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I have not been to Uttar Pradesh in some time, and what I am saying is not based on material that is recent or on any groundwork I have done recently. However, it is interesting to see the patterns of voting in the state over...

The trend is now too pronounced for the IAS lobby to ignore. In recent years, the government has been empanelling officers from all services and posting them to crucial positions in important ministries, positions that were the once-exclusive preserve of the IAS. So, the recent...

War clouds are ominously gathering across the European sky. Things are getting hot along the borders of Ukraine and in territories in Eastern Europe surrounding that country. The US and Britain have started moving some of their diplomatic staff and similarly church authorities also are...

It is no music to US President Joe Biden’s ears that the euphoria over his presidency has considerably dissipated only within a year of his assuming office. As he has just completed the first year in office, he is not only greeted with a series...

War as a tool for grabbing land and resources by force has been going on since time immemorial. It was the war poets during World War I who exposed the hypocrisy and hollowness of war in which soldiers’ lives are used as pawns to satisfy...

Is it safe for women to be alone on India’s roads and do they feel constantly threatened and fearful of their safety? To know the answer to this I put this question to 50 men who assured me that women felt safe and there was...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is a man of the people and is vehemently opposed to 'VIP culture'. He wants us all to believe that he has street cred. So, when the Deputy Commissioner of Nagaon district, Nisarg Havare, going strictly by the book,...

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani In a qualifying match last November for the 2022 soccer World Cup, Iran trailed Lebanon 0-1 at the end of the scheduled 90 minutes. On social media, skeptical Iranians were getting ready to blame their team’s imminent defeat on Iran’s hardline leaders, who...

José Manuel Barroso Two years into the worst pandemic in a century, it is tempting to think that the world is stuck in a time warp, unable to shake off a virus that has so far killed more than 5.5 million people and wrecked countless...

Eighty per cent Indians believe they and their families will be economically better off in the next five years. Admittedly this is not a result of any plebiscite held across the country. This fact along with some other data was collected by The Edelman Trust...