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SubscriberWrites: Is Indian Democracy Shrinking, or Was It Never Fully Realized?

The success of the democratic project depends upon deepening social democracy, strengthening local participation, protecting peaceful dissent & ensuring that constitutional morality remains the ultimate foundation of public life.

SubscriberWrites: A Cruel Joke on the Authority of Akal Takht Sahib

Many publicly profess complete faith in Akal Takht Sahib while privately searching for reasons, loopholes, and technicalities to avoid following its directives.

SubscriberWrites: The Sleeping Mind Is the Missing Link in Mental Health Research

Every night, without any effort or expense, the brain changes, and these changes are often more revealing than anything recorded in the waking consultation.

SubscriberWrites: China’s Overcapacity, the Coming Legitimacy Squeeze & Why India’s Subsea Cables Need a Pacific Detour

China would do well to remember its own history and reform its economy toward genuine consumption of domestic and foreign goods and services, rather than repeating a one-sided trade posture that invites confrontation from the other direction this time.

SubscriberWrites: Quad is dead!

India needs to seriously reevaluate its dependence on America for military hardware and critical technologies; especially fighter jet engines.

SubscriberWrites: From making weapons to mastering defence technology

Can India move from manufacturing weapons to developing the technologies that determine military superiority?

SubscriberWrites: How water stress is reshaping urban life in South Asia

From Delhi and Karachi to Dhaka, Lahore, and Kolkata, urban growth is accompanied by a quieter but far more destabilizing transformation: water stress.

SubscriberWrites: Democracy in an Age of Impatience

From 10-minute groceries to AI, technology has reset expectations of speed. Democracies, bound by checks and institutions, are struggling to keep up.

SubscriberWrites: Who Really Pays for the Bet?

Behind every gambling statistic lies a family struggling with debt, anxiety and broken trust.

SubscriberWrites: God Help Us! — An Owner’s Manual for Surviving the Republic of Babudom

Owning a motor car in India has very little to do with driving. It is an advanced diploma in surviving Babudom.

On Camera

Indian queers will settle for flower over the bouquet. No marriage equality? Recognise live-in

Live-in relationships are a conundrum for Indian law as courts build the framework case by case, often leading to more questions than answers.

Gen Z prefers betting online, so casinos are reinventing the real-world experience

With Gen Z more likely to gamble online than visit casinos, operators are adding sports, spas, street food and social spaces to turn gaming venues into lifestyle destinations.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Munir’s latest power grab is proof of his paranoia. Dictatorship and delusion go together

At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.