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Women Don’t Lack Ambition, They Lack a Level Playing Field

Before school drop-offs. After the children are asleep. Between paid work, care work, and the invisible labor of holding families and communities together. During motherhood, that is exactly what entrepreneurship…

By Farzana Baduel · January 26, 2026

Defense

Opinion: Getting Real with the Board of Peace 

It is not as though the Board of Peace (BOP) is in tatters or on the verge of collapse except that many nations who have been invited to join the…

By Sridhar Krishnaswami · January 26, 2026

Community

BRICS 2026 – Implications for a Multipolar World

Recently the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean Noel Barrot, while meeting the Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar, made an interesting observation that France was heading…

By Ambassador Anil Trigunayat · January 25, 2026

Diplomacy

Diplomacy: India-EU Strategic Partnership

India and EU have been strategic partners for over two decades, since 2004. EU has also emerged as a top trading (Euro 120-135 bn) and investment partner for India. The…

By Ambassador Anil Trigunayat · January 24, 2026

Community

Tamil Nadu 2026: When Silence Becomes a Verdict

Political earthquakes in Tamil Nadu don't arrive with thunder. They begin as whispers in tea shops, as knowing glances exchanged at bus stops, as conversations that trail off when strangers…

By TN Ashok · January 24, 2026

Economy

Opinion: Takaichi Calls for Snap Poll 

When Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of parliament and opted for snap polls on February 8, she must have been quite aware of the fact that the…

By Sridhar Krishnaswami · January 24, 2026

Community

Book Review: “Mahakumbh” A Mighty Event, A Mighty Book

“Mega events such as the Mahakumbh… bring upon us the realization that humankind has one unifying divine core,” writes Yakub Mathew in his recently released coffee table book, ‘Seeking the…

By Usha Akella · January 23, 2026

Economy

Diplomacy: India and the South Caucasus

Introduction The South Caucasus – comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia – is a small but geopolitically significant region, susceptible to intense competition between regional and global powers. It is also…

By Ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar · January 21, 2026