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Justice Hrishikesh Roy told me law is an art and asked what novel I’d defend in court

After serving for over five years as a judge of the Supreme Court of India, he demitted office on 1 February. I first met him 18 months ago, when I started working as his law clerk.

US deportations are typical Trump theatrics, redrawing American borders with permanent markers

The deportation of 104 illegal Indian immigrants from the US, transported in a military aircraft while chained and handcuffed, sparked an uproar in Parliament. But Trump isn't done yet.

Whose Bangladesh is it anyway? Ordinary people, Jamaat, or Pakistan?

Today’s Bangladesh must, like Hamlet, confront the question that haunted him. To be, or not to be, the Bangladesh birthed by 75 million dreams in 1971? Or its caricature?

Indian Navy modernisation riddled with binaries. Maritime strategy is directionless

Vulnerability of critical infrastructure, China’s destabilising activities, and unregulated AI use make it clear that waiting for a full-fledged conflict to address security concerns is not an option.

Sheikh Hasina is no Dalai Lama, India must stop supporting her. China is cosying up

What the Pakistan Army didn’t do in nine months of Bangladesh’s liberation war happened in nine hours.

India can’t overlook Trump’s drastic MAGA steps

More than trade and tariff matters, it would be interesting to know where New Delhi stands with regards to the White House and Trump’s agenda on illegal immigrants.

Replace red tape with ‘red carpet’ for investors—with light-touch but useful regulation

Rules for consumer-facing services, such as cab aggregators, need to be reviewed to ensure both drivers and passengers are treated fairly.

Trump’s Gaza idea sounds like a real estate deal. It’s more about bravado and bargaining

Trump’s claim that Gazans do not wish to return falls apart in the face of reality. The Kashmiri Pandits I have interacted with carry the pain of losing their homeland even decades later.

Don’t miss these 10 works at the India Art Fair

Embroidery, in particular, is the new trick in town. It has come to mirror a photographic language, capturing stories and textures with an intimacy that paint & pixels fail to hold.

Mujib’s house demolished. Not Yunus, Bangladesh’s shaky secular foundations are at fault

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s flirtations with religiosity continued to afflict Bangladesh’s body politic much after his death.

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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

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.