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The Epstein Files: When Power Losses Its Soul and Society Pays the Price

India, Feb. 4 -- There are moments when silence becomes complicity. The Epstein files mark one such moment. The images and accounts emerging from these records are not merely disturbing-they are deva... Read More


Grief Is Personal, Power Is Political, Maharashtra Must Learn to Separate the Two

India, Jan. 31 -- Maharashtra has not merely lost a politician; it has lost a voice that shaped the rhythm of its politics for decades. Ajit Pawar was many things-controversial to some, commanding to ... Read More


UGC on Trial: Facts Lost, Fear Amplified, and Education Held Hostage

India, Jan. 30 -- The University Grants Commission did not suddenly wake up one morning and decide to become India's most controversial institution. It became the "big talk" because India's higher edu... Read More


Anjali Bharti and Maharashtra's Moral Collapse

India, Jan. 29 -- Maharashtra today is staring at a mirror it no longer recognises-and perhaps no longer wants to. This is not merely a phase of political turbulence or a temporary spike in crime stat... Read More


RIP Ajit Pawar: Political Rise and the Current Phase in Maharashtra Politics

India, Jan. 28 -- Very unfortunate that Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash, on Wednesday (January 28, 2026), in Baramati. Four other people on board the private aircraf... Read More


Nationalism With A Smog Mask On

India, Jan. 23 -- India saw an interview. Then India lost its breath.Not because of pollution-habit has made us immune-but because Gita Gopinath dared to say it out loud. Cue outrage. The charge she... Read More


Maharashtra Bhavan in Kashmir: When a State Builds a Bridge, Not Just a Building

India, Jan. 12 -- In the noise of daily politics, it is easy to miss the quiet moments when history shifts its tone. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's announcement of building a Mahara... Read More


The Brahmin Community: A Manufactured Image of Supremacy and an Ignored Reality

India, Jan. 6 -- In Indian social discourse, certain assumptions have been repeated so often that they are now accepted as truth, even when historical outcomes do not support them. One such assumption... Read More


When Democracy Is Auctioned: A Question the Election Commission Cannot Dodge

India, Dec. 29 -- What unfolded during the Pune Mahanagar Palika election process is not a logistical footnote-it is a loud moral indictment. Thousands of nomination forms sold in a flash, queues that... Read More


Ambedkar Wanted Minds Awakened, Not Books Burned

India, Dec. 26 -- What happened recently inMadhya Pradesh, where members of theBhim Armypublicly burned theManusmriti, is not just a political act. It is a scream-raw, angry, wounded. And it deserves ... Read More