Diaspora
144 Ayes: The Number That Changed Tamil Nadu’s Political History
When C. Joseph Vijay told the Assembly “This is not a minority government — it is a government for the minorities,” he was doing something Tamil Nadu had not seen…
TN Ashok
TN Ashok is a veteran journalist with over five decades of experience. He served as Editor (Economics) at the Press Trust of India (PTI) and has traveled to more than 20 countries on assignments with Indian prime ministers and vice presidents.
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Diaspora
The Golden Millstone
It takes a certain political courage — or perhaps breathtaking optimism — for an Indian prime minister to stand before a nation of 1.4 billion people and suggest, with a…
Economy
The Sermon of the Spent: India’s Brittle Grandeur and the Hormuz Reckoning
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…
Community
The End of the Dynasty: How Tamil Nadu’s Young Rewrote Their Future
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.…
Community
Tamil Nadu’s Great Political Chessboard: Vijay at the Gates, Dravidian Rivals in the Shadows
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…
Community
The Long Unravelling: India’s Decadal Pivot and the Twilight of the Hegemon
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…
Diaspora
Indian State Elections: A Republic at the Polls, Two Very Different Battles
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…
Diplomacy
The Islamabad Failure: How a Weekend of Diplomacy Brought the World Closer to War
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…
Community
The Simplification Temptation: Modi’s Grand Wager on Uniformity in an Unruly Democracy
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,…
World
The Strait of Hormuz: A World on the Edge
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…
Elections
The Gulf in the Ballot Box: How a Distant War Is Reshaping India’s Five-State Election
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…
Films
Delhi’s Big Screen Moment: How the Capital Is Rewriting India’s Film Festival Playbook
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…
India
India on the Edge: How the Iran War Is Testing Modi’s Economic Miracle — and His Political Future
When Narendra Modi flew to Jerusalem on February 26 to address the Knesset — becoming the first Indian prime minister to do so — the timing carried an unmistakable strategic signal. Two…
Capitol Hill
Indian PM Modi’s BJP Hopes to Tighten Control of the Upper House of Parliament
On the morning of Monday, March 16, in ten state assembly halls spread across India’s vast subcontinent, legislators will cast ballots that most people outside political circles will barely notice.…
Middle East
A Region at War, A World on Edge: The Expanding Iran Conflict
The Middle East has entered its most dangerous military confrontation in decades, after a coordinated U.S.–Israeli assault on Iran — dubbed Operation Epic Fury — killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah…
Films
NUREMBERG (2025): Justice on Trial — Then and Now
Eighty years after Hermann Goering smuggled cyanide past his guards and cheated the hangman, Hollywood has returned to Nuremberg — not to replay the verdict, but to probe the mind…