When Watching a Movie Is No Longer Enough For more than a century, going to the cinema meant sitting quietly in a dark room while a story unfolded on a screen. Then somebody apparently decided that sitting quietly was overrated.…
India’s New Drone War: From Bhargavastra to Lasers and Microwaves The battlefield is getting smaller, cheaper and increasingly difficult to see. A drone costing a fraction of a conventional missile can now threaten soldiers, vehicles, radar installations and critical infrastructure.…
Global South Ambition and Practical Cooperation On September 12 and 13, New Delhi will become one of the most closely watched diplomatic addresses in the world. The occasion is the 18th BRICS Summit, hosted by India at Bharat Mandapam during…
Its Athletes for an Unusual Asian Games in Japan Imagine preparing for the biggest sporting competition in Asia and discovering that your bedroom may look more like a shipping container than an athletes’ village. Now imagine your country’s sports authorities…
How Hanuman Ansh Turned Neem Karoli Baba’s Story Into an Unexpected Global Cinema Journey A film that reportedly opened in India to barely around ₹10 lakh is now preparing to travel overseas. That sentence alone sounds like the beginning of…
How Indian Directors Are Taking Their Own Stories to the World in 2026 There was a time when Indian cinema’s international identity was often reduced to a few familiar ingredients: Bollywood songs, elaborate weddings, colourful costumes and the occasional art-house…
From Sriharikota to 36,000 Km Above Earth At 2:55 in the morning on September 4, 2026, while most of India was either asleep or negotiating with the snooze button, a 51.7-metre rocket rose from Sriharikota. The rocket was GSLV-F17, and…
UPI at 10: How India’s Digital Payment Revolution Became a Global Technology Story There was a time when paying for a cup of tea in India could involve searching for change, asking whether the shopkeeper had ₹10, and occasionally beginning…
What the Number Really Means India has entered another interesting chapter in its long military journey. The 2026 Global Firepower Military Strength Ranking places India fourth among 145 countries, behind the United States, Russia and China, and ahead of South…
The Countries Giving India Its Strongest Global Ratings India’s global image is often discussed through the language of diplomacy: strategic partnerships, trade agreements, defence cooperation, technology, the Global South and geopolitical influence. But there is another, quieter measure of India’s…