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.
Fuelling a new equation

As sanctions make Russian oil a legal, financial liability, India is forced to rebalance energy ties and turn crude politics into tariff negotiation.
Beijing’s new club

Dhaka’s hesitant participation in the cosy trilateral chat with Pakistan and China shows that the neighbourhood game is not over.
Can India and Russia Build a Durable Economic Partnership?