Author: Dr. Jaimine Vaishnav

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...

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...

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

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,...

There is a famous idea in economics called the seen and the unseen. When you look at a kaali peeli taxi refusing to run...

There is a version of the Strait of Hormuz story that you have already been told. It goes something like this: Iran, a belligerent...

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...