This is the physical grappling I was subjected to but I am made of sterner stuff & was not to be stopped. I was doing nothing unlawful or illegal. In fact these “protectors of the law” need to explain under what law they were trying to stop us from offering Fatiha

Unfortunate to see how an elected Chief Minister is treated by police, under central government, in his own state. No declared emergency but still .....

Shooting the messenger is the easiest thing to do in this country. नीतियों में सुधार ना करो, पत्रकार पर केस ज़रूर कर दो। डटे रहिए Ajit Anjum जी।

In India, the land of more than a thousand tongues, few things inflame passions more than language. Touching the hot button comes with political peril. Anupreeta Das Modi Wants More Indians to Speak Hindi. Some States Are Shouting ‘No.’ nytimes.com/2025/07/13/wor…

Strange story of a Russian woman with her two small daughters, a self proclaimed nature lover, performing yoga and meditation in a forest cave in India. With Anupreeta Das Indian Police Discover a Russian Woman Living in a Cave With Two Daughters nytimes.com/2025/07/15/wor…

Very intimate account of personal loss and trauma of a family who lost their only son & daughter in law in Air India crash in Ahmedabad. Pragati Mujib Mashal Atul Loke A Father Braces for Life After a Plane Crash Took His ‘Everything’ nytimes.com/2025/07/16/wor…

People move to d #SupremeCourtofIndia for d final recorded decisions. What's 'Oral Suggestions' by d Hon'ble Courts. If supreme court keeps delevering oral suggestion as presumed judgements, then a common citizen will b disappointed. One goes to d supreme court when all doors

India Says It Killed 3 Militants Behind Spring Terrorist Attack in Kashmir Hari Kumar nytimes.com/2025/07/29/wor…

Tectonic shift is taking place in Indo US diplomacy. Unlikely to be repaired soon. Diplomacy is a serious business, much more serious than event management, hugs and laughs.

Indian economy has its issues but definitely not a dead economy. US tariffs are a temporary setback but also an opportunity to fix problems and bounce back.

Its unfortunate that world's oldest democracy is confronting world's largest democracy. Democracies are natural allies but US president is changing that fundamental guiding principle.

A Bid to Undo a Colonial-Era Wrong Touches a People’s Old Wounds An Oxford museum’s collection of objects taken from the Naga people includes human remains. What to do with them now is not a simple matter. Pragati nytimes.com/2025/08/02/wor…

Of all the terrible things Donald Trump has said & done as president, d most dangerous one just happened on Friday. Trump, in effect, ordered our trusted & independent government office of economic statistics to become as big a liar as he is. Thomas L. Friedman nytimes.com/2025/08/04/opi…

“…even if the trade issues are sorted out, the trust would have been lost” Hari Kumar nytimes.com/2025/08/08/wor…

“But even if the trade issues are sorted out, the trust would have been lost forever,” said Amitabh Kant India’s Modi Left Soul-Searching After Failed Courtships of Xi and Trump nytimes.com/2025/08/08/wor… With Mujib Mashal

Israel strike kills Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza - reuters.com/world/middle-e…

“I know that jalebis increase the weight, but what do I do?” Mr. Kumar said. “Jalebis are so tasty.” Anupreeta Das & Anindito Mukherjee Are Samosas Unhealthy? Some Indians Find Official Advice Hard to Swallow. nytimes.com/2025/08/12/wor…

“We thought the country would become morally better, inequality would end, there would be fair elections, the killers would be punished, and that punishment would make criminals afraid. But nothing like that has happened.” Anupreeta Das & Saif Hasnat nytimes.com/2025/08/14/wor…

Happy independence day.

My op-ed in ⁦The Asian Age⁩ ⁦Deccan Chronicle⁩ about path forward from current impasse facing Indian foreign policy. Past assumptions weakened, gov needs new brains/faces. Trumpian world needs unity at home and re-calibrated strategy abroad.