by Mahendra Ved | Nov 12, 2025 | Blogs
A New World Order? Anew world order is taking shape with the US and China as the two poles in a supposedly multipolar world. Everyone else is desperately trying to save skin, mostly at others’ expense Like others, India must also brace for the new order. The US...
by Mahendra Ved | Nov 5, 2025 | Blogs
GANDHARI’S CURSE Ironies never cease. India built its first military air base abroad in Tajikistan to counter the Taliban ruling in neighbouring Afghanistan. Fast-forward to the present. The same Taliban have sought out India to operate from the Bagram Air Base...
by Mahendra Ved | Oct 28, 2025 | Diaspora
L’AFFAIRE ASHLEY TELLIS United States President Donald Trump and his predecessor Joe Biden, who have been accused of illegally possessing classified and top-secret government documents, have got away because they hold or held high office. Not every American is that...
by Mahendra Ved | Oct 19, 2025 | Blogs
Maharaj Is Dead, Long Live Maharaj The title Maharaja is one of the most evocative symbols of India’s princely past. It carried both political and cultural weight for over two millennia, if not more. Found in early Sanskrit inscriptions and royal charters around the...
by Mahendra Ved | Oct 11, 2025 | Blogs
MONKEYS’ SOMERSAULT WE need to take note of two monkeys who are adept at rapid somersaults because they affect us directly. There is a saying in Gujarati that the three most unpredictable things in the world are raja, vaja and vandra, which translates to king, musical...
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