Author’s Note: I had a detailed telephonic conversation with Sardar Tarlochan Singh, former Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities and Rajya Sabha MP, from my camp in Austin, Texas, USA, where I am on…
India has achieved a significant diplomatic breakthrough. For the first time, a United Nations Security Council report has openly named The Resistance Front (TRF), a front of Lashkar-e-Taiba, as the group responsible for the Pahalgam…
President Donald Trump has again taken to social media—this time branding India a “dead economy,” pairing it with Russia, and doing so barely days after declaring that Washington will impose 25 percent tariffs and additional…
President Donald Trump on 30 July 2025 declared that every good entering the United States from India will face a 25 % “reciprocal” tariff, plus an unspecified penalty, from 1 August. In a Truth Social…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised India’s GDP growth forecast upward to 6.4% for 2025–26 in its July 2025 update, reaffirming India’s position as the fastest-growing major economy in the world. At a time…
The roots of Punjab’s ongoing crisis of sacrilege and hurt Sikh sentiments trace back not to 2015, but to the year 2007. That year, a blasphemy case was filed against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet…
[caption id="attachment_13120" align="alignleft" width="800"] AI-generated representational image.[/caption] "Legal Entity or Not? Decoding RSS’s Unusual Financial Structure" encapsulates a significant aspect of India's socio-political landscape, highlighting how prominent movements operate with decentralised organisational models without formal…
In recent years, a troubling pattern has emerged within the Punjabi diaspora in North America—particularly among young Sikh men—who are increasingly becoming entangled in criminal activities. From drug trafficking and gang-related violence to financial fraud…
In today’s India, a silent but growing frustration runs deep across the country. From remote villages to crowded cities, people are increasingly disillusioned with the very systems that were designed to protect their rights —…
Shrinking farm margins, ballooning debt, land acquisition spectre and unemployed rural youth are pushing Jat Sikhs towards a demand they once scorned—OBC status. The law allows it, the politics complicate it, and the sociology resists…
