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Now, New India will have a Revamped Sabarmati Ashram as SC Rejects Tushar Gandhi’s Petition
The project has been handed over to Bimal Patel, the same architect who “revamped” and replaced the glorious parliament building of India.
A Dark Day For Nepal’s Democracy
The tragic deaths of Suresh Rajak and Sabin Maharjan on March 28, 2025, were a severe blow to Nepal’s democracy. The brutal manner in which journalist Suresh Rajak was burned to death while covering a pro-monarchy protest at Tinkune,…
“Ruthless Suspensions” Versus “Legal Oversight”: The Gap Between Shah’s claims and Civil Service…
Limited legal options are available for challenging arbitrary terminations under Article 311(2)(c) as courts “rarely challenge national security paradigm” and evidence is placed in sealed envelopes in court rooms, making the process opaque.
Whittling down sources of U.S. soft power
Soft power is defined as ‘the use of positive attraction and persuasion to achieve foreign policy objectives’. The U.S., which had increased its soft power through alliances, trade, education, immigration and foreign aid, is now looking at…
The ‘Great Abandonment’ of Afghanistan
The U.S. and Europe have washed their hands of the problem inside Afghanistan; India should worry about losing mind-space among Afghans The showdown in the Oval office between United States President Donald Trump and Ukraine President…
Haren Pandya’s Shadow: From Modi’s Sunita ‘Kaun’ Jibe to One of ‘India’s Most…
That Modi didn’t accord state guest status to Williams in 2007 had nothing to do with her. Her relationship with Pandya was the issue.
‘Hamara time khatam ho gaya, bus sukoon chahiye’: UP woman Shehzadi’s last words…
The family expressed their anguish at the "injustice" meted out to her. They have requested the authorities in Abu Dhabi to conduct her last rites and share the photos.
On delimitation fears, some lessons from Jammu and Kashmir
Opponents of the exercise will do well to note that population will not be the only weapon in BJP’s arsenal for redrawing India’s electoral map.
Covering India’s World: an MEA beat reporter remembers
At the launch of “India’s World” in December 2024, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar perceptively pointed out that the deepest changes in Indian foreign policy had come not from electoral changes in 2014 but from 1991, when the then…