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Moltbook And The Rise Of Machine Societies

Editor's Picks, Opinion

Is Life Inherently Meaningless?

Editor's Picks, Opinion

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

Andrius Rudamina, Se Cathedral & The Unlikely Link Between Lithuania And India

Insight, Latest Posts

The Crumbling Heart Of Old Goa: Saving the Basilica Of Bom Jesus

Editor's Picks, Opinion

The Thieves of Tolly-Bolly-Kolly-Molly Woods

Editor's Picks, Opinion

Future Tense, Past Present

Editor's Picks, Opinion

‘Killer Robots,’ AI & The Future Of Warfare

Insight, Latest Posts

The Cartoonist’s War: Satire, Hate & The Art Of Persuasion

Editor's Picks, Opinion

How Cryptocurrencies Fuel Organised Crime & Global Illicit Trade

Environment, Latest Posts

Nilgiri Marten: The Forest Gardener

Editor's Picks, Opinion

When Democracies Choose Their Dictators

Editor's Picks, Opinion

AI’s Workplace Takeover: Innovation Or Impending Crisis?

Editor's Picks, Opinion

The Battle For Digital Sovereignty: How Big Tech Threatens National Autonomy

Environment, Latest Posts

The Vanishing Bengal Florican

Editor's Picks, Opinion

How Pharma Companies Are Turning Everyday Issues into ‘Diseases’ for Profit

Editor's Picks, Opinion

The Manosphere’s Poisonous Influence: How Digital Hate Transforms Young Men’s Identities

Environment, Latest Posts

From Sacred Shores to Concrete Jungles: The Andaman & Nicobar Islands Are At A Crossroads

Myth & Medicine In Modern India: How Pseudoscience Found Its Place In Governance

Art & Poetry, Latest Posts

Why I Write & Other Such Musings

The Grammar Of Kindness

by Ghulam Mohammad Khan

kindness finds its form not in treatises or lectures but in a helping hand extended, a smile offered freely, laughter shared, and a simple word or two that says you matter.

Will AI Turn The World’s Largest Democracy Into A Botocracy?

by Madras Courier

The U.S.-Iran Nuclear Gamble: Will Diplomacy Prevail?

by Madras Courier

The Aravallis Are Being Destroyed. The Fallout Will Be Severe

by Gaytri Soni

Vassalisation: America’s Strategy For The Future

by Madras Courier

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EDITOR'S PICKS

Editor's Picks, OpinionFebruary 11, 2026<February 18, 2026

India-US Trade Deal: A Strategic Surrender

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

Editor's Picks, OpinionFebruary 4, 2026<February 12, 2026

Is Life Inherently Meaningless?

by Ghulam Mohammad Khan

Editor's Picks, OpinionFebruary 3, 2026<February 12, 2026

The Epstein Emails And The Architecture of Invisible Influence

by P Ananth Kumar

Editor's Picks, OpinionFebruary 2, 2026<February 12, 2026

Should India Privatise Public Sector Banks?

by Jayakhosh Chidambaran

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POLICY

The Persistence Of Caste In India’s Army

by Ekalavya

For the Indian Army to truly fulfil its promise of representing all of India, it will need to confront the enduring legacy of caste.

Iran’s War on Its Own People

by Kamini Vadana

The Silent Fertility Crisis: Falling Birth Rates And The Future of Collective Society

by Madras Courier

The Dismantling of MGNREGA: Gandhi’s Vision vs. Political Reality

by S Vijayakrishna

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How India’s Universities Are Becoming Ideological Command Centres Of The State

by Kurian Mathew

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Opinion

Latest Posts, OpinionFebruary 20, 2026<February 20, 2026

The Grammar Of Kindness

by Ghulam Mohammad Khan

Latest Posts, OpinionFebruary 19, 2026<February 19, 2026

Will AI Turn The World’s Largest Democracy Into A Botocracy?

by Madras Courier

Latest Posts, OpinionFebruary 18, 2026<February 18, 2026

The U.S.-Iran Nuclear Gamble: Will Diplomacy Prevail?

by Madras Courier

Latest Posts, OpinionFebruary 16, 2026<February 16, 2026

Vassalisation: America’s Strategy For The Future

by Madras Courier

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Environment

The Aravallis Are Being Destroyed. The Fallout Will Be Severe

by Gaytri Soni

The degradation of the Aravalli mountain range is accelerating desertification, exposing deep failures in governance, land-use policy, and ecological stewardship across North India.

How Birds Use Smell To Navigate, Forage, And Mate

by Madras Courier

What The Cassowary Reveals About Risk, History & Biodiversity

by Kamini Vadana

Madhav Gadgil, The Ecologist Who Listened To The Hills And Trusted The People

by K M Seethi

How India’s Stubble Crisis Is Fuelling Innovation

by Gaytri Soni

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INSIGHT

Insight, Latest PostsFebruary 12, 2026<February 12, 2026

Gold: God’s Money

by Madras Courier

Insight, Latest PostsFebruary 5, 2026<February 12, 2026

Guilty Pigs: The Absurd History Of Animal Trials

by Ekalavya

Insight, Latest PostsJanuary 30, 2026<February 12, 2026

How Pembarthi’s Women Are Quietly Reclaiming An Ancient Craft

by Madras Courier

Insight, Latest PostsJanuary 23, 2026<January 30, 2026

Did Human Innovation Begin In India, Not Africa?

by Madras Courier

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Biography

No Full Stops: Remembering Mark Tully

by Madras Courier

Mark Tully remains less a chronicler of history and more its living echo, a reminder that journalism’s true power lies not only in witness but in the gift of listening.

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

by Madras Courier

The Complicated Legacy Of Dick Cheney

by Madras Courier

Raila Odinga: The Relentless Democrat Who Revered India

by Gurjit Singh

Maria Machado’s Nobel: A Prize, or a Provocation?

by Madras Courier

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Art & Poetry

Art & Poetry, Latest PostsFebruary 14, 2026<February 14, 2026