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Monday, July 28, 2025
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SubscriberWrites: To drink or not to drink

Torn between connection and clarity, a reluctant drinker wrestles with belonging, abstinence, and the quiet comedy of choosing not to choose.

SubscriberWrites: Connecting the dots in Tashkent—PM Lal Bahadur Shastri’s mysterious death

Unveiling the Soviet conspiracy and its political aftermath

SubscriberWrites: Information technology and the choices we make

Information technology and the choices we make

SubscriberWrites: The eccentricity of speculative theology & religion

SubscriberWrites: The eccentricity of speculative theology & religion

SubscriberWrites: Trump’s war on education and academic freedom

Trump’s move to bar international students from Harvard isn’t just policy—it’s an attack on academic freedom, diversity, and the soul of American higher education.

SubscriberWrites: Two Childhoods, One Frame—what India’s future deserves

Bridging the gap demands more than policy; it calls for people-powered action to secure every child’s future.

SubscriberWrites: Boosting crop resilience and sustainability with biostimulants

Biostimulants boost sustainable farming by enhancing crop yields, resilience, and soil health—key drivers in the next agri revolution for global food security.

SubscriberWrites: Breaking the silence—the unfinished stories behind POCSO

POCSO offers hope, but societal stigma and systemic gaps demand urgent action, empathy, and collective courage for change.

SubscriberWrites: The importance of spiritual choice

The essay is a reflection on the importance of spiritual choices which we are called to make, by our life’s circumstances. I illustrate their importance via true anecdotes.

SubscriberWrites: Operation Sindoor and its aftermath–ramifications for India

Operation Sindoor reignited India-Pakistan tensions, exposing Kashmir’s unresolved conflict and the fragile regional stability amid nuclear brinkmanship and political posturing.

On Camera

Bihar voter list revision is not anti-democratic—India can’t let illegals influence polls

Since all non-NDA Opposition parties seem united in demanding a cancellation of Bihar’s SIR, it’s safe to assume they fear their own vote bank stands to lose the most.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.