The US-India relationship is changing again
India’s relationship with the United States has long been a careful balancing act between shared democratic values and sometimes diverging national interests. But recent diplomatic tremors have...
Heeding the lessons of India’s 'Emergency'
On June 25, 1975, India awoke to a new reality. The airwaves crackled not with the usual government pronouncements, but with a chilling decree: a state of emergency had been declared. For 21 long...
Why are so many Indians fleeing to US?
When US president-elect Donald Trump vows to deport millions of illegal immigrants, India might not be the first source country that comes to mind. But the uncomfortable reality, to which Indians are...
Overworked India
The tragic death of Anna Sebastian Perayil, a 26-year-old employee at the accounting firm Ernst & Young (EY), from cardiac arrest in July has shone a spotlight on India’s intensely competitive work...
What is India doing in Ukraine?
Towards the end of March, an unusual sequence of diplomatic visitors passed through India’s capital. First came Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander...
Conflict in Ukraine poses a profound challenge to Indian grand strategy
Russia’s war in Ukraine has exposed India’s strategic vulnerabilities as few other things could, raising fundamental questions about the country’s position in the world, its regional security,...
Taliban return poses challenge for Indian diplomacy
In the weeks since the Taliban’s returned to power in Kabul, the people of Afghanistan, particularly its women and girls, have been subjected to unimaginable suffering as the world’s attention...