Bangladesh Scrambles to Contain Covid-19

‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat is a matter of personal conviction for Prime Minister Modi, much like socialism was for Nehru’

The Year of the Locust

As early waves of the insect sweep north India ahead of the kharif sowing season, the Agriculture Ministry’s Locust Warning Organisation hopes to stave off a blight as old as time

Chinese Dream, World’s Nightmare

From the Himalayas to the South China Sea, Beijing is unabashedly flexing its military muscles

Sonu Sood: Action Hero with a Heart

‘This is the time to bring change,’ says Sonu Sood

Letters to Mother

‘My expressions are often abstract; perhaps when the heart is overwhelmed the mind races faster than the hand on paper’

The Migrants Come Home

In the wake of the recent reverse migration, the Centre and key states are taking measures to offer India’s travelling labour force social security and better employability

‘US May be Heading to a New Civil War’

As tensions mount in the US, Simone Ahuja, noted Indian-origin consultant and author based in Minneapolis, calls for demilitarisation of police forces to save black lives

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy: Courting Trouble

A string of bad decisions and setbacks in courts have distorted the optics against YS Jagan Mohan Reddy

If America Unravelled

India has a basket of opportunities in a changing world order that it cannot yet touch