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Saturday, July 19, 2025
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SubscriberWrites: When we talk about democracy, but play a different game entirely

A look at populist stories from Trump and Rahul Gandhi

SubscriberWrites: Rethinking power and panic in global strategy

In an age of soft power and tech influence, fear of foreign bases misguides strategy. Calm analysis, not panic, must shape India's response in the Indian Ocean Region.

SubscriberWrites: LIC and breach of Uberrima fides: A mountain of sins and broken promises

LIC’s delays, denials, and technical traps betray the trust it was built on. This isn’t insurance—it’s institutionalised indifference, cloaked in legacy and patriotism.

SubscriberWrites: The Middle East conundrum

Iran’s overt and covert support to militant groups, Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis in the area to fight proxy wars against Israel, towards achieving Iran’s aim of annihilating the nation, is also noteworthy.

SubscriberWrites: From resistance to resilience: Radical history and unfinished fight of Pride Month

Pride is not and never was only about sexual orientation. It is about gender identity, race, caste, class, ability, and access.

SubscriberWrites: Is reservation marginalising Kashmir’s majority and what future awaits the valley

While the abrogation of Article 370 was projected as a step toward integration and equal opportunity, the post-370 policies in J&K reveal something starkly different.

SubscriberWrites: Price of silence– Hero worship, populism and erosion of India’s democratic soul

What was once a democracy now flirts with one voice ruling all, reducing governance to one will and eroding the foundations of accountability.

SubscriberWrites: Dr B.R. Ambedkar, titan of social reform

Ambedkar’s emphasis on education as tool for empowerment and his conversion to Buddhism rejecting caste hierarchies highlight his radical & transformative approach to social change.

SubscriberWrites: Death of dissent

Freedom of Speech in the age of social media outrage

SubscriberWrites: Parenting at 2 AM

Balancing ambition and empathy, parenting Gen Z means tuning into their emotions, easing pressure, and growing together through hope, anxiety, and imperfection.

On Camera

Socialism hinders India’s industrial growth. We need free enterprise first

‘The tirade against capitalism is wholly unfounded. Capitalism as it has shaped during the past quarter of a century is a far better method of developing the economic resources of any country,’ wrote DN Hosali in 1956.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Joys of Trumplomacy: India & the world are learning US President’s 99 moods and 1 goal

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.