As I See It
Why India’s rise hasn’t won it friends
New Delhi does not have deep pockets with surplus funds like China to positively impact policies of other countries. “The absence of a power leverage explains the cozying up of Bangladesh with Pakistan despite Dhaka […]
Why is Trump interested in Greenland? Look at the thawing Arctic ice.
Forecasts suggest that global heating could create a shortcut from Asia to North America, and new routes for trading, shipping – and attack. Another week, another freak weather phenomenon you’ve probably never heard of. If […]
Free speech and media control
Freedom of speech and its consequent dissent-and-control argument just took a whole new turn “The RWB makes two points about media freedoms, both of them obvious, but which bear repeating. The first, that there is […]
America’s Easter at 250: 2026 resurrects 1776 TRUMP REVIVES AMERICA
Our Declaration of Independence In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the […]
The changing patterns of India’s student migration
The rapid expansion of Indian student migration points to contradictions between aspiration and outcome, and opportunity and exploitation “India is one of the top senders of international students, with the United States and Canada as […]
Why Zohran Mamdani fights for the underdog in New York
His background as a religious and ethnic minority in every country he has lived in and his experience working on community issues deeply inform his politics. “Mamdani has captivated the New York masses with his […]
Whose America is it? In US, Indians face the heat
“Suddenly, a community once celebrated as a shining example of immigrant success finds itself caught in the crossfire of America’s immigration wars. On social media, questions about loyalty to the US are raised with increasing […]
What we misunderstand in the debate over free speech
“Any attempts to undercut science, to spread propaganda, to diminish educational opportunities or to consolidate control over information systems run counter to the freedom of thought. And it is thus not particularly surprising that we […]
From Internet to AI, a story of non-regulation
The objective of the Delhi summit must be to lay down foundational ground rules for the AI era “If the Internet was transformative, artificial intelligence (AI) is transmogrifying. The critical difference between the dotcom boom […]
The course ahead for Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan
The plan can be seen in two ways – as a statement of intentions on how to end the Gaza war, or an instrument of surrender Shortly before the second anniversary of Hamas’s attack on […]
Prospects of a deal
High-level trade talks between India and the United States resumed in New Delhi on 16 September 2025, after a recent thaw in tensions and positive public statements from both President Donald Trump and Prime Minister […]
Why govts avoid taxing the rich to reduce inequality
No government can increase taxes on the rich since they are the fundamental power behind every throne. “Of course, the ‘just’ way to reduce public debt is to raise taxes on the rich. After all, […]
