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Narendra Modi at 76: A Journey That Changed Indian Politics
Every birthday is a moment to look back. For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who turns 76 on September 17, 2026, the journey stretches from a small town in Gujarat to the centre of India's political and diplomatic landscape.
But Modi's…
A question the world can no longer afford to treat as science fiction
POONAM SHARMA
What if artificial intelligence becomes more powerful than our ability to understand and control it?
The question has become more urgent since AI safety researchers resigned from some of the world’s top artificial…
BRICS at a Turning Point: PM Modi’s Vision for a New Global Order
The 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi has presented an opportunity to look beyond the traditional vocabulary of geopolitics and ask a more fundamental question: what kind of global order can respond to the challenges of an increasingly…
BRICS 2026: The Global Moment for India and the Rise of the Global South
By Poonam Sharma
The 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi has provided an important opportunity for India to go beyond the traditional language of emerging economies and ask a question that is much larger before the world: Who gets to make the…
The Global Relevance of Indian Culture: BRICS 2026
The BRICS Summit being held in New Delhi comes at a time when the world is grappling with growing geopolitical tensions, wars, and global fragmentation. In such circumstances, the message of “Building for Resilience, Innovation,…
Bangladesh’s Deliberate Absence at Delhi’s BRICS Summit
Poonam Sharma
A Major SnubBangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has officially turned down the invitation to the upcoming BRICS summit in New Delhi, sparking a fresh round of speculation and diplomatic whispers. The 2026 summit, to…
The Need for Dialogue Across Generational Gaps
Change is the law of nature, and in accordance with this law, a change in the way of thinking is also a natural process. However, the decline of values, संस्कार (cultural and moral values), and ethical foundations among today’s younger…
Modi-Putin-Xi Handshake: The Picture That Tells All About India’s Diplomatic Confidence
Poonam Sharma
Sometimes international diplomacy is not spelled out in a long declaration but a few seconds of human interaction. This is just the kind of moment that the brief handshake between Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian…
Needonomics Can Guide India’s Digital Journey Towards Viksit Bharat @2047: Prof. M.M. Goel
Palghar (Maharashtra) Sep.0 1, 2026- India’s journey towards Viksit Bharat @2047 must go beyond technological advancement and digital expansion to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI), innovation and digital transformation serve human…
Modi’s Diplomacy and India’s Growing Global Partnerships
~Alok Lahad
The New York Times, a newspaper long critical of Narendra Modi on questions of democracy, minorities and domestic politics, recently published a piece that many Indian readers found striking. Titled “Modi Is Hedging Against…