Welcome back to another edition of My Take 5. This week we are covering the expanding scope of the US-Iran war before Trump’s sudden halt to the strikes, again; Ukraine’s targeting of Russian e-commerce company Wildberries and why this matters; Kazakh President Tokayev’s plain-speak to Putin; migrant rush at Spanish exclaves of Ceuta and Melilla;…
In on the inside joke: Besides getting on the reel bandwagon, politicians are using viral catchphrases like Vaste-guna-Huiya to get Gen Z cred For years, the political and intellectual class assumed that X, formerly Twitter, was where serious politics happened, and that Instagram was a nursery for people who had not yet discovered seriousness….
Since mid-2025, there has been a growing sense in Pakistan that the country’s regional and international profile has risen significantly. To many, Pakistan today occupies a geopolitical sweet spot after a long time. The signing of the Iran-US Agreement on June 17 represented, in their eyes, a high point in the country’s diplomatic role in…
Sad today. Not because Dharmendra Pradhan is a friend. I don’t know the man. If anything, I’ve long believed he should have offered to step down. Sometimes, leadership demands taking a strategic step back for a larger, long-term objective. Not necessarily because one is personally culpable, but because institutions are always bigger than individuals. The…
Police are entitled to question journalists. They are not entitled to make the questioning the punishment. Last week’s treatment of television anchor Vijayan raises uncomfortable questions not merely about one investigation, but about how the state understands press freedom. On July 15, Tamil Nadu police summoned the journalist for questioning in connection with a case…
Welcome back to another edition of My Take 5, your weekly wrap of international news. This week we are covering the slow crumbling of the US-Iran ceasefire, the reimposition of US naval blockade on Iran, protests in Ukraine over firing of the defence minister, China’s missile test in the South Pacific, and US delisting Syria…
Ladakh’s Chief Secretary, Ashish Kundra, has announced at a press conference in Leh (July 13, 2026) that the Union Territory Administration will constitute an Autonomous Hill Development Council in each of the seven districts. He… Source link
When discussing the true yardstick of a state’s development, one inevitably recalls Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, who introduced Indian politics to the philosophy of Antyodaya decades ago. He believed that the success of any policy, programme, or government should not be judged by what it delivers to those at the top of society. Rather, it should…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s most recent trip to Australia unfolded amid scenes of unmistakable excitement. At Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium, where thousands from the Indian diaspora gathered, the mood felt closer to a major concert than a diplomatic engagement. The scale of the welcome reflected the extraordinary reception Modi has enjoyed in Australia ever since his…
Sometime in the 12th century BC, the Trojans opened the impenetrable gates of the city of Troy to usher in a massive wooden horse offered by the Greeks as a token of peace to end the ten-year war. Once the horse was wheeled in, Greek warriors emerged from its belly. The rest is history. The…
