Can the Bloc reshape the global order?
There has been a noticeable shift in recent years in the role of BRICS, from an informal grouping of like-minded emerging economies to a bloc capable of playing a larger…
A practical 30-day training plan
India does not suffer from a lack of talent. India suffers from a surplus of noise. Everyone has an opinion, a notification, a shortcut, a hustle. In that racket, leadership…
The place of women in the scriptures
The Vedas and the Puranas originally gave equal rights to women. In Gaya, Bihar, there is a site where it is believed that Sita Mata did the Pind Daan for…
Cricket, like life, rewards courage and patience
Reuben Ray Sometimes the deepest lessons of life are revealed not only in scriptures or spiritual discourses but in the simple drama unfolding on a playing field. A moment on…
Silent Valley In A Lagoon
Festivity has always been in the air at Perumbalam. Nestled between the Vembanad and Kaithapuzha backwaters, this small island in Alappuzha district is known as the village of temples— and…
The Waiting Mart of Nathu La
Six kilometres inside Indian territory from the international boundary at Nathu La in Sikkim, a cluster of green-and-white buildings stands quietly on a windswept slope. The Indo-China border trade mart…
Iran, Israel, the United States and the return of great-power war
The war unfolding between the United States, Israel and Iran has crossed a dangerous threshold. Within a matter of days, three events have dramatically escalated the crisis: the reported killing…
War and prince: An unfinished kingdom
American journalist Karen Elliott House has been going to Saudi Arabia for nearly 50 years. She has had a firsthand view of the kingdom’s evolution, plus conversations with different kings, Jamal Khashoggi,…
Stillborn ideas
Andhra has proposed ₹25k as incentive for couples to produce a third child. Couples are smiling – not about making Baby No. 3, but at CM Naidu’s touching faith that…
What explains Trump
Iran war will end when Trump chooses. Question is when? Some say he’ll stop when petrol gets too pricey in US, others say when US casualties rise. All are counting…