India, May 1 -- May marks the 169th anniversary of the 1857 Revolt. As has become the norm, we will see speeches and functions commemorating the "First War of Independence". These tributes will inadve... Read More
India, April 17 -- A week ago, US vice-president JD Vance travelled to Hungary to rally Viktor Orban's supporters, an appearance that included his dialling President Donald Trump, who delivered laudat... Read More
India, April 3 -- The second most viewed page on Wikipedia in the past week was its entry on the blockbuster Dhurandhar 2. The excitement was the result of media coverage of a tussle between editors o... Read More
India, March 20 -- For decades, the courts in India have worried that "campus politics" encourage "tension and lawlessness" at the cost of "academic atmosphere". Kerala, which has experienced hundreds... Read More
India, March 6 -- Edwin Lutyens has been expelled from Rashtrapati Bhavan, the iconic structure he designed. His bust has been cast into one of our substandard museums, and its place has been taken by... Read More
India, Feb. 21 -- Japan has resoundingly elected as its first-ever female prime minister, an iron-willed conservative with a fondness for heavy metal and fast cars. Sanae Takaichi's sudden ascent and ... Read More
India, Feb. 6 -- In times of chaos, quiet developments that should provoke reflection are easily missed. So it is with the news that China's birth rate has fallen to its lowest level since 1949. Over ... Read More