Donald Trump, who came to power in 2024 with a strong mandate, faced a tough reality check last week, as his party lost both the houses of Congress and bunch of Governorships, weakening his command over the party and administration, and leaving him wounded and even more unpredictable for the…
The 'Great' Education Record of Modi Regime
June 22, 2026
Education has to play a key role if a country has to progress, and more so, emerge a superpower in the new global order. Whether one wants to look at the example of Japan, China or the Nordic countries in Europe, it was always quality education at all levels, that…
The game that started after Lok Sabha elections ascended to its peak last week, as Bharatiya Janata Party’s winning juggernaut went on to conquer its dream fort of Bengal. Now, irrespective of which party you wanted to win in Bengal, there are enough grounds to discuss whether the elections were…
In 1974, India recognized Palestine Liberation Organization (popularly known as ‘Fateh’) as the sole representative of Palestinian people and subsequently in 1988, became the first non-Arab country to recognize the state of Palestine. Throughout this ongoing regional conflict, India has been one of the strongest voices for Palestinian rights. Now,…
Ravish Kumar, the name needs no introduction. Based on his life and particularly his NDTV years, a strong and moving documentary ‘While We Watched’ won many accolades, especially globally. This powerful and moving documentary captures Ravish Kumar’s journalism and personal life for two years (2018-19), while highlighting the sorry and…
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…
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…
If everyone including me was predicting a rocky path for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the assembly elections after its juggernaut was shaken (not stopped) in the 2024 general elections, we were all proven wrong, as the BJP was quick to assess its mistakes, made amendments in its poll strategy…
One should never take the electorate for granted, irrespective of how much muscle and money power one accumulates, it takes the power of one finger to put a stop to any force. This is exactly what happened on June 4, when the whole country was taken aback to see the…
Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India since 2014, will be seeking a record third straight term in power as the Lok Sabha elections have got underway. The last 10 years will go down as one of the most momentous periods for the country, in both positive and negative terms,…
