Punjab, one of India's most agriculturally prosperous states, is today paradoxically one of its most financially distressed. With an outstanding debt burden projected to hit ₹4.17 lakh crore by the close of the 2025–26 financial…
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There is a certain genre of government action that looks, at first glance, like retreat. A notification quietly amended. Two clauses deleted. No press conference. No triumphalist briefing. Just a crisp Gazette Extraordinary, issued under…
I watched Barkha Dutt’s live conversation with Bilawal Sidhu with more than ordinary interest. Part of that interest was intellectual; part of it was deeply personal. Bilawal is our elder son, based in Austin, Texas,…
Announcing the repeal of three farm laws passed with a strong parliamentary majority, the Prime Minister acknowledged that his government had failed to convince a section of farmers. The laws designed to open agricultural markets,…
Recently, in my YouTube music feed, a timeless melody—Main Zindagi Ka Saath Nibhata Chala Gaya from the film Hum Dono, written by the legendary poet Sahir Ludhianvi and immortalised in the voice of Mohammed Rafi.…
There is a moment, rare and precious, when the universe conspires to make a point so elegantly that a commentator need do nothing except step aside and let the facts speak. That moment arrived on…
[caption id="attachment_20349" align="alignleft" width="600"] AI-created image for representation only[/caption] Senior Congress leader and MLA Pargat Singh has strongly criticised the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab, accusing it of misusing police authority to…
The Income Tax Act, 2025, which came into force on 1 April 2026, has been widely discussed from the perspective of the resident Indian salaried taxpayer and pensioner. What has received comparatively less systematic attention…
A decorated senior officer of the Punjab Police, Gurinder Singh Dhillon, IPS, resigned from the prestigious post of Additional Director General of Police to join the Indian National Congress, channelling decades of administrative experience into…
