation organised under the banner of the so-called Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) was projected as the beginning of a political storm. Its supporters promised a massive show of public anger, a decisive challenge to the ruling ..

The INDIA bloc was presented before the country as a grand coalition of democratic forces. Two years later it looks less like a coalition and more like a collapsing scaffolding. The loudest cracks are no longer coming from outside. They are coming ..

For years, the Trinamool Congress cultivated an image of invincibility. The party projected itself not merely as a political organization but as an impregnable fortress revolving around one individual Mamata Banerjee. The message was relentlessly ..

Devi Ahilyabai Holkar occupies a unique position. Reverently remembered as "Punyashlok," she is perhaps the only ruler in Indian history whose very name has become inseparable from this title. Every Indian understands the significance of "Punya" ..

The controversy surrounding action against actor Ranveer Singh should not be viewed as an isolated episode involving a single celebrity. It needs to be examined against the backdrop of a larger churn underway in Bollywood a transformation that ..

The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Election Commission of India’s power to conduct a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is not merely a legal endorsement of an administrative exercise. It is a reaffirmation of the constitutional ..

The debate around the Uniform Civil Code has once again moved to the centre of India’s political discourse, and Assam is emerging as one of the most decisive battlegrounds in this transformation. The BJP-led government in the state has made it clear ..

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has once again brought national attention to one of the most sensitive and long-neglected issues confronting India illegal infiltration across the borders. Drawing parallels with the Centre’s determined campaign against ..

Indian democracy has survived wars, emergency, separatism, terrorism and decades of political instability. But, one of the greatest threats before the nation today does not come from across the border alone. It comes from a growing ecosystem of ..

For decades, West Bengal was slowly pushed towards a dangerous demographic and security crisis under the combined political culture of Communist appeasement and Trinamool Congress opportunism. Illegal infiltration from Bangladesh was not merely ..

The Madhya Pradesh High Court verdict recognising Bhojshala in Dhar as a Saraswati temple is not just a court order. It is a direct challenge to decades of intellectual dishonesty, political appeasement and civilisational denial imposed upon Hindus ..

The Supreme Court’s refusal to revisit its landmark observation that “Hinduism is a way of life” is not merely a judicial reiteration. It is a civilisational affirmation. At a time when Hindutva is constantly caricatured through narrow political ..

The Somnath Swabhiman Parv is not merely a cultural event. It is not just a religious gathering. It is a civilisational reminder to Hindus that despite centuries of invasions, destruction, humiliation, and attempts to erase their identity, Bhartiya ..

A year after 'Operation Sindoor, one has to admit that India’s decisive response through Operation Sindoor marks far more than a military action. It signals the emergence of a hardened national doctrine that refuses to tolerate terrorism exported ..

Mamata Banerjee’s refusal to step down after a decisive electoral defeat is not a show of resilience. It is a display of political immaturity and institutional disregard. After more than three decades in public life, such conduct is neither defensible ..

If Kerala signals decline, West Bengal represents collapse. Once the laboratory of Communist governance for over three decades, West Bengal today offers no meaningful space to the Left. Its organisational network has withered, its leadership lacks ..

Recurring allegations over EVMs raise broader questions about electoral trust, democratic accountability, and confidence in India’s election institutions...

The friction began early this year. On January 22, the Club issued notices following a gathering held on January 19 that set off alarm bells internally. This wasn't an average press meet. The event featured several prominent individuals currently ..