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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.…
History is fascinating to those have created or been a part of it and in a hope that future generations would glean from the past and learn relevant lessons. Perhaps…
The headlines of the past year have painted a grim, near-dystopian picture of India’s commercial hubs: silent “empty offices” where algorithms have purportedly evicted the human workforce. This narrative of…
Nearing its second week, the conflict in the Middle East appears to have only one direction: from bad to worse by the day. The dizzying speed at which the war…
Artificial intelligence is already reshaping the American economy. Software writes software. Customer service is handled by algorithms. Legal research that once required teams of associates can now be completed in…
Uttarakhand has never been a state that dominates headlines. It does not feature daily in political shouting matches or cultural flashpoints. For long stretches, it has remained largely absent from…
“Foreign policy is a matter of costs and benefits, not theology.” — Fareed Zakaria Just days ago, news broke that the United States and Israel had struck Iran, aiming to…
A full week into a conflict where principal policy makers are yet to make up their minds on whether it is a “war” or simply an “operation.” There is no…
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Paul Kapur’s recent visit to Dhaka should not be viewed merely as a routine diplomatic engagement. Rather, it reflects…
Mr. Hari Krishan Dua—known to generations of journalists simply as Mr. H.K. Dua—passed away at Escorts Hospital this afternoon after being admitted there for about three weeks. He was 88.…
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…
The whole world is watching nervously at the Middle East, where the Trump administration is flexing its muscles over a nuclear deal that should be to the satisfaction of Washington.…
Nothing can be more stupid than playing games with nukes. Even talking about using nuclear weapons, and that too in highly casual ways, is foolhardy, especially in a world that…
There is a particular kind of vertigo that sets in when the people we were taught to trust turn out to have been unworthy of it all along. The release…
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…
It was indeed a stunning verdict. Three conservatives in the United States Supreme Court joined three of their liberal colleagues in springing one of the biggest upsets for the Trump…
