Nuremberg, Karma, and the Lessons for Delhi—Power Is Temporary; Accountability Is Not
The historic photograph of the Nuremberg courtroom captures an extraordinary reversal of fortune. Men who had once held positions of immense authority in Nazi...
The Peacock, the Parrot and the Wise Old Tortoise
Once upon a time, in the vast, ancient forest of Bharatvan, a kingdom existed, celebrated throughout the animal world as the largest democracy on...
The Xi–Trump Summit and the Illusion of “Constructive Strategic Stability”
The September 23–25, 2026, state visit by President Xi Jinping to Washington produced pageantry, a two-month extension of the trade truce to January 10,...
What Ails India’s Bureaucracy and the Course Correction
India’s bureaucracy was built for a very different age. It was designed to provide continuity, territorial integration, and political neutrality in a newly independent...
The Fight for the Two Straits: Hormuz and Bab al‑Mandab, and What It Means for India
The Houthi seizure of Yemen’s Red Sea coast and key islands in the Bab al-Mandab Strait in September 2026 has turned an already volatile...