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Modi’s northeastern hats haven’t stopped the rest of India from using terms like ‘chinky’

Coming on the heels of Justin Trudeau’s Kissa Kurta Ka tour of India, Modi’s hats do raise some questions about when it’s a tribute to a culture and when it’s simply playing tourist-tourist.

In WhatsApp forwards on Nirav Modi, PM Modi is the selfless hero & Congress the villain

The Whatsapp forwards create the impression that the truth is something other than what the mainstream media is presenting.

Don’t tell women sexual harassment hurts Hindu pride, tell hooligans to leave Holi alone

Would it not make sense to tell the hooligans to leave Holi alone, instead of telling women that their fear at Holi-related hooliganism hurts Hindu pride?

China is only a few points away from dislodging the US from being global super power

China has already embarked on an ambitious ‘expand geography’ project through OBOR, forays into the South China Sea, building a string of pearls in IOR.

For Rahul Gandhi to become the PM, aligning with SP and BSP is critical

The 'trump card' for the Congress is to declare Rahul Gandhi as its Prime Ministerial candidate immediately.

What the BJP may have to do to ensure Narendra Modi remains PM after 2019 polls

The big factor the BJP should bank on in the upcoming 2019 elections leads with the question: “Who is the alternative? If not Modi, who? If not BJP, who?”

Pukhtuns marched because of a long list of broken promises by politicians in Pakistan

The long Pukhtun march was preceded by years of systematic neglect & abuse. The promises made during the elections in 2013 have been forgotten.

What the PNB scam reveals: The need for Human Resource management in India’s bureaucracy

Worldwide, there has been a shift from 'personnel' to 'HR' and focus on performance development, appraisal systems and employees’ professional development.

After three years in power, Mehbooba Mufti is fast losing political space

The BJP-PDP coalition was like the coming together of the North Pole and the South Pole. Now, there coalition coordination committee hardly meets.

Single-engine fighter cancellation a setback for India, but IAF should leapfrog to Rafale

It doesn’t matter now who would’ve won the single engine fighter contract. What matters is the difficult road ahead, and that’s why the F-35 makes sense.

On Camera

Ube is all set to kick out matcha from Indian cafes. Expect purple frappe, boba tea, kulfi

Ube’s sweet, nutty, almost vanilla-like flavour doesn’t need convincing. You don’t have to acquire a taste for it. And matcha fatigue is all too real.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.