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Monday, August 18, 2025
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Why India’s prime ministers give their Independence day speech from Delhi’s Red Fort

Every year on 15 August, the serving prime minister mounts Aurangzeb’s barbican to address the cameras, and the nation.

Time for India to regain rightful position in world order, says PM Modi in Ahmedabad

Prime Minister Modi also expressed grief over the death of 22 students in Surat building fire tragedy.

Congress is dying. Here’s what could replace it

It needs just one person from 1.3 billion people.

Narendra Modi likely to take oath as PM on 28 May

Modi's 2014 swearing-in ceremony was a grand affair, attended by representatives of all SAARC nations as well as celebrities from the cinema world.

India matlab Narendra Modi: How the PM learnt branding from Coca-Cola

Modi has followed the marketing strategy of fast-moving consumer goods and sold himself as the biggest brand of ‘vikaspanthi’ politics.

Modi fans won’t believe this, but his decisions hurt India’s global standing

The BJP’s lurch toward hardline Hindu nationalism over the past two years carries costs for India.

PM Modi announces release of over Rs 1,000 crores in aid to states hit by Cyclone Fani

PM Modi announces release of over Rs 1,000 crores in aid to states hit by Cyclone Fani

What’s common between ‘Sholay’ & how we see PM Modi? Family ties

Be it Mamata Banerjee’s Didi or Mayawati’s Behenji, the spirit of forging familial relationship can tell why politicians like Modi are worshipped.

Why Indians care more about their PM than their MP

From Nehru to Modi, the ‘presidential style’ campaign has been the default in Indian elections.

Why just Indira and Priyanka Gandhi, media must psychoanalyse Narendra Modi too

Several political commentators have compared 'Indira Gandhi’s authoritarianism' with Modi’s 'autocratic and decisive style'.

On Camera

History teaching requires revision more than textbooks

The kinds of revisions we’re seeing remove the very skills that make historical thinking meaningful. The result is a citizen who either dismisses history entirely or defends it without support.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?