Every 5 years, something remarkable happens across India's half a billion voting constituencies. Politicians stop pretending to govern and begin, openly and without embarrassment, to run a bidding war. Free electricity. Free gas cylinders. ₹1,500 cash...
There is a famous idea in economics called the seen and the unseen. When you look at a kaali peeli taxi refusing to run on meter, demanding 40 rupees over the fare, or simply driving away...
There are anniversaries that demand more than commemoration. The 135th birth anniversary of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is one of them. Across India today, his...
There has never been a political figure in modern history who has kept psychiatrists, psychologists, and mental health professionals quite so busy — and...
We built a moral cage around desire, called it civilization, handed out wedding rings, and then acted genuinely surprised when people kept picking the...
There's a peculiar ritual that plays out every summer across India. Families gather. Relatives who haven't spoken in years suddenly have opinions. Mithai is...
There is something almost Kafkaesque about the scene that played out on March 5, 2026. The United States Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, posted on...
There is a particular species of cruelty that schoolteachers in small Indian cities practised in the 1990s with an almost artistic commitment. It was...
Arunachal Pradesh, often called India's "Land of the Rising Sun," stretches across the eastern Himalayas like a verdant sentinel. This northeastern state, home to...
There is something quietly unsettling about watching a classroom full of eager young minds rehearse presentations on disruption — slides polished, vocabulary borrowed from...
