“I don’t care if my family of adults eat frozen food . Right now, I want to be visible in office and not at home” I said to a panel and there was silence…I write in Mint on the mellifluously strong grip of ‘soft patriarchy’ & its impact on women… livemint.com/opinion/online…

We analysed detailed Time Use Survey data to see how marriage impacts the daily lives of Indians. As it turns out, women's lives change dramatically, with unpaid domestic & caregiving work taking up a significant share of their time. Men's lives remain pretty much the same.🧵

Infamous IT cell led by its ringleader Amit Malviya targeted Vijaita Singh for reporting the same. Will the IT cell also target CDS as “anti-national” now ?!

India’s wealthy elite love their cash. Despite a surge in digital payments, stacks of unaccounted currency still fuel real estate deals and many economic activities. The data is clear: the rich aren’t just richer – they’re also sneakier. ✍️ शिक्षित बेरोज़गार newslaundry.com/2025/05/30/ins…

My piece in Mint this week: at the margin, a slight shift to the dollar, and mainstreaming of crypto assets, as King Dollar looks wobbly

Please spare 15 mins & listen to Aviation expert Capt Mohan Ranganathan. Accidents, yes, are often no one’s fault. But that doesn’t mean they can’t be prevented. And when they aren’t, someone must answer — for learning & for the dignity of every life lost youtu.be/iO-dxrstgP0?si…

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The first lesson about the international system is that there is not system at all. The liberal, rules-based order is neither liberal nor orderly. The world is an anarchic place. The more powerful you are the greater your chances of survival are.

Most of the Western press seems fundamentally unable to call out Netanyahu’s regime for what it is. This editorial in The Hindu does. ROGUE NATION: How Israel has pushed West Asia into a security abyss with brazenly illegal, reckless and dangerous actions thehindu.com/opinion/editor…

Trump should threaten to invade Norway if they don't give him the Nobel Peace Prize. Simple.

Depression is such a cruel punishment. There are no fevers, no rashes, no blood tests to send people scurrying in concern,just the slow erosion of self,as insidious as cancer, and like cancer it is essentially a solitary experience, a room in hell with only your name on the door.

The stories of 🇵🇰 🇺🇦 and Iran make analytically clear that nuclear weapons-through legacy, by stealth, or through theft-are now the strongest and only guarantee against Western aggression Policywonk chatter I hear in Saudi RSA Brazil Japan Indonesia says this is now THE priority

I don't look at foreign policy through religious binaries. I don't look at foreign policy through Western liberal value systems either. I look at interests. Those who asked India to condemn Russia's war in Ukraine and not to condemn Isarel-America's war in Iran are not giving

Govt interference, violations of legally mandated processes, silence after meetings, more than 120 cuts—director Honey Trehan gives Anna MM Vetticad a detailed account of his 30-month ordeal with the #CensorBoard over #Punjab95 starring DILJIT DOSANJH article-14.com/post/-the-cens…

Israel bombed a cafe in Gaza. At least 29 people were killed. Nine of them were women, and several were children or teenagers. Among the victims were artists, students, social activists, a female boxer, a footballer and cafe staff. Now read the BBC headline.

Dharmasthala scandal: A Karnataka judge ordered 8,842 links on this news story to be taken down! No media house was heard. This is a massive gag on Free Speech. Links include absolutely legitimate reporting by The News Minute, Deccan Herald, The Hindu, Indian Express, Times of

India’s sovereignty is non-negotiable and its foreign policy choices cannot be manipulated by other countries, no matter how significant their own ties with India are. thehindu.com/opinion/editor…

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