Category: Others

You’re at a family picnic, slathering Amul butter on a pav, when your uncle swears the Amul girl’s polka-dot dress was red, not blue. You laugh, picturing that iconic mascot, and bet your last vada pav it’s always been red too. Then you check an old ad—blue, always blue. What in the Bollywood blockbuster twist […]

The remnants of fascist and theocratic ideologies and goals are dressed up in the appealing garb of nationalism and traditional values today. However, nothing that is represented as nationalism today on a political level even remotely resembles true nationalism or even tradition. In the name of tradition, parties and ideologies only aim to suppress voices […]

Cricket, crafted by the English, found its true home in India. Elsewhere, it’s a pastime; here, it’s a religion uniting 1.4 billion souls across divides. From village maidans to IPL’s dazzling arenas, cricket has sparked hope in tough times, joy in triumphs, and soft power—think Sachin Tendulkar’s elegance or Virat Kohli’s fire, carrying India’s name […]

Language is about identity, dignity, and power in a nation where dreams in many more and speaking in dozens of languages transcends simple communication. This is most clear nowhere than in the narrative of the Dravidian movement in South India and its echo in the continuous tug-of-war on India’s linguistic policy. Originally a protest against […]

Rising in importance on the global scene in an increasingly complex international order defined by changing alliances, economic uncertainty, ecological emergency, and digital revolutions is the European Union (EU). Once mostly an economic bloc of post-war reconciliation, what is today a major force in world diplomacy, commerce, climate change leadership, digital governance, and security cooperation? […]

Globally, relations are changing in the world like waves. From geopolitical alliances to economic powerhouses, the balance of power is changing at never-seen rates. Rising economies, regional alliances, and changing ideological frames threaten the conventional wisdom controlled by Western countries.  The Ascendancy of New Power Centres For much of the 20th century, the United States […]

Vatican City, also known as the Papal State, is the world’s smallest sovereign nation—so tiny that it could fit inside the parking lot of the world’s largest building, the New Century Global Centre in China (1.7 sq. km vs. Vatican’s 0.49 sq. km). But don’t let its size fool you—this minuscule state wields power, history, […]

Mumbai is a city that never sleeps or stops, be it the heavy rains in monsoon or dealing with public adversities. This city and its people have always taught the world that one can rise from the worst situations and still thrive. Mumbai, born from seven islands stitched together by the British, grew into a […]

India is a land of great aspirations and equally complicated problems. With 1.4 billion people, this nation is alive. Two-thirds of our population are under thirty-five; half of us are under twenty-five. Our future and indeed that of the world rests on whether we can help convert this demographic output into a dividend or will […]

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” – Voltaire.  Freedom of speech is one such fundamental right in India that has been debated for centuries and is yet under debate. Before we delve into the current standing of this integral fundamental right, it is […]