The Barmer incident where students were detained after calling the District Collector a “reel star” should have ended as a minor footnote in local administration. Instead, it has exposed an uncomfortable truth about India’s bureaucracy in 2025. This was not about an insult. It was about power
When Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal chose to publicly sneer at India’s platform economy, questioning whether the country should be proud of “delivery boys” instead of manufacturing entrepreneurs, he was not making a throwaway comment. He was revealing how disconnected parts of India’s political leadership are from the economy they claim to manage. Fresh economic […]
Manju Lata Meena, President of the Jaipur Women’s Congress, stood at a public rally in the national capital and raised a slogan invoking the death and burial of the Prime Minister of India. This was not crowd noise, not an overheated chant lost in chaos, and not a mischievous turn of phrase. She acknowledged it […]
In Washington, diplomatic tremors rarely show up in the form of a sternly worded letter. But the recent Congressional communication urging targeted sanctions against Pakistan’s leadership is not another routine expression of concern. It is a structural break in how the United States views Pakistan’s military establishment, and a warning that the days of strategic […]
Two Australian women cricketers being harassed in Indore has gone beyond an unfortunate crime. It has revealed deep cracks in the way India manages security for international sporting events. This is not about one man’s despicable act. It is about systemic negligence by the Madhya Pradesh Police, the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA), and the […]
I have been a cricket fan for more than three decades. Since the 1990s, I have seen almost every match India has played, especially against Pakistan. I have bunked school to catch those tense overs, lied at work to slip away for a quick stream, and even turned down family commitments because nothing matched the […]
India received its third GE F404-IN20 engine for the Tejas Mk1A today, a development that once again underscores the country’s dependence on imported powerplants for its frontline fighters. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) continues to rely on the American-made engine to keep Tejas production moving, and when GE delays its shipments, as it has done in […]
The image of the Ashoka emblem, India’s national symbol of sovereignty, lying defaced at the Hazratbal shrine is more than just vandalism. It is a question that cuts deep into the uneasy intersection of faith and separatist politics in Kashmir. Was this truly about religious sensitivity, or was it another chapter in the long saga […]
The images from Mumbai this past week looked more like a civil rights uprising than a routine protest. Young men were dancing atop BEST buses, some were bathing on the city’s roads, while others casually walked into Westside stores and Burger King outlets near the Taj Hotel. For a city that already suffers from broken […]
In the aftermath of the 2008 Malegaon blast case—and the recent acquittals of all the accused after nearly 15 years—the nation is confronted with uncomfortable questions. Chief among them: Was this explosive case, and the broader narrative of “saffron terror,” less about justice and more about politics? Emerging evidence and whistleblower accounts suggest that















