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Monday, March 16, 2026
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Topic: Votebank

Are political iftars all about empty symbolism in India?

The Congress, BSP and SP skipped their iftar parties this year, while the BJP and AAP showed surprising bonhomie by attending one together.

India needs jobs for all, including its Muslims

New data suggests efforts of governments to expand opportunities to India’s most deprived citizens may be failing.

They just didn’t get it

India has changed. It will vote for those who understand, respect and embrace this change with humility, not hubris.

On Camera

India must allow citizens to invest beyond its borders. It’s risk management, not luxury

The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.

Saudi crude rerouted via Red Sea to India as Hormuz tensions rise; Russian imports surge

Around 6 million barrels of Saudi oil headed to Indian ports via the kingdom’s west coast, while Indian refiners ramp up Russian purchases amid a temporary US waiver.

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.