Endlessly shared till its beliefs pass off as the truth, the film trailer mirrors our world: fact and fiction, blurred by repetition ..read more

Beyond trade-offs and extortion, the scheme goes to the very heart of the Sangh Parivar’s long-term goal of an ideological dictatorship ..read more

Against an opulent Ram temple, Ayodhya is brimming over with a new and brash brew of faith, politics, and commerce ..read more

People, cutting across communities, are paying the price for the rulers’ misplaced policies and priorities. As the ruling Rajapaksas refuse to accede to the popular demand for their resignation, the island nation is on the verge of implosion ..read more

The government in Nepal says that the economic situation is not as bad as it is in Sri Lanka, but the opposition insists on measures to prevent a crisis. With the ruling coalition not on a firm footing in Parliament, political instability threatens to hobble economic recovery ..read more

Pakistan’s economy, like that of Sri Lanka and Nepal, the other two South Asian nations, is teetering. Before the premature end of Imran Khan’s government in March, there were mass protests in Pakistan as prices of essential commodities skyrocketed. The new Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, hopes his efforts to repair relations with the U.S. will help ease the IMF’s restructuring terms for a bailout ..read more

The stock market has become volatile as a result of unprecedented inflation and the unexpected war in Ukraine ..read more

Political parties across the spectrum oppose the imposition of Hindi in Tamil Nadu. Anti-Hindi struggle in the State dates back to pre-Independence days ..read more

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The BJP’s debacle in West Bengal in the 2021 Assembly election is also proof that any attempt to impose Hindi will face stiff resistance in the State ..read more