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Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Vine. In this week’s edition, we look at the new French-Canadian alliance against imperialist America, explain why Trump is the most Left-leaning American president, explain the problem with the “2026 is the 2016” trend, and finally reveal why the pointy-haired boss will live on. A Frenchman…

Dreams are strange creatures. They don’t respect geography. Or time. Or logic. They simply appear, like old relatives who forget to call before visiting. In one dream, a colleague appears inside my childhood home in Lake Terrace, standing near the wardrobe as if he belongs there. In another, Maa travels in a train, sipping tea…

Every household today shares one common scene- A child glued to a mobile phone. A parent asking, “Bas ab band karo…” And an inner guilt whispering, “Am I failing as a parent?” No doubt, screens have become the third parent in our homes. From online classes to cartoons, from gaming to reels. It has become…

India has sadly seen many accidents that happen because authorities do not do their jobs properly. Still, one recent tragedy in Noida shocked many people, because it was so easy to prevent. A 27-year-old man died after his car fell into deep water. After such accidents, there is usually an investigation, officials say sorry, and…

Life in America today can be very loud and stressful. There is news, noise, and people arguing all the time. But right now, something very quiet and unusual is happening. A group of Buddhist monks has started a long walk—about 3,700 kilometres—from Texas to Washington DC. It will take them around 110 days. They walk…

India’s push towards frictionless, digital-first air travel has an unexpected casualty: the South Indian name. Digi Yatra, the biometric-based airport entry system, promises speed, convenience, and a glimpse of a high-tech future. Walk up, let the camera recognise your face, and pass through without fumbling for documents. In theory, it is elegant. In practice, it…

Noida’s terrible tragedy tells us how little citizens matter to civic authorities, never mind post-tragedy probes     Even a country used to terrible accidents caused by civic authorities’ criminal negligence, was shaken by the death of a 27-year-old in Noida – because it’s unbelievable how a tragedy so avoidable was allowed to happen. An investigation team…

BJP has anointed a chief technician to run its vast administrative and electoral machine. From Nitin Who on the date his name was announced on Dec 14, 2025, to head the world’s largest political party on Jan 20, 2026, Nitin Nabin has seen a remarkable spike in terms of name recognition. But this does not…

Reflecting the current flux in world politics, India and UAE concluded a ‘Letter of Intent for a bilateral Strategic Defence Partnership’. This happened during the three-hour visit by UAE’s President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to New Delhi on Monday.It’s evident from the phrasing of the partnership as a ‘letter of intent’ that it’s…

By Shashank Joshi and Shambo Samrat Samajdar Shatapath Brahman describes time as a graceful inward journey, where each unit becomes progressively finer, almost like zooming into the universe with a cosmic microscope. A muhurt lasts 48 minutes, but time does not stop there. It keeps dissolving – into seconds, milliseconds, microseconds, and finally into nanoseconds…