India has officially ascended to the world's 4th largest economy, surpassing Japan with a nominal GDP of approximately $4.19 trillion in 2025.
The champagne corks are popping, the press releases are flowing, and the triumphalism is palpable.
But...
Mumbai handles a municipal budget exceeding ₹52,000 crores annually—larger than the GDP of several small nations. Yet this megacity of 20 million souls operates under legislation drafted when Queen Victoria ruled India, gas lamps lit London...
When Sheikh Hasina's plane lifted off from Dhaka in August 2024, it wasn't just the departure of a prime minister—it marked the potential unraveling...
Standing at a traffic light in any Indian city, you'll witness a peculiar ballet: vehicles creeping forward during red signals, pedestrians weaving through moving...
The recent operational meltdown at IndiGo—India's dominant airline—offers a revealing glimpse into the structural vulnerabilities embedded within Indian democracy. When over 2,500 flights vanished...
I've watched it unfold countless times on my Instagram feed.
A Kannada activist uploads a video berating a shopkeeper for not knowing the local language.
Within...
When the National Education Policy 2020 landed like a promise—multidisciplinary universities, seamless credit transfers, multiple entry-exit, lifelong learning, Indian languages on centre stage—it felt...
Every October, like clockwork, Delhi transforms into a gas chamber. The Air Quality Index (AQI) shoots past 400, sometimes touching 500, making the capital...
In the annals of South Asian history, few moments rival the audacity of Indira Gandhi's 1971 masterstroke. Facing a genocidal crackdown in East Pakistan,...
India is drowning in silence.
While we celebrate our economic growth, technological prowess, and cultural heritage on the global stage, we remain willfully blind to...