Analysis
How Iran Uses Billboards as Wartime Propaganda – We Selected 5 to Explain What They Mean
Hamideh Khaleghi Mohammadi and Ali AbbasiSINCE the US–Israel war against Iran began in late February, images of giant billboards in Tehran have been ubiquitous...
The Danger of Demand to Declare Cow as the National Animal
Adeel AkhtarMAULANA Arshad Madani, who heads a Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind faction considered Hindu-friendly, has demanded that the cow be made the country's national animal. Other...
India’s Uniform Civil Code Promises Equality, Delivers Surveillance
Seventy-five years after the Constitution came into force, India’s first uniform civil code laws have emerged—but as instruments of Hindutva rather than gender justice....
Economic and Humanitarian Impact of the Current US/Israel–Iran Conflict
Najmuddin A FarooqiTHE following assessment compiles reported losses and humanitarian consequences arising from the 2026 conflict involving Iran, Israel, the United States and several...
Heat in the Indian Cities – A Reality More Complex Than Tree Cover
Soumya DuttaDELHI, my current ‘home town’ for over 30 years, increasingly looks like a City that is learning to sweat, as it slowly descends...