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SubscriberWrites: Nehru’s ‘Tryst with Destiny’— A promise still guiding India at 78

From Partition’s turmoil to today’s global rise, Nehru’s midnight pledge endures, urging unity, justice, and progress as India balances triumphs with unfinished tasks.

SubscriberWrites: Budgeting aspirations—youth, jobs, & the state’s dilemma

Fiscal policy is not just about numbers—it defines the dreams a state allows its youth to chase.

SubscriberWrites: The next world war, will it be the fight for dollar supremacy

As nations move away from the US dollar in global trade, could economic rivalry—not territory or ideology—ignite the next global conflict?

SubscriberWrites: What’s in a name? From nicknames to notoriety, & everything in between

Reflecting on the quirks, humour, and curious histories behind the names we give, take, and live with—from street slang to whisky labels to lifelong nicknames.

SubscriberWrites: A Citizen’s Blueprint for India’s Next Decade of Reform

From media responsibility to judicial vacancies, land reform, and tourism revival—a Mumbai businessman outlines urgent steps to put India on a faster, cleaner path to growth.

SubscriberWrites: Non ethical builders

Amid India’s property surge, unethical developers trap homebuyers in dependency—controlling utilities, delaying ownership, and turning dream homes into captive markets.

SubscriberWrites: How the Indo—Pakistan conflict exposes America’s green imperialism

US climate rhetoric often fades when national security is at stake—India–Pakistan tensions expose the hypocrisy behind Washington’s selective environmentalism.

SubscriberWrites: Beyond belief—rise of rationalist faith in a post-religious world

From devout believers to atheists, agnostics, and ‘rationalist believers’, humanity’s quest for meaning is shifting from divine surveillance to the power of ethics and reason.

SubscriberWrites: Abu Obaida, Hamas and Israel: What’s the matter now?

Hamas’s elusive military voice, Abu Obaida, may be dead—or preparing for a comeback—amid Gaza’s turmoil, IDF strikes, and rising calls for a two-state solution.

SubscriberWrites: Why India’s farmers remain protected, yet poor

Lavish subsidies shield India’s farmers from risk, yet stall reforms, fuel inefficiency, and keep rural incomes stagnant — turning protection into a poverty trap.

On Camera

India’s labour policy left it unable to compete with other eastern economies: Nani A Palkhivala

Liberty without accountability is the freedom of the fool. Our concept of freedom will remain impoverished until it is deepened by liberal education, wrote Nani A Palkhivala in 1995.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.