Author: Dr. Jaimine Vaishnav

India Wants Singapore’s Passport Rank With Vietnam Tarmac Behaviour

World
For a country that likes to describe itself as a rising power, India's passport tells a strange story. In 2006, the Indian passport stood at 71st position on the Henley Passport Index. By 2025, it had...

Who Really Profits When Indian Traders and Investors Lose ₹1 Lakh Crore

Business
India likes to tell itself a story. The story goes like this: we are the fastest growing large economy in the world, our stock market is the envy of emerging markets, and every young Indian with a...
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Every Forced Hug at a Family Party Teaches a Child to Stay Quiet

Crime
I want to start with a number that should stop every reader in their tracks. In 2024, India registered 187,702 crimes against children, an...

Entrepreneurs, Not Exams, Will Save India’s Next Decade

Business
On 26 January 2022, a group of young men in Gaya, Bihar, set a passenger train on fire. Over the next 3 days, similar...

42.6%; Employability Number India Doesn’t Want to Talk About

Education
Sanskrit shlokas and samosas at convocation will not fix what is broken. India worships Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, with genuine devotion every Vasant Panchami,...

The Republic of Excuses

Politics
There is a peculiar new sport sweeping across Indian drawing rooms, WhatsApp groups, and comment sections. It requires no physical fitness, no intellectual preparation,...

We Were Invited to the Table After the Menu Had Already Been Decided

World
I remember the precise moment I first encountered the full weight of globalisation's contradiction. It was sometime in the early 2000s, standing in front...

What Happens When a Nation Mass-Producing Degrees Runs Out of Jobs

Education
India is in the middle of a peculiar celebration. In November 2023, the University Grants Commission (UGC) finalised regulations allowing foreign universities ranked in the...

Why Religion Often Triumphs Over Economics in Today’s India

Politics
In recent years, Indian politics has witnessed a significant shift in how Hindu identity is mobilized. What began as a movement largely associated with...

If India is a “democracy”, why are professionals calculating the risk before they speak

Opinions
There is a particular kind of silence that settles over a dinner table when someone almost says something political. You can feel it. The...

China Is Hoarding Dollars to Bury America

World
There is a particular kind of threat that does not announce itself. It does not rattle sabres or send diplomatic cables. It moves quietly...

4,300 Millionaires Left India Last Year. Nobody Wants to Talk About It

Lifestyle
Every year, roughly 2.5 million Indians pack their bags and leave. Some go for a graduate degree. Some go for a job offer they...

The Islands India Ignored for 70 Years Are Now Its Most Strategic Asset

Defence
There is a string of islands sitting roughly 1,200 kilometres southeast of the Indian mainland, deep in the Bay of Bengal. They are Indian...

The Island in the Crosshairs: Is the US Coming for Cuba, After Iran

World
90 miles. That is the distance between the Florida Keys and the Cuban coastline. In geopolitical terms, it is almost nothing — a puddle...
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