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Aviation

India’s Aviation Paradox: Scale Without Competitiveness

India has demand; India has aircrafts; and India has airports. What it still lacks is systemic competitiveness. Indian carriers have placed some of the largest bulk orders in aviation history…

By Aditya Pratap Singh and Anand Singh · January 11, 2026

Community

Sankranthi: A Festival of Sun, Harvest, and Sweet Speech

The Celestial Shift: From Darkness to Light Makara Sankranthi is more than just a date on the calendar; it is a celebration of the Sun’s cosmic journey. In Indian astrology,…

By Usha Rao, Special to South Asian Herald · January 10, 2026

Crime

Where Oil Meets the Orinoco Sky

“War has a momentum of its own… you know where you begin. You never know where you are going to end.” — George F. Kennan   Over a city starved of…

By Rasita Vishnuram · January 10, 2026

Community

Assam’s SOP Must Move Beyond Closures

Umrangso’s rat-hole mine flooding in January 2025, which trapped nine workers, underlined how quickly unauthorised extraction turns fatal. Similar incidents across the North East show that a ban without routine detection and…

By Utkarsh Yadav and Alokita Yadav · January 9, 2026

Central Asia

Beyond Optics: India’s New Strategic-Commercial Linkages

America’s volatile foreign policy is forcing India to revisit its own priorities. Domestically, the Modi government seems intent to move faster on domestic reforms to buttress growth that is ordinarily fueled by commercial ties…

By Richard M. Rossow, CSIS · January 9, 2026