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The Financial-Geopolitical Complex: When Balance Sheets Become Battlefields

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Innovation, Crony Capitalism And The Price Society Pays

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As AI Rapidly Proliferates, It Is Essential To Declare The Right To Think As A Fundamental Human Right

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Gen Z’s Digital Shorthand: IYKYK & The Rise Of Cultural Codes

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North Korea’s Nuclear Trajectory: Lessons From Previous Nuclear Powers

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Dollar Hegemony, Economic Warfare & The Architecture Of Subjugation

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The AI Accountability Gap

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The Politics Of Humiliation & The New Global Disorder

AI, Persuasion & The Erosion of Human Agency

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The Industry of Ruin: How War Drives Profits

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The Normalisation of Brutality

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The Banality Of Execution: How Israel Institutionalised Apartheid

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Vaping & The Politics Of Partial Truths

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Iran, Diego Garcia & The Changing Geometry Of War

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How America’s War On Iran Is Reshaping The Global Oil Trade

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The Illusion Of Human Control In AI-Accelerated Warfare

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The Grammar Of Kindness

Moltbook And The Rise Of Machine Societies

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Is Life Inherently Meaningless?

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What Trump’s Autocracy Means For America

Why The World Must Be Grateful To Donald Trump

The Persistence Of Caste In India’s Army

Editor's Picks, Opinion

In Defence Of Pessimism

Editor's Picks, Opinion

Mystification By Numbers: Googol, Google & Others

Insight, Latest Posts

The Beatles’ Last Trip to India: Fame, Meditation & The Unravelling Of A Band

A Strong El Niño Is Coming. What Does It Mean for the World?

by Kamini Vadana

El Niño is natural, but the vulnerability it exposes is increasingly man-made.

The Rise and Rise Of Germany’s Far Right

by U Govind Rao

Why The Data Centre Bubble Is A Disaster Waiting To Happen

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

From Diagnosis to Pride: India’s Changing Conversation Around Neurodivergence

by Prerna Tolani & Sathyaraj Venkatesan

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EDITOR'S PICKS

Editor's Picks, PolicyAugust 17, 2026<August 24, 2026

The Financial-Geopolitical Complex: When Balance Sheets Become Battlefields

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

Art & Poetry, Editor's PicksAugust 15, 2026<August 24, 2026

The Freedom We Still Owe

by Ekalavya

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Editor's Picks, OpinionAugust 13, 2026<August 24, 2026

Innovation, Crony Capitalism And The Price Society Pays

by Sumit Bhaduri

Editor's Picks, PolicyAugust 11, 2026<August 24, 2026

As AI Rapidly Proliferates, It Is Essential To Declare The Right To Think As A Fundamental Human Right

by Chintal Barot

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POLICY

The Financial-Geopolitical Complex: When Balance Sheets Become Battlefields

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

Money, markets, and financial infrastructure have become powerful instruments of geopolitics. They subdue the world without firing a shot.

As AI Rapidly Proliferates, It Is Essential To Declare The Right To Think As A Fundamental Human Right

by Chintal Barot

The Hungry Century: Food, Power And The Unmaking Of The Global Order

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

The Space Race & The New Great Game

by Shrenik Rao

How India Inspired Pakistan’s Law On Disaster Management

by P G Dhar Chakrabarti

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Opinion

Latest Posts, OpinionSeptember 8, 2026<September 7, 2026

The Rise and Rise Of Germany’s Far Right

by U Govind Rao

Latest Posts, OpinionSeptember 7, 2026<September 6, 2026

Why The Data Centre Bubble Is A Disaster Waiting To Happen

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

Latest Posts, OpinionSeptember 4, 2026<September 3, 2026

From Diagnosis to Pride: India’s Changing Conversation Around Neurodivergence

by Prerna Tolani & Sathyaraj Venkatesan

Latest Posts, OpinionSeptember 1, 2026<August 31, 2026

The Iran War: A Seven-Month Audit Of Moral, Political And Economic Bankruptcy

by K P Fabian

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Environment

A Strong El Niño Is Coming. What Does It Mean for the World?

by Kamini Vadana

El Niño is natural, but the vulnerability it exposes is increasingly man-made.

What Nepal’s Glacier Collapse Reveals About A Warming Himalaya

by Kamini Vadana

Eleven Days at Sea: Fraggle, The Bat, And The Limits Of Knowing Another Mind

by Ghulam Mohammad Khan

The Hidden Science Of Predicting Pandemics

by U Govind Rao

The Curious Connection Between Asthma And Brain Tumours

by Madras Courier

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INSIGHT

Insight, Latest PostsSeptember 3, 2026<September 2, 2026

Rabies Has Been Preventable For More Than A Century. So Why Are People Still Dying?

by Robinson Mohanraj

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Insight, Latest PostsAugust 27, 2026<August 26, 2026

The Forgotten Swedish Gambit That Shook The English East India Company

by Suprateek Choudhury

Insight, Latest PostsAugust 19, 2026<August 18, 2026

What It Feels Like To ‘Love’ An AI Bot

by Ekalavya

Insight, Latest PostsAugust 14, 2026<August 13, 2026

Before Independence, India Won Gold in Hitler’s Berlin

by Gurjit Singh

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Biography

Fardunji Murzban: The Runaway Boy Who Founded India’s Oldest Newspaper

by Madras Courier

Fardunji Murzban transformed his passion for learning into a publishing revolution. His Gujarati newspaper, Mumbai Samachar, created a new public sphere, leaving a legacy that has endured for over two centuries.

Savarkar’s Views On Sanatana Dharma

by Govindan Nair

No Full Stops: Remembering Mark Tully

by Madras Courier

Nehru’s Scientific Temper & A Vision For A Rational India

by Madras Courier

The Complicated Legacy Of Dick Cheney

by Madras Courier

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Art & Poetry

Art & Poetry, Latest PostsSeptember 5, 2026<September 5, 2026

God’s Creator

by Ankita Sharma

Art & Poetry, Latest PostsAugust 29, 2026<August 28, 2026

Nesting Under A Flyover

by Bharti Mehra

Art & Poetry, Latest PostsAugust 22, 2026<August 21, 2026

Mind Over Matter

by John Koshy

Art & Poetry, Editor's PicksAugust 15, 2026<August 24, 2026

The Freedom We Still Owe

by Ekalavya

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Books & Films

Glamour, Grammar, And The Magic Wand of A.I.

by Amal Fabian

Why has the glamour in grammar disappeared? From magic and memory to machines and micro-aggressions, here’s a meditation on grammar’s fading glamour in the age of artificial intelligence.

Breaking Boundaries: The Rock Band With Learning Disabilities

by Madras Courier

When The Stars Lean Closer

by Ghulam Mohammad Khan

Tintin in Kolkata: The Real-Life Inspirations For Hergé’s Quirky Sidekick

by Kamini Vadana

Saddam Hussein & His Blood Qur’an

by Madras Courier

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