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A compelling case for pragmatism

When Chinese President Xi Jinping landed in Macau, the world’s gambling capital, the air was thick with anticipation. Macau,often dubbed the “Las Vegas of the East,” is much more than a beacon of wealth and opulence.

85 breached

The Indian rupee has breached the significant psychological barrier of 85 against the US dollar, marking an all-time low amid a confluence of domestic and global pressures.

French Horror

The conviction in France of Dominique Pelicot and his co-defendants in one of the most disturbing rape trials in recent history has sparked both widespread outrage and urgent conversations about the gaps in legal and societal frameworks regarding sexual violence.

Planet’s future

Throughout the history of human civilisation, every culture has had its own idea of the future. The crushing disappointments that are so often part of the human condition have sometimes led to crises of confidence in the future, replacing hope with despair.

The great divide

When the Indian ministerial team commented that “the atmospherics were good,” it seems an opportune moment to peer through the broken bridges of diplomacy between the two neighbours, who suffered the horrors of Partition and then a series of wars, entrenching international powers in the sub-continent amidst a continuing arms-race.

Trains and transforming lives

I was returning from my trip to Tirupati, eager to secure a Tatkal ticket for the comfort of an AC berth. But as anyone familiar with the process will attest, it's easier to win the lottery than to get a Tatkal booking in India’s railways.

An unbridged divide

The delimitation process in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), intended to restructure electoral boundaries and enhance political representation, appears to have fallen short of delivering the desired outcomes for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).