The best part of being a journalist, especially one covering geopolitics, is there is almost never a dull moment. And, even if you ignore some news for 1-2 days, you never realise when it becomes the monster in the room. Something similar is what happened in India’s Himalayan neighbourhood of…
Balochistan 'Conundrum' and the Failed Idea of Pakistan
September 7, 2025
“The Pakistan state has completely lost its writ in 5-7 districts of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwan which are in a position to declare independence soon.” This was the statement of Pakistani lawmaker and cleric, Maulana Fazlur Rehman in his country’s National Assembly in February this year, comparing the situation to…
'No washrooms, late night knocks, lobby dominance': How 'Hema Committee Report' exposed shocking details from Mollywood
August 25, 2025
Movies are reflection of our society, at least that’s how it’s meant to be. And if there is one industry in India, which is living upto the expectations of bringing progressive and unconventional cinema, it’s Mollywood, or the Malayalam movie industry. With movies like ‘The Great Indian Kitchen’, ‘Manjummel Boys’,…
As if the ‘Special Intensive Revision’ in Bihar months ahead of polls hadn’t raised enough doubts on ‘free and fair’ elections, the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, came up with another bombshell allegations of what he termed “vote chori”, accusing the Election Commission and ruling Bharatiya Janata…
“This is a gone series. No way this team will be able to perform in England without Virat and Rohit. I think it’ll be very difficult for India to win even one match.” These were the common phrases we heard before the start of India’s England tour. All major cricket…
On February 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a successful meeting with newly sworn-in US President Donald Trump at the White House, where both leaders heaped high praise on one another. At that point, Mr Modi was one of the first global leaders to visit Trump in his very early…
If a regime wants to conquer not just people’s votes but also their minds, it will target the textbooks. This is exactly what the recent changes in the NCERT textbooks seem to suggest. The social science textbook for Class 8 has reframed the medieval period, particularly the Mughal era, encompassing…
If a referee in a game of sports becomes a lapdog of one of the participants, will the game remain ‘free and fair’? A similar question is being posed to the Election Commission of India due to the manner in which it has been behaving over the last couple of…
Last few weeks saw the conflict in West Asia deepening further, as Israel launched a massive attack on Iran, prompting the Islamic Republic to hit back. The situation took a serious turn, when the United States too, on Israel’s behest, entered the war and bombarded the key nuclear facilities in…
A Love at 'Sona Bazaar'
June 22, 2025
I am Fatima, and I work at a brothel at the famous red light area in Delhi…the ‘Sona Bazaar’, and this is my love story that changed my life forever. Chapter 1 It was 11 pm on a rainy Thursday, I had already ‘attended’ around 10 clients today and was…
