May is one of the hottest months of the year in northern India. Keeping pace with the scorching temperatures are diplomatic activities in New Delhi. Recently, India played host to …
Opinion
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“Are You Okay?” — The Conversation Society Still Avoids
by Sharanya Hazra 4 minutes readIn today’s fast-paced world, where productivity is often celebrated, many people have forgotten to take a moment and ask themselves one simple but crucial question: “Am I truly okay?” Life …
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A $42 mn (Rs 400-crore) lawsuit over two Bollywood songs is the latest skirmish in a global copyright war — one that pits analogue-era agreements against a digital economy that …
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U.S.-India Insight: Mandate to Momentum: A Three Point Agenda for Indian States
by Richard M. Rossow, CSIS 4 minutes readFive Indian states just concluded their elections. Many voters chose change. This change is particularly stark in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal -both states elected parties that have never governed these respective states. While the winning …
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What Leaders Say When No One Is Supposed to Be Listening
by Farzana Baduel 6 minutes readThere is a unique kind of reputational damage caused by one careless sentence escaping the room it was meant for. This week on When It Hits the Fan, David Yelland and …
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Issues of immigration are always a hot topic especially when rhetoric laced with perceived racism is thrown around. President Donald Trump first realized this when in a closed-door meeting with …
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India produced 144.3 million tons of crude steel in 2023–24 and is now the world’s second-largest steel producer. However, the sector remains more carbon-intensive than the global average. India’s average …
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“India has a new political superstar – a cockroach,” screams a headline. “Let the cockroach be,” counsels a newspaper editorial. A third one notes, in seeming disbelief, that the ‘metamorphosis’ of …
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Response 2: Indus Waters Treaty
by Dr. Pradeep Kumar Saxena 4 minutes readBrig (retd) Dr Raashid Wali Janjua’s letter suffers from the very same selective amnesia he accuses India of. An unbiased examination of the facts reveals that several of his contentions …