OPINION

India's 'silence' on Palestine reflective of its 'hollow' leadership

October 27, 2025
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,…
MOVIES

'While We Watched': A moving portrayal of India's crumbling 'journalism'

October 12, 2025
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…
OPINION

Rahul pushes Modi on backfoot with bombshell "vote chori" charge

August 18, 2025
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…
EDUCATION

Union Budget 2025-26: Why BJP finally played the 'Middle Class' card?

February 11, 2025
On February 1st, the NDA government presented its 11th full budget. While every budget has talking points and some highlighting features, this one turned out to be particularly special, as perhaps for the first time, the government provided a huge relief to the Middle Class. The tax relief up to…
EDUCATION

Why India's 'confused' Tibet Policy needs reckoning

August 8, 2024
Over the past some time, writing commentary on foreign policies has been a delightful job of mine. On most if not all occasions, I have been praiseworthy of India’s foreign policy, which has been more assertive and proactive on most fronts. But, one policy area popped into my mind, where…
EDUCATION

Chabahar Port: Significance of deal and its challenges for India

August 2, 2024
In a significant strategic development, India, and Iran inked the Chabhar Port deal in May this year. Th deal which allows New Delhi to operate the strategically important port in Tehran holds great strategic importance for India, as it will provide Indian goods with a gateway to reach landlocked Afghanistan…