Commentary

Poonam Sharma  It was a bold step by the Jammu & Kashmir administration on August 23, 2025, when they took over 215 schools operated by Falah-e-Aam Trust (FAT), which is an offshoot of the proscribed Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI). This is not…

Poonam Sharma It is 2025. India basks in space achievements, takes pride in emerging as a global power, and talks tall of women shattering glass ceilings in science, politics, and defense. But a young woman in Greater Noida, Nikki, was…

Poonam Sharma In another case that highlights the escalating conflict between "woke" ideology and plain old common sense, two Virginia high school students have been suspended for ten days for asking what appeared to be an innocuous…

Poonam Sharma The recent comments by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma against outside forces in Assam and the FIR against maverick journalist Abhisar Sharma have rekindled a controversy in India regarding "deep state" intervention…

Poonam Sharma The war in Ukraine has come to a point where it is no longer limited to Donbas battlefields or destroyed Mariupol streets. It has grown into a quintessential fight about global order, international trust, and the survival of…

Poonam Sharma  When Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi , the choreography was revealing. There was no red-carpet welcome, no over-the-top hospitality that India habitually retains for strategic partners. Instead, a muted…

Poonam Sharma Beijing still stands. The glass towers remain to glisten in the smog-filmed sun, the propaganda posters still clutter the boulevards, and Tiananmen Square continues to capture the eye of cameras. But take a stroll through the…

Poonam Sharma Every Independence Day, millions of Indians stand with pride, their eyes wet and hearts full of pride, as the saffron, white, and green Tricolour waves across the country. The Tiranga is not a flag—it is a vibrant embodiment…

Poonam Sharma The South China Sea once again witnessed a dramatic escalation when a Philippine supply ship collided with a Chinese coast guard vessel near disputed reefs. While these clashes are not new, what unfolded in this episode…

Poonam Sharma When sociologists, media outlets, and popular culture named Generation Z (Gen Z), it was not so much a continuation of an alphabetical series after Millennials (Gen Y). It was a recognition of a change in way of thinking, way…