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The international law considers intervention by considering less the labels and more behavior: what was undertaken, where, how often with the degree of coercion and what purported legal authority. The legal analysis thus varies on whether the action is armed action, assistance to non-state relationships, recognition and invitation or even the economic step like sanctions….

The early hours of January 3, 2026, marked not just another military intervention, but a stark reminder of a uncomfortable truth: as long as the world runs on oil, military might will shadow energy security. The US invasion of Venezuela, the kidnapping of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, and President Trump’s blunt…

Every time we drive from Mumbai to Goa, there is one place that unfailingly calls us to pause, breathe, and soak in its magic — Ganpatipule. What began as a convenient halt has, over the years, become a cherished ritual. We now ensure that we spend at least a night or two here before continuing…

1) Gaia is the ancient Greek word for Earth; some refer to her as the ancestral mother and claim that she gave birth to all of the elements of the world. Gaia is the personification of Earth, Ma-Ka or Ma-Go, both of which mean Mother Gaia. The modern onslaught of ‘divisive preaching’ and academic focus only on…

Asset quality in the banking system has improved, with gross non-performing assets reaching a historic low of 2.2 percent in September 2025. While several factors have contributed to this improvement, the role of the ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 (IBC16)’ cannot be undermined.   Among the various debt resolution mechanisms introduced in the post-reform banking system,…

Somewhere in the mid-eighties of the last century when I was a young Lieutenant  in the executive branch of Indian Navy I could sense that among officers there was this feeling of ‘self doubt’. Some introspection was going on regarding the contribution of the ‘Services’ toward the Nation/National cause. The private sector/corporate  was being perceived…

There is a wonder in reading in Braille that the sighted will never know: to touch words and to have them touch you back.– Jim Fiebig Most of us take the ability to read for granted. But for those without sight, it is not. Braille, a tactile writing system, enables the visually impaired to read….

In the annals of common law, few cases are as evocative as Dr Bentley’s Case (1723). When the University of Cambridge stripped Dr. Bentley of his degrees without a hearing, the King’s Bench famously restored them. Justice Fortescue, in a flourish that has echoed through three centuries of jurisprudence, invoked a precedent higher than any…

The one enduring memory of my first trip to Singapore is of a splendid meal in one of Singapore’s many food courts. It involved chili crab, of course — this was before I became, tragically, allergic to all crustaceans — but also swamp morning glory (pui saag in Bangla) cooked in a savory broth that…

“The concerns of the people of the North-East living in other parts of the country” was the official mandate of a committee formed in 2014—and headed by retired top civil servant M P Bezbaruah— to address the racially motivated attacks on North-Easterners in the nation’s capital. That the govt chose to employ this elaborate euphemism—and…