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India’s strategy to counter China has answers to ending Russia-Ukraine war

There is a golden opportunity for PM Narendra Modi to travel to Russia and Ukraine with a proposal I have outlined here, which includes reverting to pre January 2022 positions.

India’s quantum jump in defence exports is high on rhetoric and low on substance

Four out of seven Advanced Light Helicopters India sold to Ecuador in 2008 crashed within a few years. India's defense exports must be quality controlled.

Deleting history from NCERT textbooks is lying to children. It’s also betraying parents

The intention behind rewriting textbooks is to make children grow up with the view that Muslims are the enemy. And that they have no place in India.

This is how Jains came to dominate Gujarat – grand temples, ascetic monks, spectacular rituals

Five sites in present-day Gujarat and Rajasthan came to be seen as the places where the five most popular Jain tirthankaras obtained enlightenment.

When the ‘secular camp’ came after me. Just goes to show the seige mentality in India

At a time when the politics of secularism desperately needs new friends, we start cultivating the art of making enemies.

Georgia, California, Seattle—Any criticism of caste in America is being fought as Hinduphobia

US needs SB 403 because Indians carry caste to America and Dalit discrimination at IITs, IIMs is proof.

Charcha without chai—when Amit Shah didn’t let anyone have refreshments during a meeting

Chandrashekhar Azad, Kakori conspiracy—India's freedom struggle papers gather dust in UP.

Pakistan has walked dangerously deep into Chinese grip. Wake up, West

The growing technology dependency on China will impact the overall strategic culture of Pakistan’s armed forces.

March rains left Indian farmers in need of govt help. Crop insurance scheme will be tested

Farmers in Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana have suffered heavy losses due to unseasonal rains in March. Will Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana rescue them?

Punjab has a bigger problem than Amritpal—young people with one-way ticket to Canada

Entire families are moving abroad, and many a village has only children and the elderly, affecting the entire social fabric of the countryside.

On Camera

Why Hyderabadis need a history lesson beyond the Mughal court

From the Bahmani to the Qutb Shahis, Hyderabad’s local identity is far more complex than the standard Mughal-centric narrative suggests.

Lesson for India from the West: AI is hollowing out white-collar jobs & birthing a new middle-class elite

Post-2022 as AI has spread in developed economies, it is leading to another round of polarisation—the middle class jobs are being lost in offices rather than in factories.

Fourth S-400 sets sail for India, to arrive by mid-May; likely to be deployed along Pakistan border

The fifth S-400 air defence system is undergoing various stages of production trials, and will be delivered by November-December this year, it is learnt.

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.