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SubscriberWrites: Can the world’s most powerful military still win a war?

The US military is built to destroy enemies, not rebuild societies. But modern warfare requires both: combat capacity and political vision.

SubscriberWrites: Art of subjugation

The art of subjugation—through war, propaganda, and control—may be the legacy that defines humanity’s extinction in the eyes of future beings who study our fall.

SubscriberWrites: Visualizing poverty through urban India dynamics

Urban poverty encompasses settlements in towns and villages. The urban poor often live in inadequate and unauthorized slums, facing a lack of sanitation and proper infrastructure.

SubscriberWrites: When we talk about democracy, but play a different game entirely

A look at populist stories from Trump and Rahul Gandhi

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: 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: Handle with care—need for linguistic sensitivity

The Kamal Haasan row again proves that language is a serious issue requiring sensitivity.

SubscriberWrites: Lowering the ante—a call for global calm

In a world of multiple conflicts, India’s call for peace must not be timid diplomacy, but a bold humanitarian appeal to prevent a catastrophe that could spiral into World War III.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.