Author: Dr. Jaimine Vaishnav

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...

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...

It is 5:30 in the morning in Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi. The tea stalls have just lit their first flames. Young men and women, most...

There is a moment, familiar to every investor alive today, when you wake up at 3 a.m., reach for your phone, and before checking...

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...

On February 17, 2026, at the India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi — a gathering attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, French President...