Author: Dr. Jaimine Vaishnav

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...

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...

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...

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

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,...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...