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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.

SubscriberWrites: Why Indian engineering graduates are jobless

Why are so many young engineering graduates in India still unemployable and what needs to change.

On Camera

India-Pakistan marriage breakdown that British can’t stop crying about

Ever since the Love Is Blind: UK episode dropped, there has been a collective meltdown online over the separation of Pakistan-origin Kal Pasha and Indian-origin Sarover Kaur Aujla.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.