In the annals of failed diplomacy, the Islamabad talks may come to be remembered not merely as a missed opportunity, but as a turning point — the moment when the …
Opinion
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Opinion: Need For Restraint in Actions and Words
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 6 minutes readIt is pretty much anybody’s guess if one of the world’s oldest civilizations would have ended on Tuesday had it not been for the last-minute two-week ceasefire in the Middle …
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Trump’s Iran Miscalculation: A Warning for a Fragile Global Order
by Shahidul Alam Swapan 3 minutes read“Wars may be started at will, but they are ended by necessity.” The old insight, often attributed to Machiavelli, has taken on renewed relevance in the unfolding crisis involving Donald …
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Opinion: Sifting Through Noise and Clutter
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readThere are a lot of developments in the Middle East pertaining to the American-Israeli war on Iran; but none that speaks or even point in any positive direction as to …
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Is the New Transgender Amendment Constitutionally Sound?
by Mansi Pathak and Tanu Priya 4 minutes readWhat is Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026? On March 12, 2026, Dr. Virendra Kumar, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment introduced the “Transgender Persons (Protection of …
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History is fascinating to those have created or been a part of it and in a hope that future generations would glean from the past and learn relevant lessons. Perhaps …
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The Human Filter: Why India’s Job Market Will Thrive in the AI Chaos
by Krishna Kumar 4 minutes readThe headlines of the past year have painted a grim, near-dystopian picture of India’s commercial hubs: silent “empty offices” where algorithms have purportedly evicted the human workforce. This narrative of …
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Opinion: No Light at the End of the Tunnel
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readNearing its second week, the conflict in the Middle East appears to have only one direction: from bad to worse by the day. The dizzying speed at which the war …
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Opinion: Japan Faces Pressure From China
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readThe whole world is watching nervously at the Middle East, where the Trump administration is flexing its muscles over a nuclear deal that should be to the satisfaction of Washington. …
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Opinion: Entering the Fifth Year on a Dangerous Note
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 4 minutes readNothing can be more stupid than playing games with nukes. Even talking about using nuclear weapons, and that too in highly casual ways, is foolhardy, especially in a world that …