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Venezuela’s Oil: Who Really Controls It, Who Benefits, and Why It Matters
The struggle over Venezuelan oil has never been merely about energy. It is about political power, geopolitical influence, sanctions, debt recovery, market access, and control over the world's largest...
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Cuba 2026: Why Havana Suddenly Matters Again
While much Indian attention remains focused on U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s India visit from 23–26 May...
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The ‘WhatsAppisation’ of Corporate India
AI-driven messaging is reshaping customer engagement — but at what strategic cost?The next big digital transformation may...
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Beijing at the Centre of the New Great Game Trump, Putin, Xi — and the Emerging Architecture of Global Power
Within the span of one extraordinary diplomatic week in May 2026, Beijing first hosted US President Donald Trump...
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From Bharat’s Villages to UAE’s Desert Sands: The Extraordinary Journey of Indian Cow Dung in a World Facing War, Blockades, and Food Insecurity
There was a time when the smell of freshly plastered cow-dung floors was inseparable from life in Bharat’s...
Oil, War, and the World’s Nerve Centre: Why the Next Energy Shock Could Reshape Global Power
On any ordinary morning, somewhere in the vast blue expanse between the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea, a line of giant oil tankers...
Bangladesh After the Faultlines: Can Foreign Policy Hold the Republic Together?
When I wrote in Goa Chronicle about the emerging faultlines within Bangladesh, the argument was not alarmist. It was diagnostic. Bangladesh was not collapsing,...
AI for Humanity, Not Hegemony: Modi’s Moral Compass for the Machine Age
At a time when the world is oscillating between awe and anxiety over Artificial Intelligence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood before global leaders at...
The Unbroken Delta: Bangladesh, Strategic Signalling and the Question of Fracture
It began with a sentence.When Muhammad Yunus recently referred to the “Seven Sisters” of India in the same breath as Nepal and Bhutan, it...
Beyond Caste and Creed: Rediscovering the Unifying Identity of Bharatiya
There is a strange habit we Indians have developed over the decades. We look at each other not as fellow travellers on a civilisational...
Beyond the Tariff Number: How Bharat Learned to Negotiate Without Bowing
It was announced in a burst of headlines.“US cuts reciprocal tariffs on India to 18%.”Markets reacted first….green ticks, optimistic futures, satisfied anchors. Studio debates...





