When A Nation Rises
A meditation on courage, conscience, and the enduring strength of ordinary people confronting power through unwavering hope.
Iran’s Hormuz Gamble, America’s Strategic Blunder
The renewed US-Iran confrontation over the Strait of Hormuz highlights geography’s enduring power over global security and trade.
Gold & The New Global Order
Gold is no longer a hedge against inflation alone; it has become a hedge against geopolitics.
SpaceX & The Vanishing IPO
Modern IPOs increasingly reward insiders, leaving public investors to buy companies after explosive growth. SpaceX is a classic example.
Pokémon: The Childhood Obsession That Became A Billion-Dollar Market
A Pokémon card can be held, traded, graded, photographed, streamed, battled with, or remembered. It is simultaneously a toy, a commodity, an artwork, and a social currency.
Oil, War & The Collapse Of Energy Security
The world economy has spent decades building on the assumption of frictionless trade and dependable energy flows. Hormuz exposed the fragility of those assumptions.
In The Age Of Sound, Silence Is Golden
In a world filled with engineered noise, silence emerges as a vital counterbalance, restoring focus, reflection, and the capacity for sustained thought.
The Microplastic Problem
Microplastics are ruining our ecosystems and our health—consistently, quietly. They will soon emerge as a public health emergency.
The Pope & The Tyrants
The world the Pope describes—where unchecked power inflicts widespread harm—is not hypothetical.
‘Silent Gerrymandering:’ How Delimitation Will Erode India’s Democracy
By amplifying already dominant regions, delimitation risks entrenching disparities rather than correcting them.
Ethiopia, Eritrea, And The Fragility Of Peace
The Horn of Africa does not require another proving ground for grievances. Instead, it requires a recalibration of ambition and fear—a recognition that geography need not dictate destiny.
Guilty Pigs: The Absurd History Of Animal Trials
The bizarre nature of animal trials in the past provides a curious window into the history of our understanding of the law and its boundaries.
What Trump’s Autocracy Means For America
Minneapolis should not be remembered solely as a site of tragedy but as a warning—one that asks Americans to confront what they have chosen.
The Persistence Of Caste In India’s Army
For the Indian Army to truly fulfil its promise of representing all of India, it will need to confront the enduring legacy of caste.
Uganda, Museveni, And The Chinese Loans That Made Power Stick
Museveni, once a revolutionary who spoke of fundamental change, now presides over a state where change is carefully deferred or suppressed.