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BRICS

Capital Latitude: BRICS Without Blocs

|| आ नो भद्राः क्रतवो यन्तु विश्वतःĀ no bhadrāḥ kratavo yantu viśvataḥ ||“Let noble thoughts come to us from every side.”                                                                                                                       — Rig Veda 1.89.1 India sits with China, Russia, and Iran in BRICS. It sits with the United…

By Rasita Vishnuram · September 14, 2026

BRICS

Strengthening the BRICS of Emerging Global Order

As India hosted the 18th BRICS leaders’ summit in New Delhi from Sept 12-13, 2026. The grouping is riddled with paradoxes and duality of its purpose. Now is the time for…

By Mohit Anand and Rajesh Mehta · September 13, 2026

Diplomacy

Opinion: A Dangerous Twist to an Ongoing Mess 

The last thing Republicans seeking re-election on November 3 needed was the Iran war extending indefinitely. And this is precisely what has happened as the Houthis of Yemen have started…

By Sridhar Krishnaswami · September 13, 2026

Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Post-American Geopolitical Balancing Act

Five years after the Taliban took back Kabul, the situation in Afghanistan remains complicated. Although the long war has largely ended, the Taliban now controls nearly the entire country. There…

By Sanjay Upadhya · September 11, 2026

Children & Students Corner

Schools Must Teach the Life Skills Students Actually Need

Students spend years learning formulas, dates, and definitions. Yet many graduate without knowing how to manage money, understand basic health information, organize their time, or make confident everyday decisions. These…

By Diya Somnali · September 10, 2026

Diaspora

Opinion: America and the World Remember 9/11

September 11, 2001, will always be a day of remembrance for America and the world at large. It was on this day the world’s invincible super-power came under attack from…

By Sridhar Krishnaswami · September 10, 2026

Books

The Stories Behind the Judgments

Perhaps because many members of my family have been lawyers, I have been attracted to autobiographies of people in the legal profession, lawyers and judges both, since my teens. It’s…

By TCA Srinivasa Raghavan · September 9, 2026

India

Soul Talk: Not Every Voice Deserves Your Peace

Someone said something to you once — maybe years ago, maybe last month — and it stayed. Not a dramatic insult. Something smaller. A remark. An opinion delivered casually, a…

By Chhavi Upadhyay · September 9, 2026

Diaspora

The Great Indian Housing Test

With just two decades only left India’s aspirational goal to become a developed nation by 2047, the centenary year of its freedom from colonial yoke, appears to point to a…

By G. Srinivasan · September 8, 2026

AI

The No‑Collar Revolution

For decades, the Indian career script was fixed: finish college, secure a stable job, and climb the corporate ladder for three or four decades. Engineering, medicine, civil services, and government…

By Vivek Das · September 8, 2026

Capitol Hill

Opinion: Wars Are Not Small Potatoes 

A day after Vice President JD Vance argued that what was going on in Iran is “not war,” President Donald Trump got into the definition game essentially supporting his Number…

By Sridhar Krishnaswami · September 6, 2026

Diaspora

The Pocket-Sized Rebellion

How a simple tote full of paper and yarn is quietly transforming urban commutes On a weekday morning inside Mumbai's crowded local train, a subtle rebellion is unfolding. Around them,…

By Vivek Das · September 6, 2026

Diaspora

Ancient Questions, Modern Science: Exploring the Future of Healing

For thousands of years, healing traditions across South Asia have treated health as more than disease. Mind, body, environment and inner life were understood as connected, with meditation, breath, movement,…

By Carol Wick, Special to South Asian Herald · September 2, 2026

Children & Students Corner

Students Are Struggling, Schools Are Still Catching Up

Every day, students walk into school smiling, laughing, and acting as if everything is fine. Behind those smiles, many are quietly struggling with stress, anxiety, loneliness, and pressure that no…

By Dhea Katkuri · August 31, 2026

Diaspora

The Two-Minute Mental Detox

We live in an always-on world. Notifications, deadlines, side hustles, an endless scroll. Sometimes it feels impossible to just breathe. Most Gen Z and millennial professionals are building careers thousands…

By Manish Kumar · August 30, 2026