An explainer on foreign policy using lessons from popular culture. In Installment 6, Dr Strangelove grapples with the Security Dilemma.
‘I Wish We Had One of Them Doomsday Machines’
These Were Not Semifinals
India is a federal republic, and states matter. The recent state elections were important in their own right, and not for what lessons they might hold for the next general election.
A Time to Make Ethical Decisions
Indian regulation will have to make a decision to either toe the line on gene editing or turn to options that could address its huge healthcare problems.
Set Them Free, See Them Fly
India's airlines are already over-regulated. They need more competition, not more regulation.
'I am small. My smallness is my strength. It is the fortress in which I live.' A visit to C Rajagopalachari's birthplace in Tamil Nadu reveals that the fortress has been forgotten.
A chapter from a recent book examines the dynamics of the Uri strikes.
When people think of the Deccan, they think Shivaji vs Mughals. But the history of the Deccan is far richer than that -- and far racier. It's full of lust and laughter, murder and madness, sex and senselessness. Historian Manu S Pillai joins Amit Varma in episode 98 of The Seen and the Unseen to tell that fascinating story.
A weekly bulletin offering news and analysis related to the Middle Kingdom. This week, there was a Huawei Storm amid the trade war truce.
This is the first installment of The Pragati Quiz, our weekly dose of stimulation to readers who are curious about the world.
Superstition lives on in our popular culture, as we saw on Bigg Boss last weekend. We must fight it.