The BJP’s decision to appoint a relatively low-profile leader as party president raises questions about internal democracy, the RSS’s role, and whether generational change masks a deeper consolidation ...

A critical look at Saira Shah Halim’s account of the Indian Left, its historical role in the freedom struggle, and the challenges of modern reform.

Granta’s Autumn 2025 edition explores India’s last decade, balancing sharp political critiques of the "Modi-land" era with a diverse spectrum of new literature.

The story of Byrnihat is a fable demonstrating the dark side of industrial growth, which promises economic benefits but leads to environmental and human devastation. The crisis demands immediate ...

The C-295 transport aircraft marks a milestone in private-sector military manufacturing, but design control, certification authority, and wartime autonomy remain unresolved.

Once meant to teach unity in diversity, Republic Day tableaux now increasingly foreground Hindu symbols as national symbols, changing how millions understand India’s past, present, and future.

The BJP’s BMC campaign rewrote Balasaheb Thackeray’s old playbook for a new moment, replacing the Marathi–non-Marathi divide ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran faces its worst security crisis, with spiralling nationwide protests amid the threat of ...

Deadly floods displace over 300,000 across Mozambique and southern Africa as rivers burst and rescues race against time.

In his latest novel, Ian McEwan returns to the unsettling moral terrain and formal daring of his early work, using a climate-ravaged future to probe adultery, art, and the afterlives of meaning. What ...

As India nears Union Budget 2026, food insecurity, toxic air, and joblessness expose deep policy failures. Can the Finance Minister reset priorities?

A class-based analysis of the US invasion of Venezuela, tracing Hugo Chavez’s socialist legacy, oil politics, media warfare, and the capture of Nicolas Maduro. Read the history behind the crisis.