Trump, Putin, and Modi: The awkward triangle of bonhomie, geopolitics, and oil

New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- "Every time I speak to Vladimir (Putin), I have good conversations, and then they don't go anywhere," said Donald Trump on Wednesday-his tone betraying exasperation with his "dea... Read More

Mideast deal done? Trump takes a victory lap as Gaza peace hangs by a thread.

New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Seven hundred and thirty-seven. The number of days the last 20 surviving hostages spent in captivity before their release on 13 October, as part of the US President Donald Trump... Read More

From Sanae Takaichi's ascent to the Taliban's India visit-the power plays of the week

New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- A woman's bid to shatter the political glass ceiling in an ostensibly modern nation, to a liberal democracy barring its women journalists from a presser as it rolled out the red ... Read More

Trump's Gaza peace plan: Will his 'deal of the century' earn him a Nobel and lasting Middle East peace?

New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Hamas is "ready for a lasting peace". This is what US President Donald Trump wrote on his social-media platform, Truth Social, after the US-designated terrorist group expressed w... Read More

Donald Trump's UNGA address reveals a new global reality: A tougher world for countries like India.

New Delhi, Sept. 27 -- Make of it what you will: A world where the president of the most powerful nation can tell off, discredit, even gaslight fellow heads of state-from the podium of the top multila... Read More

India's new headache: Israel's Doha strike triggers Pakistan-Saudi defence deal

New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- Israel's 9 September attack on Doha, targeting Hamas negotiators, has prompted closer Saudi Arabia-Pakistan defence alignment, creating a new diplomatic stressor for India. Thi... Read More

From the Arab Spring to protests in South Asia: Youth is still fighting for clean governance

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- India's neighbourhood is burning-again! Sri Lanka in 2022, Bangladesh in 2024, and Nepal this week-each has seen public fury boil over into the streets, culminating in the igno... Read More

From Nepal to Sri Lanka: Gen Z leads South Asia's anti-corruption protests

New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- India's neighbourhood is burning-again! Sri Lanka in 2022, Bangladesh in 2024, and Nepal this week-each has seen public fury boil over into the streets, culminating in the igno... Read More

From Tianjin, India asserts its autonomy by carefully balancing global ties

New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shared picture-perfect smiles in Tianjin last week, the West saw red,... Read More

The headline of this week has been weeks in the making

New Delhi, Aug. 30 -- Of course, there was a flicker of hope that good sense would prevail-that the Donald Trump-led US administration would desist from imposing an additional 25% tariff on India for ... Read More