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SubscriberWrites: Pahalgam and the Urgency of Peace Journalism

When truth is missing, propaganda fills the void.

SubscriberWrites: Reformed or Deformed

Amid shifting global power, India must choose: push bold political, economic, and federal reforms now—or risk deformation and decline in the new world order.

SubscriberWrites: India & the USA – Democracies at War

India’s values-based stand clashes with Trump’s MAGA dominance, turning a tariff war into a larger battle over democracy, equity, and the future of global leadership.

SubscriberWrites: This and That – India has to decide

India is at the center of world attention for the turn of events in its relation with the USA. Here are some stray thoughts on India at cross roads.

SubscriberWrites: Onam ushers in the question – who really banished Mahabali?

From regal ruler to grinning mascot, Mahabali’s image has been hijacked by advertisers—turning Onam from myth and memory into Kerala’s biggest shopping carnival.

SubscriberWrites: China’s quiet defiance in the age of Trump

Trump’s coercive order has bent most nations—but China’s defiance shows the power of indispensability. For India, the choice is clear: build leverage or remain at the mercy of geopolitics.

SubscriberWrites: Kerala—God’s own country? Not really

What Kerala needs is not slogans, but a complete mindset overhaul, towards merit, enterprise, governance, and accountability.

SubscriberWrites: A Citizen’s Blueprint for India’s Next Decade of Reform

From media responsibility to judicial vacancies, land reform, and tourism revival—a Mumbai businessman outlines urgent steps to put India on a faster, cleaner path to growth.

SubscriberWrites: Non ethical builders

Amid India’s property surge, unethical developers trap homebuyers in dependency—controlling utilities, delaying ownership, and turning dream homes into captive markets.

SubscriberWrites: The Myth of ‘Consent’—16-Year-Olds say yes because they have no choice

When 16-year-olds “agree” to marry, it’s often not love but desperation. Consent without freedom isn’t real—child protection must trump romanticised notions of choice.

On Camera

Was India’s public sector born out of European envy?

For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.