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Ren Chonghao is a commentator on Chinese geopolitics on social media platforms like Bilibili and Weibo, the Chinese equivalents of YouTube and...
Brussels, the seat of European Parliament, witnessed a unique tussle between the conservatives and the liberals recently. The rising popularity of...
As election fever peaks, political discourse in India is becoming shriller. The Opposition makes a curious argument about the lack of a “level...
B R Ambedkar is remembered for his great contribution to the meticulous drafting of the Constitution of free India. Some seek to belittle his...
When news of China renaming some geographical entities in Arunachal Pradesh broke in December 2021, some social media enthusiasts took a “tit for...
On March 31, the INDIA alliance parties will hold a mega rally at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi. The message for India’s 2024 general elections is a...
The year 2024 was billed by Time magazine as “the election year”, when almost half of the world’s population, living in 64 countries, would go...
In 2022, Pakistan moved a resolution at the United Nations calling for the establishment of an “International Day to Combat Islamophobia”. Several...
As the rules for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), passed by Parliament on December 10, 2019, are being gazetted by the government, the specious...
Should we call ourselves “conservative”? A section of India’s ruling right-wing establishment appears to be mulling over this. As Prime Minister...
Agalega is a tiny speck in the vast waters of the Western Indian Ocean. This atoll, comprising two islands, North and South Agalega, separated by a...
People in China have just returned to work after a week-long annual Spring Festival celebration that started on February 10, marking the beginning of...
These days, there is palpable unease among sections of political scientists over a perceived increase in “democracy deficit” and the rise of...
Angus Maddison, renowned British historian, in his monumental work The World Economy: Historical Statistics (2003), argued that India had been the...
The President’s address to Parliament traditionally showcases the achievements of the government. President Droupadi Murmu’s f irst address in the...
What the world witnessed on January 22 was not just the consecration of a temple but the rebirth of a nation and the reassertion of its national soul....
As the country is preparing for the greatest spectacle after Independence — the consecration ceremony at Ayodhya — some non-issues are being raked...
As she took the oath of office for the fifth time as Prime Minister of Bangladesh earlier this week, Sheikh Hasina would have fondly recalled that 52...
Stoic philosopher Seneca had said that “every new beginning comes with some other beginning’s end”. The eventful 2023 has ended and the new year...
On December 12, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit in Delhi. For some time now,...
It is said that “leaders are born, they are not made”. But those destined to become leaders need a nurturing institutional environment. India is...
There is an effort in some sections to insinuate that the Supreme Court Constitution Bench’s verdict on Article 370 was a compromised one and imply...
It is strange that the Congress leadership is raising so much heat over Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement in Parliament about Nehru’s blunders...
There was a suggestion in these pages earlier this week that diplomacy should be nimble, accompanied by a jibe that “smart oneliners will serve...
On Samvidhan Diwas (Constitution Day), which falls on November 26 — commemorating the adoption of the Indian Constitution by the Constituent...
Peace in West Asia is a priority for India. This energy rich region is the lifeline to India’s crude and natural gas needs, and an important trade...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar stirred a hornet’s nest before apologising for his crass comments in the Bihar Assembly over the man-woman...
India’s abstention at the UN over the Gaza-related resolution raised some eyebrows especially since it despatched humanitarian aid to the region...
On a day when the Palestinian death toll crossed 7,000, including almost 3,000 children, with no end in sight, an article by a Jerusalem-based...
RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat’s address at the annual Foundation Day function in Nagpur on Vijaya Dashami earlier this week provides significant...
It has been two weeks since the deadly attack by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas resulted in the death of hundreds of Israelis on Sukkot — a...
Sixty-seven years ago, on October 14, 1956, just seven weeks before his demise, B R Ambedkar — architect of the Indian Constitution and leader of...
It was interesting to read Rahul Gandhi’s soliloquy on Hinduism and its inner meaning in these pages last week. He articulated a version of...
Gandhi is indispensable. You may love him or hate him, but you can’t ignore him. Escorting the world leaders attending the G-20 summit to the...
Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister , is a troubled man these days. Domestic unpopularity and international marginalisation are haunting him....
Hindu- or Sanatan-phobia, which the Hindu American Foundation in the US describes as a “set of antagonistic, destructive, and derogatory attitudes...
Soon we are going to move into the new Parliament building . The iconic old building was where 299 members of the Constituent Assembly of India...