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When the United States threatens a 50% tariff on Indian goods, it is not just a matter of trade—it is leverage built on India’s dependence. Washington knows it holds two trump cards: India’s vast consumer market and its taxpayer-funded talent pipeline. Silicon Valley’s engineers, Wall Street’s analysts, and America’s technology giants thrive on Indian graduates
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Krishna remains one of the most studied figures of South Asian civilisation. His image moves across scripture, history, philosophy, and culture, carrying with it both admiration and controversy. Whether understood as an epic hero, a divine incarnation, or a cultural archetype, Krishna has left an imprint that extends far beyond India’s borders. In the Mahābhārata
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What does it mean to love — not merely to be stirred by another, but to be wholly transformed by something that dissolves the self? In India’s vast spiritual and literary inheritance, love appears in many guises: as tender devotion, mischievous play, fearless surrender, or a secret alchemy meant to strip away ego. From Krishna’s
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By Maq Masi India, a cradle of profound philosophical traditions, has fostered a diverse array of systems that explore the nature of existence, consciousness, and reality through rigorous intellectual inquiry rather than theistic belief. Since ancient times, Indian philosophy has been predominantly atheistic, with eight of its nine major schools (darśanas) rejecting a creator God
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In the Indian subcontinent, deep divisions persist—not only between Hindus and Muslims, but within their own communities—fuelled by pride in religion, caste, or sect. This pride is often treated as a badge of honour, inherited without question, and used to elevate the self while belittling others. Yet behind this pride lies an uncomfortable truth: none
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Power is a paradox. It concentrates in the hands of a few such as emperors, priests and corporate leaders, yet history pulses with the defiance of the many. From ancient temples to digital algorithms, small groups have dominated vast populations through cunning, force or ideology. But this is not inevitable. Communal tribes, democratic revolts and
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India, a nation renowned for its democratic spirit, faces a profound challenge within its prison walls. Over 435,000 individuals—ordinary people, many from humble backgrounds—await justice as undertrials, detained without conviction, sometimes for years. Among them are 16,136 women and 1,479 children, whose lives are shaped by delays in a system striving to balance fairness with
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Losing Ground: Why the UK Fell Behind China and the US—and How to Lead Again What becomes of a nation that once ruled the seas but now struggles to manage its rails? The United Kingdom, architect of the industrial revolution and financier of empires, finds itself today trailing behind countries it once dominated—economically, strategically, and
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