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Every four years, when the football World Cup comes around, there is, as a former colleague puts it, a quadrennial lament in India about our perennial absence from the ‘greatest show on earth’. This, despite the tournament having expanded to 48 countries in 2026 and the presence of countries like Curacao, a tiny Caribbean nation…

Trump may be 79, but the amount of bile and braggadocio he can spit out at a moment’s notice would make any 25-year-old proud. And that is a source of his power. If that is what it takes to be a success on social media, I quickly grasped that I should stay away. I have…

In June 1937, addressing Indians in Malaya, Nehru said that India, once independent, could not claim every person of Indian origin as its own. The Indians of Malaya should consider Malaya their land — by adoption or birth — and seek their future there. As the sun was setting on the empire, their Indianness was…

As the United States celebrates 250 years of its Independence today, it is worth scrutinizing the Declaration of Independence, signed on July 4, 1776. Specifically, we focus on 35 words: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that…

The Honourable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi will be travelling to Indonesia on a State visit on the 7th and 8th of July. This will be his fourth visit to Indonesia and the first bilateral visit since the elevation of India-Indonesia ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in May 2018. The Prime Minister…

Inspiring stories of Venezuela quake survivors After two huge earthquakes hit Venezuela on June 24, many people thought no one could survive under the fallen buildings. But then, incredible things happened. A woman trapped under rubble for almost 70 hours suddenly sat up on a stretcher and waved after being rescued. A dog was found…

Dissent and protest are pillars of democracy There’s no democracy without a right to dissent. And right to dissent is not a five-yearly concession, available only on voting day. Citizens may disagree with govt on any issue, at any time. But how? Not by grumbling at dinner tables. That’s why freedom to protest publicly, without…

Introduction India is moving swiftly to reduce its dependence on China, a nation that has long dominated the supply, processing, and export of these essential resources, as securing access to critical minerals has become a difficult challenge for India’s economic and strategic ambitions. Strategic minerals: The backbone of future technologies Rare earths and critical minerals such as…

When a pebble is thrown into a pond it gives birth to ripples that spread wider and wider, dancing with joy. Ever wondered how a tiny piece of stone can create such a big positive impact across the lifeless water! Imagine what small gestures of gratitude can do to the people around us! But how…

By Ajay Ghule During human evolution, as the brain began to evolve, the power of reasoning and the need to ‘believe in something’ at the individual or community level to ensure survival must have also begun to evolve. Happenings and experiences of achieving a desired objective, as an outcome of ‘believing in something’, may have…