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MAGA, MIGA, and Viksit Bharat—why India is on the rise in Trump 2.0

Can Team MAGA help Make India Great Again? Going by the energies and synergies of Modi’s American visit, it appears to be so.

Delhi gets its freedom—from mismanagement, false promises, drama, and a corrupt leader

Delhi elections 2025: On 5 February, I wished for a Viksit Delhi. I am pleased to see that Delhi will no longer be left behind.

Middle class gets a Budget that mirrors their aspirations. Modi knows the pulse

Union Budget 2025-26 has clear aims: accelerate growth, enhance the spending power of India’s rising middle class, invigorate private sector investment & uplift household sentiment.

RG Kar case falls in ‘rarest of rare’ doctrine. Sanjay Roy deserves death penalty

Post Nirbhaya case, the existing laws were altered and policy was made stringent. The facts of the case squarely fall under the prevailing norms and thus capital punishment is what the accused deserves.

Trump comes with a buy-one-get-one-free Elon Musk this time. India needs creative strategies

Some view Elon Musk as a visionary entrepreneur, while others see him as a disruptive force with questionable influence. There's no doubt he holds significant clout in global politics.

AAP govt has no funds—after draining Delhi’s treasury

The decline was steady. From 1.56% in 2014-25, Delhi’s surplus fell to 0.85% in 2016-17, further dropping to 0.19% in 2020-21. This year, the surplus will likely be negative.

Before criticising India’s CAA-NRC, see US H1B visa policy to UK Migration Act

Why is India, under the guise of humanitarianism, being coerced into accepting people with unknown antecedents from countries that don’t want their own people?

Satanic Verses and the liberal hypocrisy—Has the Congress learned its lesson

The Nehru dynasty was famous for scuttling Freedom of Expression—be it in the literary sense, historical sense or economic sense.

Opposition has the lost art of parliamentary etiquette & repartee. Remember Jaitley, Swaraj

Members of the present party in government were largely in the opposition post-Independence. Their conduct should be compared to that of today’s opposition.

India can’t constantly be in campaign mode—simultaneous elections are good for voters & parties

Detractors of One Nation, One Election aren’t thinking of voter fatigue. When elections are multiple and frequent, even the educated voter views them as an extra holiday.

On Camera

There’s a method in Trump’s Pakistan romance. It’s all about Gulf security

Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.