BRICS: Common Challenges and the Case for Cooperation
Frontlineby JAYATI GHOSH AI Summary·26d ago
Despite their differences, its member-countries face some common challenges, which they could address by developing new, coordinated strategies. Strange things happen in the world.
BRICS Summit 2016: India’s Struggle to Shape the Bloc
Frontlineby JOHN CHERIAN AI Summary·26d ago
THE 8th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit was held on October 15-16 in Goa in the wake of interesting political developments on the international stage.
BRICS Factor: India’s Role in a Changing Global Order
Frontlineby JOHN CHERIAN AI Summary·26d ago
It was not a coincidence that the 71-day-old Doklam standoff ended just before the start of the BRICS summit in Xiamen, China, in the first week of September.
Mahadevi Varma and the lost literary world of Allahabad
Frontlineby Anusua Mukherjee·26d ago
Dear Reader, The other day, while travelling down the road lining the outer walls of an army camp in Bengaluru, I saw something unusual.
Firaq Gorakhpuri, Hindustaniyat and Urdu poetry
Frontlineby Harish Trivedi·26d ago
Firaq Gorakhpuri (1896-1982), who would have been 130 on August 28 this year, is widely regarded as being one of the best four or five poets ever to write in Urdu, along with Mir, Ghalib, Iqbal...
Why Managerial Reforms Alone Cannot Fix India’s Healthcare Crisis
Frontlineby Abhay Shukla·26d ago
The Indian healthcare system is often criticised for inadequate public expenditure, persistent inequities, and excessive dependence on private providers.
Neha Sinha’s Wild Capital: Unearthing Delhi’s Hidden Urban Ecology and Rewilding Imperative
Frontlineby Malavika Karlekar·26d ago
“Great cities”, writes the conservation biologist Neha Sinha, are “indistinguishable from their natural histories”.
Children’s Rights in India: Who Speaks for Them?
Frontlineby Rahul Verma·27d ago
“The child has always been the forgotten citizen.” — Maria Montessori On July 25, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned after weeks of student protests over the NEET-UG examination...
Unlocking Archive Secrets: How Princely Integration Formed Modern India
Frontlineby Srinath Raghavan·27d ago
The year 1947 was a watershed in the modern history of the Indian subcontinent. Although the river of historical time turned in rather different directions eight decades ago, most historians of...
How Fieldwork as a Sex Object Maps Online Misogyny
Frontlineby Ravikant Kisana·27d ago
In 2022, a recording from a private chat on the audio-room app Clubhouse was leaked on social media.
Allah Miyan’s Workshop and the fragility of Muslim life in India
Frontlineby Shakir Mir·27d ago
Allah Miyan’s Workshop is a novel that conveys much more than what it says. It was only after reading for a while that I realised that it telegraphed a note about the fragility that defines the...
Power Play | India’s ‘Holy’wood
Frontlineby Anand Mishra AI Summary·27d ago
Dear Reader, After politics and religion, films are what unfailingly catch my fancy. I don’t have an exact order.
Revolt of 1857: A Visual History of India’s Uprising
Frontlineby Suhrid Sankar Chattopadhyay AI Summary·27d ago
The Revolt of 1857 has been one of the most discussed, debated and dissected events in the history of India.
How Mass Voter Deletions Is Altering Indian Politics
Frontlineby Parakala Prabhakar·27d ago
In the wake of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, India will have two classes of people: one, those with franchise; and the other, those without franchise.
Indian Science Education: What Must Change in 2026
Frontlineby Aashima Dogra·27d ago
What would a complete overhaul of the science education system look like? The student protests we have witnessed across the country were pleading for constructive steps to get us out of our...
Falkland Islands: Why Milei is reviving Argentina’s old dispute
Frontlineby V Arjun Reddy·28d ago
“The Malvinas are Argentina’s”, proclaimed the banner carried by the Argentines football team after beating England 2-1 in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Semifinals.
Crying Hitlers: Modi, Indian Capitalists and China
Frontlineby Aditya Sinha AI Summary·28d ago
Adolf Hitler, the Fuhrer of the German Third Reich (1933-1945), never openly wept, though he was reportedly tearful on occasion.
Ganesh Festival: Corporate Money Reshapes Mumbai
Frontlineby Amey Tirodkar AI Summary·29d ago
This year, the Adani Group signed an exclusive sponsorship agreement with Chinchpokli’s Chintamani, Mumbai’s 107-year-old Ganpati festival mandal.
Karnataka SIR: Can the ECI Verify 43 Lakh Voters?
Frontlineby R K Radhakrishnan AI Summary·29d ago
One of the most telling commentaries on Karnataka’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise is a press release put out by the Election Commission on September 4.
BRICS Is Not Anti-Western. India Should Say So
Frontlineby Manav Sachdeva·29d ago
India holds the BRICS presidency in 2026. It should use this moment to make one thing clear, both to Indians and to India’s friends in the West: BRICS is not an anti-Western alliance, and India...
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