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This Independence Day, let’s fix India’s broken ladder

India’s broken ladder Every 15 August, India celebrates freedom. The flags go up, the tricolour flies from balconies, schoolchildren sing Vande Mataram and political leaders...

Gold in Glasgow. Billions in Ahmedabad.

Australia-India sports collaboration As Australian athletes topped the medal tally at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, the country's sports industry has a US$130 billion reason...

The dance of democracy, reprised

In 2011, I stood at Jantar Mantar as a Delhi University student, placard in hand, shouting for activist Anna Hazare and against a government...

India confronts terror, unites against Pakistan-backed plot

On the afternoon of April 22, 2025, Pahalgam, the serene tourist hotspot in Indian Kashmir was shattered by a brazen act of terror. Six...

No guts, no glory – and no political upsets

As the 2025 Federal Election campaign meanders to its inevitable close, the two burning issues for Australians at large have been housing challenges and...

Violence against women in Australia worsens, politicians keep quiet

In just ten days, Australia will choose its next Prime Minister. The political landscape is frantic - every party is in a race to...

Trump’s tariffs strain international relations

I messed up. Trump's tariffs strain diplomacy In my last column two weeks ago (or was that a lifetime ago?), I was quite certain that...

Zero tariffs, stable jobs: Maximizing free trade

Tariffs, economics and GDP may appear abstract concepts. The fundamental concerns of consumers in Australia, India, and the US, however, are similar: stable jobs...

Ceasefire or capitulation? Ukraine, history, and the Trump-Putin phone call

Tuesday’s phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, aimed at halting hostilities in Ukraine, is yet another unsettling chapter...

Global democracies in decline

Jim Carrey’s 1998 masterpiece The Truman Show was a study in how reality can be manipulated. It showed our increasing obsession with celebrities, and...

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