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SubscriberWrites: Strategic autonomy cannot be imported. It must be built.

In a democracy, reforms must be sold, first to the people, then to the bureaucracy, and finally to the opposition.

SubscriberWrites: Beyond Labels: A Message for Our Times

With access to global knowledge and voices, this generation can rise above inherited fears and artificial divisions—and see people as people, not categories.

SubscriberWrites: Sovereignty on trial—Venezuela, Maduro & the ghosts of regime change

Maduro’s capture by the US raises troubling questions about sovereignty, selective justice and the growing use of international law as an instrument of power rather than restraint.

SubscriberWrites: Vande Mataram and the theatre of power—What the Goa assembly revealed

In Goa’s Assembly, Vande Mataram turned into a loyalty test rather than a shared sentiment, exposing how symbolism is used to mask failed governance and enforce obedience.

SubscriberWrites: When politics walks onto the field

From the Mustafizur Rahman–IPL row to Olympic boycotts and World Cups, the uneasy, often unavoidable entanglement of sports and politics resurfaces once again.

SubscriberWrites: When tariffs become tantrums

A 500% tariff threat met silence, not surrender. India didn’t defy it loudly; it waited it out. Civilisations don’t blink at noise—they absorb it.

SubscriberWrites: Colonialism beyond wardrobes—When de-Britishisation becomes a distraction

If the Railways Minister truly wishes to honour the spirit of decolonisation, he could begin elsewhere. He could advocate for making affordable travel a right, not a privilege.

SubscriberWrites: Job Seekers or Job Creators: India’s Defining Choice

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SubscriberWrites: Where tradition meets the arena

Thank you dear subscribers, we are overwhelmed with your response. Your Turn is a unique section from ThePrint featuring points of view from its subscribers....

SubscriberWrites: Are you a spiritual egotist?

A chance flight conversation reveals how modern spirituality, when reduced to self-help slogans and ego, can lose humility, depth and even basic co-passenger etiquette.

On Camera

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.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

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.