In the high-stakes theatre of Indian politics, the costume change from the “Vishwa Guru” (Global Teacher) in a bespoke waistcoat to the ascetic monk in a hair shirt has never …
There is a moment in Tamil political folklore that everyone in the state can still feel, even if they weren’t alive to witness it. The year was 1967. C. N. …
For the first time in nearly six decades, Tamil Nadu stands suspended between the collapse of an old political order and the uncertain birth of a new one. The stunning …
In the high-vaulted corridors of Lutyens’ Delhi, the air is thick not with the heat of the coming summer, but with the scent of an ending. As the dust settles …
India does not hold one election — it holds a hundred simultaneously, each a separate argument about power, identity, and who the state belongs to. The two contests concluding this …
In the annals of failed diplomacy, the Islamabad talks may come to be remembered not merely as a missed opportunity, but as a turning point — the moment when the …
There is a particular kind of political courage — or audacity, depending on where you stand — in proposing to simplify what has resisted simplification for seventy-five years. Narendra Modi, …
Six weeks into the war between the United States and Iran, the conflict has arrived at its most dangerous inflection point. What began as a rapid military campaign has hardened …
India is heading into its most consequential sub-national electoral cycle in a decade — and the campaign trail smells, unexpectedly, of kerosene. A war in West Asia, now entering its …
For decades, India’s film festival circuit has been defined by a familiar triangle. Goa hosts the country’s flagship state-backed spectacle — red carpets, global premieres, and tiered accreditation badges that …
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