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SubscriberWrites: A mandate on paper, a revolt on streets—Is India entering a new JP moment?

What India needs now is a coherent, principled, and morally compelling Opposition strategy—one that does not merely react to crisis but reimagines the Republic itself.

SubscriberWrites: Dubai didn’t crash Tejas. It crashed India’s aerospace illusion.

HAL isn’t ready for the big league. HAL is hailed as a “Maharatna”. In truth, it is a protected monopoly supplier to a monopsony customer—the Government of India.

SubscriberWrites: IndiGo sneezes, aviation industry catches a cold

IndiGo’s mass flight cancellations left thousands stranded in chaotic airports with soaring fares, misleading updates and no support, raising urgent questions on airline accountability.

SubscriberWrites: Tejas crash sparks debate, but HAL’s trainer jets may be India’s real export edge

Tejas crash has renewed scrutiny of HAL’s capabilities, but its simpler trainer aircraft—HJT-36 and HTT-40—may offer India a stronger path to exports, indigenisation and global defence ties.

SubscriberWrites: Speakers of Indian English are slaves

English in India, born of Macaulay’s staffing fix, evolved from a colonial tool to a driver of mobility—shaping identity, politics and opportunity in ways far beyond its original intent.

SubscriberWrites: Journey of violence—from rudimentary to sophisticated, terrorism

Terrorism thrives on fear, fractured communities & manipulated ideologies, but defeating it demands collective responsibility, cohesion & a united stand against those who weaponise violence.

SubscriberWrites: Pixels Over Prada—Why Gen Z in India will wear digital clothes before designer ones

Gen Z in India will wear digital clothes before they wear designer ones—not because they planned it, but because code, convenience, and creativity led the way.

SubscriberWrites: When childhood and credibility collide in the age of social media

We must strive to design systems that safeguard without silencing, that educate without excluding, that protect without alienating.

SubscriberWrites: India’s New Labour Codes 2025: A Turning Point for Workers and Industry

At the heart of the reform is the idea that India needs laws that protect workers while also supporting economic growth, formalisation, and job creation.

SubscriberWrites: Urban design in India—Lessons, pitfalls & blueprint for creating new cosmopolitan cities

India’s crowded metros can’t absorb future growth; new cities must prioritise diversity, affordability, walkability & strong governance to become truly cosmopolitan and sustainable.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.