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An Undeclared Emergency

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Who Broke Cuba?

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From Makkah To The Red Sea: Saudi Arabia’s New Security Strategy

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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

India Talks Growth. We Can Barely Afford Groceries

by U Govind Rao

When food prices soar, economic growth means little to families forced to choose between essentials every single day.

Brazil’s Narrow Escape

by Kamini Vadana

Iran, Israel And America: When Political Miscalculation Threatens A Global Catastrophe

by Madras Courier

A Tryst With Destiny

by Chandra Shekhar Dubey

Why Is Gen Z Worried?

by Kamini Vadana

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EDITOR'S PICKS

Editor's Picks, OpinionOctober 12, 2026<October 17, 2026

An Undeclared Emergency

by Akhilesh Kumar

Editor's Picks, OpinionOctober 6, 2026<October 17, 2026

Who Broke Cuba?

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

Editor's Picks, OpinionOctober 5, 2026<October 17, 2026

From Makkah To The Red Sea: Saudi Arabia’s New Security Strategy

by Nikhil Dasari

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Editor's Picks, OpinionOctober 2, 2026<October 17, 2026

Can India Trust Its Election Commission?

by Gummadidala Ranga Rao

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POLICY

India Talks Growth. We Can Barely Afford Groceries

by U Govind Rao

When food prices soar, economic growth means little to families forced to choose between essentials every single day.

Why India’s Middle Class Is Living On Borrowed Money

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

America’s Space Weapons And The Battle For The Orbit

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

India’s Next Strategic Vulnerability: Its Submarine Fibre-Optic Network

by Shrenik Rao

The Financial-Geopolitical Complex: When Balance Sheets Become Battlefields

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

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Opinion

Latest Posts, OpinionOctober 27, 2026<October 26, 2026

Brazil’s Narrow Escape

by Kamini Vadana

Latest Posts, OpinionOctober 26, 2026<October 26, 2026

Iran, Israel And America: When Political Miscalculation Threatens A Global Catastrophe

by Madras Courier

Latest Posts, OpinionOctober 23, 2026<October 23, 2026

Why Is Gen Z Worried?

by Kamini Vadana

Latest Posts, OpinionOctober 22, 2026<October 21, 2026

Ethiopia’s Unfinished War

by Ekalavya

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Environment

Optogenetics: From Mapping Neurons To Controlling Them

by Madras Courier

Advances in imaging, electrical recording and optogenetics are giving scientists new ways to understand and influence brain activity.

Plague in Russia? Here’s What You Need To Know

by Kamini Vadana

Orangutans, Komodos And A Vanishing Wild

by Gurjit Singh

What Volcanoes Taught Me About Diplomacy

by Gurjit Singh

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

by Kamini Vadana

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INSIGHT

Insight, Latest PostsOctober 14, 2026<October 14, 2026

Same, Same But Different

by Ekalavya

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Insight, Latest PostsSeptember 11, 2026<September 28, 2026

William Makepeace Thackeray, India And English Nabobs

by Chetan Saini

Insight, Latest PostsSeptember 3, 2026<September 28, 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<September 28, 2026

The Forgotten Swedish Gambit That Shook The English East India Company

by Suprateek Choudhury

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Biography

Pablo Neruda: Poet, Communist, Rapist

by Rajen Harshé

Pablo Neruda, known for his poetry and for championing human rights, raped a Dalit Sri Lankan woman.

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

by Madras Courier

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

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Art & Poetry

Art & Poetry, Latest PostsOctober 24, 2026<October 24, 2026

A Tryst With Destiny

by Chandra Shekhar Dubey

Art & Poetry, Latest PostsOctober 17, 2026<October 17, 2026

The Current Epoch

by Braja K Sorkar

Art & Poetry, Latest PostsOctober 10, 2026<October 10, 2026

The Republic Of The Erased

by Ekalavya

Art & Poetry, Latest PostsOctober 3, 2026<October 3, 2026

No More Parks

by Anjana Vipin

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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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