Diaspora
When Big Tech Comes to Town
Amazon has a problem. It needs to build a lot more data centers, and a growing number of people do not want them anywhere near their homes. These enormous buildings…
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Diaspora
Democracy at Scale: What 25 Years of Modi’s Leadership Looks Like from Across the Pacific
To an American observer, the sheer scale and complexity of Indian democracy are almost unfathomable. Navigating a political landscape of over a billion voters, dozens of primary languages, and intricate…
Diaspora
The United Nations’ Next Secretary-General Must Bridge a Fragmenting World
The next Secretary-General of the United Nations will inherit an organization straddling two distinct realities. The first is the world that gave rise to the United Nations in 1945, when…
Diaspora
From Olympic Podium to School Playground: Why South Asian Schools Need to Take Sport Seriously
Whenever an Indian athlete wins a medal, the celebration begins almost immediately. There are photographs, interviews, social media posts and stories about the years of discipline that brought the athlete…
Aviation
The Terror of 30/9 Flydubai
The world was rocked by the unbelievable scenes of courage, bravery and singular heroism of the pilot & the passengers of flydubai FZ-1073 on Sept 30, 2026, as they staved…
Aviation
Opinion: Horror and Terror in the Skies
It is not too difficult to imagine the thoughts of the 180-odd passengers and crew of Flydubai Airlines coming down on a steep dive from about 34,000 feet in a…
Children & Students Corner
Lessons for India From Sweden’s Teenagers
On a recent visit to Europe, when India’s young “cockroaches” are supposedly reclaiming Indian politics via the Cockroach Janta Party filled with anger and wanton protesting, I found myself watching…
Art
Our Classical Dance Does Not Always Receive the Same Visibility as Other Art Forms in the UK
Pagrav means “the sound of feet” a name that carries within it movement, rhythm and the presence of the dancer. Pagrav Dance Company exists in the UK to ensure that Kathak is…
AI
New AI-Powered Search Model and How It Is Changing the Way People Search for Information
One of the most consequential changes in the digital world is unfolding not on social media platforms or in marketplaces, but inside a far humbler space: the search box. For…
Diaspora
The Billionaire Distortion Field
Billionaires occupy a strange place in public life. Extreme wealth attracts fascination, but it can also make expressions of grievance difficult to hear sympathetically. A complaint about tax that sounds…
Diaspora
Capital Latitude: When the Eagles and Dragons talk
“He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.” — Sun Tzu, The Art of War, Chapter III When Xi Jinping’s aircraft touched down at Joint Base Andrews…
Defense
Opinion: Does China Need American Weapons?
President Xi Jinping must have laughed all the way back to Beijing from Washington at the end of his three-day visit. How else could he have reacted to the American…
AI
The Attention Economy: How to Reclaim Your Focus in a World Built on Distraction
Something is shifting in the rapidly sprawling cities of India. This transformation does not make headlines or trigger emergency responses. It shows up in smaller ways: in the way thoughts…
Culture & Heritage
My Journey with the Gayatri Mantra: The Chanting, the Mudras, the Stories…
Just like a lot of Indian children, I was taught the Gayatri Mantra as a child, before I understood a word of what it meant, before I had any concept…
Diaspora
Viksit Bharat Beyond Modi: India’s 2047 Test
Viksit Bharat@2047 began as a political vision under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But its ultimate test will come long after the political careers of today's leaders have ended. India's centenary…
East Asia
Opinion: Optics, Opulence and Outcome
Memories are in short supply, especially in politics. In 2012 and before he had formally entered politics President Donald Trump slammed the then President Barack Obama for hosting then Chinese…