Bangladesh foreign minister’s Delhi visit

Bangladesh’s foreign minister Khalilur Rahman is visiting Delhi on 7th April for his first high-level engagement with India. His visit could be considered as an agenda-setter for prospective official visit…

The price of being human?

What is the point of pain? Particularly of extreme pain? That pain has a function is clear—it is a warning sign—to stop what one is doing, to take notice, to…

When war reaches the Indian Kitchen

If there is one thing the uniform teaches you, it is this: war is never as distant as it looks on a map. It travels quietly through economies, through emotions,…

The War on Iran: Reshaping the Global Order

Dr. B. Bala Bhaskar There are no winners in West Asia’s wars, and the unfolding conflict with Iran is unlikely to be an exception. At some point, each side will…

Pain not transformed is pain transmitted

By Christopher Mendonca The problem of pain and suffering has baffled humankind from the very beginning. In searching for an answer, we have often confused the problem of pain with…

At airports, our cravings worsen with the prices

Of all the disappointments in life, nothing is bigger than being told by a polite airport lounge staffer, that your credit card is no longer eligible for complimentary food. He…

The new rules of heart health — Part 2 – What you should actually be measuring

In Part 1 of this series, we covered the Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) framework, which uses a holistic approach to risk assessment, as well as the new PREVENT cardiovascular risk calculator. This new…

Artemis shows it’s no time to be Moony

Chethan Kumar As a young democracy grows out of adolescence, its rolling out reels and reels of tales. If the first post office or a telephone connection paints one colour,…

The Road to Success: BJP’s Maharashtra Story

20 mayors, 117 presidents of municipal councils, around 4,000 corporators across municipal corporations and municipalities and hundreds of Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti members…. This summarizes BJP’s success in Maharashtra’s…

Deadline here, now what?

War isn’t ending because both US and Iran want to claim victory. To win decisively, Trump needs boots on the ground, but that’s risky. Bombing Iran infra to bits won’t…