Utpal Kumar

Beginning with a tribal ritual in Bastar, Rajiv Dogra’s ‘How Nations Fail’ offers a sweeping analysis of a fractured world marked by great-power rivalry, weakening institutions and the decline of unquestioned American dominance. So, should we judge our global leaders the way Bastar’s tribal communities judge their gods?

The ugliness of this week’s Delhi protests was not an isolated outburst; it offered a glimpse into how algorithms — and the shadowy hands exploiting them — are reshaping protests and normalising abuse as authenticity

Pakistan has long imagined itself as the homeland of Muslims and a citadel of Islam. In practice, however, it could not go beyond being the nation of Punjabis. If these trends continue, Pakistan may end up becoming what it always believed itself to be — Punjabistan.

When ‘The New York Times’ could defend Hitler, minimise the Holocaust, sanitise Stalin’s atrocities, and dismiss the horrors of Hiroshima as ‘Japanese propaganda’, then the real surprise is not that it got Kashmir wrong. The real surprise is that so many still instinctively treat it as the world’s final authority on getting history right

Why the state must retain its cultural soul while reclaiming its enterprise.

Tarique Rahman must learn from the mistakes of Mujib and Sheikh Hasina: pro-Pakistan forces ultimately consume their own patrons.

China has long weaponised maps, names and history against Bharat; Delhi is finally learning to return the favour

In one of Bengal’s darkest hours, Batanagar stood apart, keeping thousands fed as famine raged beyond its gates during the man-made famine of 1943.

Beijing may regard New Delhi with disdain, but Xi Jinping could yet discover that contempt is a luxury China can no longer afford

The Bangladeshi Prime Minister must realise that he cannot succeed where others have failed in the past