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It’s looking like chaos in Los Angeles, with aggressive immigration raids and the resulting protests. It’s also telling us a great deal about Trump’s strategy going forward, to quell dissent against his unpopular policies. The most telling moment of the past few days wasn’t the ICE raids themselves, or the (probably illegal) nationalisation of the…

India’s flying industry is growing fast, but some big problems need fixing The tragic plane crash in Ahmedabad has made people look closely at how India’s flying (aviation) system is doing. India is now the third biggest country in the world when it comes to people travelling by air. It’s also sixth in moving goods…

The kids are CUETing, the parents are sweating “Room hi room. Wifi free. Only 300.” As sweat dripped down my brow, one bead at a time, I weighed the offer. The ‘room hi room’ guy had competition, and the price tanked as I walked on…Rs150, Rs100. Village Sawda in north-west Delhi’s Ghewra may not have…

Kamlesh Tripathi Imagine a wandering poet in 15th century India, reciting verses that touched both kings and commoners alike. That was Kabir Das, a weaver who spun not just threads, but wove verses that would echo through centuries. His dohas , two-line verses, weren’t just poetry; they were life lessons presented in everyday parlance, cutting…

(Women navigating the new era relationships find themselves in a perilous grey zone, where societal stigma meets ambiguous medieval laws, offering little protection against exploitation or abuse. As the country strides into modernity, its outdated legal labyrinth fails to keep pace, leaving women vulnerable in casual and non-traditional relationships. Bridging this gap is not just…

Jayasri Burman, India’s legendary woman artist who celebrates the fertility of the universe within, in her works, has over 40 years, created a vocabulary that journeys through various environments that encourage or require stillness. From fertile ponds and waters and riverine flows to many a lotus leafed oasis that captures depth and gravitas within feminine…

In every challenge lies an opportunity is a tired old cliché. But China’s decision to weaponise its near monopoly over the supply of rare earth permanent magnets (REPMs) has converted the cliché into an engineering opportunity. Trade and tariff wars over rare earths, notwithstanding the “deals” struck, are a wake-up call at precisely the moment…