Mohan Bhagwat's rhetoric has lit communal tinder. His statements urging Hindu claims to Muslim sites while disavowing institutional involvement, yet permitting cadres' action, signal a likely mass tem

India's lived reality resists propaganda: Nirankaris painting Bible verses, Muslims performing Hindu rites, Christians caring for the abandoned. Anti-conversion laws and bulldozer threats cannot erase

The Gen Z uprising in Nepal is a warning for India. With rising unemployment, inequality, corruption, and digital repression, young people can swiftly transform discontent into revolt—igniting change

A city that boasts modernity denies its daughters the right to be born. Delhi's sex ratio is a national betrayal. We must demand more than slogans and schemes. There are thousands of missing daughters

Historical revision must pursue truth and scientific objectivity. It must correct biases without replacing one-sidedness with another. Credit colonial-era scholarship where deserved, expose caste-ed p

Progress is often hailed as inevitable, yet history warns that unchecked change without moral direction can breed violence, corruption, and inequality. Actual progress demands not just science and tec

The louder the music at a leader's birthday, the weaker the message of democracy becomes. The bigger the cut-outs, the smaller the confidence. It is almost as if the candles on the cake are meant to d

Close at the heel of our other neighbours, Nepal's journey has swung between hope and betrayal. The monarchy fell, the republic faltered, and now its youth demand dignity, justice, and a future free f

The recent Vice-Presidential election has exposed deep cracks in India's democracy. Cross-voting, intimidation, abstentions, and invalid ballots have raised serious doubts. It ultimately begs the ques

September 11 carries memories of violence and division, but also of Gandhi's Satyagraha and Vivekananda's call to end fanaticism. In a world scarred by war, injustice, and hate, 9/11 must challenge us