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Pakistan’s Shame: Expulsion of Afghan Medical Students and Moral Bankruptcy of the Army Generals
By Murtaza Shibli. The image of a 24-hour eviction notice handed to final-year Afghan medical students will haunt Pakistan’s reputation for years.
6 hours ago6 min read
Staged shows with a tamed audience. Speaking Yes, but No Hearing. A Monologue.
By Anuradha Bhasin. What do the BJP leaders see when they look at themselves in the mirror?
23 hours ago4 min read
As Pak Cricket Team Bats for its Army Generals, Great Cricketers Stand Up for Imran Khan, Half-Blind, Rotting in a Dark, Solitary Cell
By Ganpy Natraj. More than 20 great captains and cricketers, including Clive Lyod, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, David Gower, Ian Chappel, Mike Brearley, Michael Atherton, Dilip Vengsarkar, David Gower
1 day ago7 min read
Facial Recognition: Next time, a Selfie with the Cops?
Toxic language from the Red Fort. Crackdown on dissent. But this time, the tide is turning. No doubt about it.
5 days ago9 min read
A ‘generous’ Rs 20,000 crore write-off...
By NR Mohanty. The question remains: why was the loan write-off approved in th
Sep 36 min read
Farewell to a great comrade, leader, dreamer, pioneer...
"His big dream was to see the union led by women."
Sep 33 min read
The Right to Be Ordinary
By Narendra Pachkhede in London. I had gone there thinking about Britain’s racial politics and found myself thinking about the weight placed on individual Black lives when collective politics weakens and institutions become hungry for symbols.
Aug 2922 min read
‘Heartbreak and Loss Threw Me Into Politics’: Sonia Gandhi Breaks a Lifetime of Silence With a 544-Page Memoir
Rajiv Gandhi entered politics, over Sonia Gandhi’s fierce objections. “For the first time, there was tension between Rajiv and me. I fought like a tigress — for him, for us and our children, above all, for our freedom.” American Kahani News Desk On Tuesday, August 18, 2026, Alfred A. Knopf — one of the most prestigious literary imprints in American publishing, an arm of Penguin Random House — made an announcement that sent an immediate ripple through Indian political and lite
Aug 287 min read
‘It takes your money, your years, your mental health, your confidence, and returns nothing'
UGC-NET exams: ‘It takes your money, your years, your mental health, your confidence, and returns nothing.'
Aug 192 min read
GROUP PHOTOGRAPH next to a BHAGAT SINGH statue?: NOT ALLOWED!
“Go anywhere and take a photo, but not here in front of Bhagat Singh’s statue…”
Aug 164 min read
It’s Time the Young Reclaim Indian Democracy!
By NR Mohanty. The youth must rise against this corrupt and authoritarian regime, and help restore a liberal-democratic government.
Jul 315 min read
Barbie doll, candy and fluff: All this stuff, no, it won’t work now
By Anuradha Bhasin. The cockroaches are not buying into the PM’s illusory tactics.
Jul 277 min read
This Gen Z will not go down so easily
Independent Ink Editorial: Those who perpetrated the atrocities on June 20, 2026, especially those who sexually assaulted the women protesters, must be severely and immediately punished under law
Jul 234 min read
Ram Mandir Loot: The Buck Stops with the Prime Minister
By NR Mohanty. The video evidence presented by the SIT shows that vehicles loaded with cash, gold and silver offerings have left the Ram Temple premises at least 70 times during a 45-day window.
Jul 165 min read
Satluj is becoming a cult classic
By Divya Trivedi. People are taking projectors into villages across Punjab and organising screenings.
Jul 105 min read
The Man without a CV, and the Man with a Charge Sheet of History
By Narendra Pachkhede in London. The Man without a CV.
Jul 57 min read
The Colonised Feet that now carry the White World
By MJ Vijayan. What is the most striking question the FIFA World Cup throws at us today?
Jul 56 min read
Versailles once again?
By NR Mohanty. Iran-US deal. Our leaders should hang their heads in shame for being bystanders in the entire process!
Jun 227 min read
If New York can halt it, why not Vizag?
By Ajith Pillai. Data Centres: The citizens of Visakhapatnam deserve to be in the driver’s seat.
Jun 216 min read
A $15 billion data centre in Vizag: So WHY this SECRECY ?
By Ajith Pillai. When a government or corporate entity opts for opacity and secrecy rather than transparency, it often indicates that it has much to conceal.
The $15 billion Adani-Google hyper-scale project in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, exemplifies this.
From the beginning, there has been a noticeable reluctance to share information with the citizens of this Tier 2 port city, who will be the most affected by the mega project.
By all accounts, it was a covertly concei
Jun 117 min read
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