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Campaign to Declare Next Decade as Save the Earth Decade
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (496+ words) This writer has been arguing for several years now that this break from business as usual should be in the form of declaring the next decade as the Decade for Saving Earth ( this being a short form of saying "saving…...
200 and a Lifetime of Labour: India's Pension Crisis
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (646+ words) India does have old-age pension schemes. The problem is that they don't actually protect anyone. Last in the World, and Falling The index gave India a grade of D ", meaning the system has recognisable weaknesses and that, without significant reform,…...
Where Silence Becomes a Security Threat
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (781+ words) When Pope Leo XIV addressed an audience in Los Angeles in 2026, the setting suggested celebration. Instead, he delivered a warning. "We gather under bright lights while many outside these walls struggle simply to survive." In a single sentence, he reframed…...
Merit Betrayed: The Human Cost of India's Exam Failures
2+ hour, 40+ min ago (1318+ words) When an examination becomes a lottery, meritocracy itself stands indicted. I have been thinking about those silences again as the NEET-UG 2026 controversy unfolds. Because we have been here before. Barely two years ago. For me, this was not merely a…...
Trump's State Visit to Beijing and the New Cold War on Asia
11+ hour, 50+ min ago (478+ words) From Beijing this week, the first US state visit to China in nine years is being staged for the world to see. The Great Hall of the People is open to Donald Trump, who has traveled with eighteen US executives'Apple,…...
The Mirage of Security: The Dangerous Bukele Model
14+ hour, 9+ min ago (438+ words) The Institutionalization of the Permanent State of Emergency Poverty rose to 9. 6 percent in 2025, demonstrating that punitive measures do not address the structural causes of inequality. Educational crisis and state neglect with the closure of 44 public schools and the dropout of…...
The Widening Gap Between the Republic and its People
18+ hour, 56+ min ago (543+ words) India does not suffer from a shortage of patriotism. It suffers from a shortage of trust. The distance between the Indian citizen and the Indian state is widening not because people love the country less, but because too many institutions…...
The Urgent Need for a Strong Anti-Fascist Front
19+ hour, 9+ min ago (1035+ words) Years before Modi became Chief Minister, Ashis Nandy1, along with the writer Achyut Yagnik2, met and interviewed him. Nandy wrote: Fascism- not a casual epithet Marxist traditions have never reached full consensus on fascism, but there is broad agreement on key features....
Trump Goes to China: Will his visit De-escalate Tensions with Iran and Strengthen Energy Security?
20+ hour, 5+ min ago (154+ words) Strategic Importance of the Trump-Xi Summit Will the Summit deescalate Tensions with Iran? Impact on India and Global South Countries The geopolitical landscape of West Asia is undergoing a profound transformation. For more than seven decades, the United States acted…...
The Irony of Voters" Verdict in West Bengal!
22+ hour, 24+ min ago (220+ words) A Short Note on the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election Results The results of the 2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections have been officially announced. This election was contested" by Nayan Moni Kumar11/05/2026 BJP wants more than your vote. They want to…...