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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicKhushbu Sundar

Topic: Khushbu Sundar

In Khushbu’s return to active politics, TN BJP gets another crowd-puller, but ‘outsider’ image hangs heavy

Known for controversial statements & being a crowd-puller, the actor-politician, who had resigned as NCW chief, returns at a time when BJP state chief Annamalai is going on study leave.

Children selling flowers on the street aren’t atmanirbhar. They are poor and not in school

Khushbu Sundar was inspired by how a girl child was earning money to put food on the table—because the girl was selling flowers while singing Narendra Modi’s praises.

On Camera

What Gulf states would say to Iran. War is temporary, geography is permanent

Iran faces a choice that is larger than the immediate conduct of war. It can continue the logic of short-term escalation, or it can think in the longer historical frame.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

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.