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Sonchiriya’s narrative brilliance mixes caste and gender to produce something rare

Abhishek Chaubey’s Sonchiriya is a quest for freedom for the dacoits of Chambal and a unique experience for Bollywood audience

India has just joined the list of major emerging markets that have struggled

Not only is growth slowing in India, but like other emerging and fully emerged markets, inflation is basically nowhere.

Why the constituency for India-Pakistan peace has shrunk in India

Pakistan’s brazen sponsorship of terrorism makes it difficult for peaceniks to make their case.

India and Pakistan are both losing the forever war

The pattern has repeated itself since Partition in 1947.

Imran Khan’s diplomatic reverse swing has stumped Indian hawks and BJP

India will now have to step back and wait for diplomatic success to get Pakistan to abandon its jihad dependence.

Why Pakistan’s PM talked of Tipu Sultan the day he decided to release IAF pilot Abhinandan

Citing two historical figures, Bahadur Shah Zafar and Tipu Sultan, Imran Khan upheld the latter as his role model.

Pakistan releasing Abhinandan for peace but Imran Khan isn’t optimistic about Modi

As Pakistan PM held talks with opposition and Army, its citizens rallied on social media asking their govt to safely release the IAF pilot.

Unlike Vajpayee & Manmohan, PM Modi thinks prudence in conflict is a self-imposed fetter

There is a continuing clamour for the Modi government to escalate further, if only to preserve the reputation of the ‘new India’.

There’s a way to make immigration great again, writes Raghuram Rajan

Left unchecked, populist nationalism will undermine the liberal democratic market system that has brought developed countries the prosperity they enjoy.

Having achieved strategic goal with Balakot, Modi govt should now pivot to diplomacy

As Pakistan promises to release Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman, India must de-escalate because prolonging crisis won’t get us anything new.

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.