Star Wars

With old alliances fracturing and new ones being forged, the global order is not just shifting—it is being rewritten in real time

All the President's Men

Is the US reset with Russia due to the China factor?

Interminable Chaos

Is the ongoing global geopolitical security crisis ephemeral or a continuum?

Enter, a New Perilous Era

How long will it take us to understand a profoundly transformed global order?

Where is My School?

Has the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) scheme met its target to push for girls' education a decade after it was launched?

Shivaji's Rabindra Sangeet

How does Bengali literature perceive Maratha heroism, especially in an age of religious polarisation?

Mother Russia

Just a couple of days before we landed at the Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, there had been a major drone attack by Ukraine in the Russian capital.

Endangered Globe

It is time for a definitive political and societal policy reset

ReOrient

China's ultimate aim is to replace the US and become the pre-eminent power in the world

Exchange Rate

Intentions, strategy and the global impact of US-driven tariff wars

Evolution of World Orders

Over the centuries, the global order has shifted at regular intervals. With the rise of Third World powers, the post-Cold War US hegemony may have to face consequences

The Disruptor

Donald Trump's gradual shift to transactional diplomacy has one long-term motive- to counter the Chinese challenge. It won't be such a bad thing for India

In Trump's Court

The slew of litigation filed by states' attorneys in the USA challenging Trump's executive orders on citizenship, federal funding and agency restructuring speaks to a nation at a critical constitutional juncture

Bromance

How the Indian PM and the US president do the tango of 'America First' and 'India First'—similar sounding mottos that make them partners, mainly in politics, as well as competitors, especially in trade

Ode to a Connoisseur

The crackling noise of the radio; a few minutes spent in tuning into the right station; and then, a song—these were the most recurrent sounds that came from Dad’s room, whenever he would lie in bed.

E for Eclipse

The 21st century is turning on two hinges, where different forms of the European nation-state and its sovereign integrity are involved

Life is a Mela

Modern intellectuals are yet to appreciate the specialness of melas, a unique Indian cultural phenomenon

Shopping With God

What is lost through the glitz that Mecca has acquired is the subtlety of the spiritual experience

Religious Itinerary

In India, religious tourism is not a new thing, but the upsurge is unprecedented, leading to a very evident mixing of religion and politics, where temple reconstruction is one of its features.

No Brotherhood, This

India's foreign policy initiatives in recent years have shown signs of giving in to pressure from the United States

The Chak De! Gang

Unconditional love for the sport and systemic support have resulted in Jharkhand turning into a nursery of hockey players, especially for tribal girls

Piecemeal PEACE

Forget a ceasefire, the spat between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump at the White House has further complicated the situation, with Europe seeking to put a spanner in Trump's plans for a peace deal

The Lord's City Sits on Sand

As the underwater search continues for relics from the mythical Dwarka of Lord Krishna submerged under the Arabian Sea, are ecological threats to the still- inhabited city on the Gujarat shore getting less attention than they deserve?

In Baba-Land

The advent of social media changed life in the sleepy town of Gadha, where a 28-year-old Dhirendra Krishna Garg aka Bageshwar Baba, has amassed an unbelievable following who believe he has supernatural powers

Sitakund

With Sitamarhi in Bihar included in the central government’s Ramayan Circuit list, Sita’s birthplace may finally get the same stature as Ram’s in Ayodhya

Sacred Games

Pilgrims are being fast-tracked into 'spiritual tourists'. This places impossible demands on the vulnerable Himalayan region

Writing Rebellion

“Come to think of it, for us, that is, for us Muslims, it is said that, other than Allah above, our pati is God on earth.

Turn Right for Religion

Behind the obvious global rise in pilgrimage and religious tourism is not just the growing religiosity across societies, but also choices made by governments on the kind of infrastructure to develop. This trend has the backing of a market-driven push for commodification of faith and the Right-wing strategy of religion-based mass mobilisation

The New Hindu Hub

From a backwater town to a religious tourism hotspot, Ayodhya’s transformation story has positives as well as negatives

Taking charge like never before

Women homebuyers today are more independent, decisive and investment-savvy than ever.