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Tamil roots drew Booker longlister Padma Viswanathan to Brazilian literature

Padma Viswanathan’s debut novel, The Toss of a Lemon, was inspired by her family’s Brahmin history in South India. It was a bestseller in India.

From Washington to Dhaka: Key elections to watch in 2026

As 2025 winds down, ThePrint looks at elections coming up in 2026 that could significantly impact the course of geopolitics.

Belém COP30 ends with a flutter as climate finance plan sidesteps fossil fuel truth

India reaffirms support to COP30 declaration, says any attempt to reopen issues that have already been gavelled would set 'a dangerous precedent'. 

Climate adaptation, finance & actions—the post-COP30 battles in which India’s voice can matter

Brazil failed to secure a climate deal at COP30, as smaller nations protested being pushed to act despite the US and EU having historically driven the world’s carbon emissions.

India to host Global Big Cat Summit in 2026; links conservation to climate adaptation at COP30

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav emphasises role of big cat conservation in climate action, urges countries to include nature-based solutions in updated NDCs.

Oil’s not well: 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists attending COP30 in Brazil, says climate advocacy group

Except for Brazil, fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber delegates from every other nation at climate talks, finds independent analysis. Members from largest oil & gas cos among delegates.

The ghost of elections past & dousing the fire a drop a time

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Brazil’s $125 bn forest fund takes root at COP30; promises incentives as money doesn’t grow on trees

Brazil’s forest fund promises annual payouts to countries preserving tropical forests—but critics warn it’s gambling green goals on market returns. Brazil president says it's the 'COP of truth'.

How would India, other trading partners react if US top court rules against Trump tariffs?

Officials in India say a US Supreme Court ruling against Trump won’t make much difference to trade talks, but it could strengthen New Delhi’s case for sticking to its position.

Rahul Gandhi’s Brazilian model calls it all a ‘comedy’. ‘I have never visited India’

Larissa Nery, the Brazilian woman whose photo Rahul Gandhi shared during a press conference, said she was shocked to learn that her old photo was used in an Indian election to 'scam voters'.

On Camera

Strait of Hormuz crisis shows limits of US, say Chinese. ‘India most vulnerable’

Chinese online discourse situates the crisis within a broader geopolitical context, particularly the hesitancy of US allies to support Washington.

Covid, sanctions, war. Life’s rough for Surat’s small diamond units, salaries ‘not guaranteed anymore’

West Asia war threatens to push already fragile industry deeper into crisis. Latest disruption is playing out differently for bigger and small-scale players in Surat’s diamond industry.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.