Modi, Bhutan, China and the squeeze
PM Modi’s visit tries to steady India’s hold in Bhutan at a moment when China’s slow, patient pressure is tightening Bhutan’s strategic choices.
Indian media’s Kirk
Indian media treated the activist’s assassination as a cautionary tale about polarisation, not the partisan battlefield American outlets made it.
Trump’s tariff tangle leaves India in a twist
The US Supreme Court struck down Trump’s tariff regime, upending the trade understanding India had negotiated. With a temporary 15 per cent tariff now in place, New Delhi has room […]
Muivah’s return: A leader’s swan song
At 91, the Naga veteran comes home to warmth but little movement. His long fight for sovereignty is now a memory more than a mission.
Can ‘next-gen reforms’ fix the economy without touching the big stuff?
Modi’s new push might streamline GST and ease rules, but land and labour remain off the table. Growth, yes. Transformation? Not just yet.
How India hedged its bets on Iran, and lost
India’s seizure of Iranian tankers, timed to coincide with a US trade deal, suggests a consequential drift away from strategic autonomy, and that drift carries real risks.