We may believe that we are secular and tolerant, but the world will view India through the prism of India’s laws, government actions, and the people’s social behaviour. The passage of the Waqf (Amendment) Act has diminished India in the eyes of the world

Modi’s maturity in adopting an autonomous foreign policy helped India rise in global geopolitics

Only then can we restore faith in the promise that justice delayed must not become justice denied

Frustrated by inequality, corruption, and exclusion, young Nepalis are using creativity and social media to demand meaningful change — but the road ahead is fraught with old dangers

He has made technology the grammar of governance. He has shown that when leaders embrace technology with humanity, entire nations can leapfrog into the future

Boom-and-bust cycles of the past may be irretrievably broken. But what we may now have to deal with is forced migration on account of climate change

They have been woven into the moral fabric of receiving countries as the evil that is required to prove the goodness of the hosts.

The time is nigh for Muslims to correct established opinions on the community. They must fight the impression that the community is conservative and parochial

When young people in Noida or New York question capitalism, they are not necessarily calling for collectivised farms or five-year plans. They are expressing a yearning for fairness, for dignity, for a system that does not leave them behind

In Europe and US, resentment against liberal policies of outsourcing manufacturing jobs abroad, while insourcing labour, has stoked the populist anti-immigration agenda

PM Modi's experience as chief minister has shaped his governance philosophy. The Centre today promises execution – not just policy ideas.

Those who relentlessly demanded that Modi visit Manipur have got what they asked for and more

Developmental projects can be a catalyst for a return to peace in the state if they are accompanied by initiatives that address faultlines.

Irrespective of Trump's charges, India should take a rational approach towards imports, invest in innovation and build efficient value chains.

Nepal has gone through a series of unfinished revolutions, which included the participation of youth, all seeking to transform the country from the authoritarian Rana regime to a federal democratic republic. 

She belongs to a generation where women struggled to gain an identity while constantly pushing back against patriarchal structures. How did you do it, Mother? Can I do it again like you did it? Can I be the Mother I knew? But I don’t know whom to ask now.

What happens in Nepal is something that interests me less than what could happen in our own ancient and wondrous land if our political leaders do not correctly read the smoke signals rising from the burned government buildings in Kathmandu.

In the first part-year (July 2017 to March 2018), the government collected about Rs 11 lakh crore. In 2024-25, it collected about Rs 22 lakh crore. Every paise earned by consumers through their hard work was sucked by the government through GST — it was rightly, and derisively, called Gabbar Singh Tax

Is there something more sinister in the opposition to the project than just environmental concerns?

Israel's isolation has sharpened. The critical question is not what role US played, but what options Qatar and the Arab states have

India must urgently attract global talent in critical technologies, especially at a time when external factors have created a glut of highly trained researchers seeking opportunities. If credible pathways are not offered soon, these scientists will be absorbed elsewhere

In my three terms as a student in the university called Parliament, this kind of learning has been an enormously educative experience

New regime should make space for youth and people untainted by the discredited political culture of the past.

It remains unclear who will lead the transition in Nepal. Delhi will need to engage with the new order with tact and sensitivity.