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Brahmins weren’t always ‘dominant’ in medieval India. How history can decode UGC controversy

Temples, military labour markets, and land-grant regimes structured medieval caste hierarchies. Today, access to education, employment, bureaucratic categories, and media platforms do.

Why sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

Arijit Singh is the bridge between 3 generations—Rafi to Ritviz

Arijit Singh has the emotional depth and melody the older generation wants. But he also carries the vulnerability that young people can connect with.

Hyderabad’s Nizams are a pale shadow of their past. Unlike Scindia & Karan Singh

Had the Nizams been part of the state’s politics, I doubt Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM would have emerged as a Muslim-led party.

Xi’s military purges are less about China’s strategic goals, more about party control

Xi Jinping appears to be executing a modern version of Mao Zedong’s dictum of “cleaning the house before inviting guests”.

Pakistan’s civil-military partnership is a myth now. Imaan Mazari-Hazir case proves it

Imaan Mazari getting 17 years in jail for X posts shows the fear behind Pakistan’s hard state. It’s now a criminalised authoritarian regime.

IAS, IPS cadre allocation has structural problems. Why the revised policy doesn’t solve them

As the 2026 cadre policy determines allocations for 25 state cadres, parallel state bureaucracies operate under different rules with no all-India dimension.

India is facing a silent elderly care crisis. Budget 2026 must confront it

India has a framework of policies and programmes aimed at supporting older persons, but these are under-utilised and under-resourced relative to the scale of need.

Budget 2026 numbers will be outdated within a month. This was avoidable

Budget 2026 will achieve many firsts, but future ones should be cast in a different mould.

India-Pakistan ready for lehenga diplomacy. Maryam Sharif has made the first move

Sometimes, we end up embroidering the truth as we overthink and overanalyse a fastidious lady’s personal wardrobe preferences for significant occasions.

On Camera

Congress calls India’s GDP numbers ‘suspect’, alleges manipulation by Modi govt

In AICC report ‘Real State of the Economy 2026’, Congress flags ‘central contradiction’ in economy, calls for data review pointing to jobs, FDI, manufacturing slump & inequality.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.