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A quiet renaissance of Sindhi food is underway—social media, supper clubs and cookbooks

Sindhi food was restricted to festivals and family gatherings and lost its everyday vocabulary.

Biju Patnaik row drew rare rebuke, but here’s why Nishikant Dubey is ‘indispensable’ to BJP

BJP leaders say controversies are a way for the four-term MP from Jharkhand to maintain visibility while taking on key opposition figures either inside or outside Parliament. 

How Nehru’s fascination with Kibbutz sparked India-Israel outreach before formal diplomatic ties

India studied Israel’s cooperatives after Nehru’s push, inspiring socialist leaders and shaping early debates on agrarian reform and rural development.

Inside small-town India’s Reel economy. Lights, camera, unemployment

Most content creators in Tulsi have logged off, returning to farms, factories, or unemployment. Falling views, internal rifts, and an inability to adapt to short-form video led to the collapse.

1973 OPEC oil embargo to US-Israel & Iran war: 6 geopolitical conflicts that shaped India’s energy strategy

Hormuz crisis is only the latest in a line of geopolitical flashpoints that shaped India’s energy strategy over the years, starting from OPEC oil embargo that followed the Yom Kippur war.

‘Son’shine tale: Stalin’s rise is the story of DMK’s evolution—a dynastic elevation marked by friction

Stalin has his unique style of connecting with public, proving a calculated attempt to speak the language of the youth while reinforcing govt's flagship schemes. But challenges remain.

US talks like a hawk, acts like a chicken under fire—history shows it

Americans are happy only with wars that are fought as video games, where they kill thousands of enemy combatants and civilians, but where no Americans have to die.

Andhra is the intellectual home of Naxalism. How fire was lit in schools, farms & songs

Home Minister Amit Shah has declared India Naxal-free, but the ideological scaffolding in the Telugu states lives on in poems, songs, literature.

BJP’s Kerala story missing its lead actor: Suresh Gopi nowhere to be seen in Thrissur poll campaign

Man who scripted history for his party in Kerala in 2024 LS elections, becoming first-ever BJP MP from the state, is now largely absent as party tries a new strategy for assembly polls.

How Russian oil makes its way to India—two key routes, a backup & a sanctions hack

From Baltic ports to Gujarat shores, Russian crude travels 7,000 nautical miles through ship-to-ship transfers, and in some cases, price cap loopholes, experts say

On Camera

What is the cost of this ‘Nobody’s War’ in Iran? Morality

In the Mahabharata, Vidur says sacrifice is needed for the greater good. This begs the question: What is the 'greater good' in the Iran War?

Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.