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Children & Students Corner

Amblyopia: Early Diagnosis Can Save a Child’s Vision

Every year, more than 200,000 cases of amblyopia are diagnosed, affecting about 2% to 4% of the population. Commonly called “lazy eye,” amblyopia occurs when the brain favors one eye…

By Anurith Kusunam · August 8, 2026

Africa

India and Africa: Relations Beyond Rhetorics

India and Africa have a historic and umbilical relationship. It makes a good talking point during speeches but will need an objective assessment of the extent and depth of our…

By Ambassador Anil Trigunayat · August 8, 2026

Diaspora

Citizen-Centric Diplomacy of India

Diplomacy had been traditionally understood as conduct of bilateral relations between the states focusing on the negotiations only in political, economic and security related drivers. However, the advent of the…

By Ambassador Jitendra Kumar Tripathi (Retd.) · August 7, 2026

Defense

Opinion: Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki 

Japan and the world observe the 81st anniversary of the horrific atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In a span of three days, between August 6 and 9, some 200,000 souls…

By Sridhar Krishnaswami · August 6, 2026

Defense

Opinion: All Sides Looking For An Exit 

The Middle East and the world have been apprehensive for the last few weeks. On the one hand, it was missiles, bombs and drones all over followed by the usual…

By Sridhar Krishnaswami · August 5, 2026

Culture & Heritage

Solving the Puzzle of a Snake-Hooded Mysterious Deity

In early June 2025, an idol – which locals readily identified as Lokeshwara Vishnu – was recovered while sand-mining at Bankura’s Dwarkeshwar River in the Indian eastern state West Bengal.…

By Aditya Chatterjee · August 4, 2026

Defense

Capital Latitude: Beyond the Indo-Pacific

||“As Napoleon said, ‘To know a nation’s geography is to know its foreign policy.’” || – Robert D. Kaplan, The Revenge of Geography Ancient texts described Bhāratavarṣa (India) as “the land that lies to…

By Rasita Vishnuram · August 3, 2026

Children & Students Corner

Young Artists Need Business Skills to Sustain Their Creativity

Creative talent is often celebrated, but young artists are rarely taught how to build a sustainable future around their work. Musicians, dancers, writers, and visual artists need more than artistic…

By Yoshitha Kunarapu · August 2, 2026

Children & Students Corner

Dreams Don’t Pause for Chemotherapy

Most children grow up with dreams. Some imagine becoming athletes, doctors, artists, or leaders. I used to build robots from cardboard and spaceships from Legos because I wanted to become…

By Shriyans Katukuri · July 30, 2026

Culture & Heritage

Prambanan Memories

When I returned from my 2016 visit to Prambanan (Indonesian: Candi Prambanan), a 9th century Hindu religio-philosophy-inspired temple compound in Yogyakarta in southern Java, Indonesia, hardly any of my friends…

By Aditya Chatterjee · July 28, 2026