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Macron’s Republic Day visit sends crucial message. Biden isn’t India’s only powerful friend

The Narendra Modi government has learned the lesson that if you have the economic capacity and the military prowess, you can shake off any amount of international criticism.

After Ayodhya, Indian secularism must stay vigilant, not give in to religious obscurantism

Hindu nationalists have done to Hinduism what Khalistanis and Sinhala supremacists did to Sikhism and Buddhism.

A Thai-Buddhist ‘Ayodhya’ was one of Asia’s greatest kingdoms. Then came a reckoning

Over 400 years, Ayutthaya emerged through war, flourished through commerce, and collapsed in sociopolitical crisis.

The forgotten story of how jihad plans failed in Ayodhya

Abdul Karim ‘Tunda’ hoped to unleash fire and blood across India, but lacked both the means and the men to do it.

Royal, rich, Rajputi—Indian single malt whisky now global cool. A new culture being distilled

Radico Khaitan’s Rampur, Piccadily’s Indri, and Paul John are new breed of single malt whiskies—internationally acclaimed and India-made, exuding foreigner-friendly notions of the ‘Indian summer’.

Gujarati Muslims struggle to buy Hindu property. Disturbed Areas law weaponises real estate

The Disturbed Areas Act in Gujarat mandates that property deals must be approved by the district collector in areas marked as ‘disturbed’. It’s a tool to segregate Hindus and Muslims.

PM Modi should avoid temptation of turning Interim Budgets into vote-getting tools

If Modi is confident about winning a third term, he must also use this opportunity to decisively bifurcate economic & fiscal policy from short-term aims of winning elections.

Modi asked ‘what next’ at Ayodhya. A new date, grander ritual for an official Hindu state

Ram temple has transformed India in its entirety. From party politics to cultural warfare, India or Bharat is undeniably Hindu today. Pluralism is just a colourful backdrop.

Ayodhya Ram temple a political game-changer for Modi, BJP? Pew survey on religion has answers

If religion is crucial in the lives of 80 per cent of Hindu non-BJP voters, the effectiveness of the Opposition's argument about the BJP mixing politics with religion comes into question.

This Indian watchdog is cleaning up ‘mess’ in academia—falsification, fabrication & fraud

India Research Watchdog founder revealed that top institutes are those with the most number of plagiarised papers. 58 papers by 12 top IITs were retracted between 2006 & 2023.

On Camera

What’s geopolitical recession? World seems to be heading for one

The long-term rise of China and the 'Global South', combined with a decline of European and Japanese economic power is driving a fundamental shift.

With defence push, India looks to capture markets in Africa beyond western Indian Ocean

India’s defence sector is trying to penetrate the African market. But with China already extending significant influence, India must now play catch-up.      

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?