If the Taj Mahal falls silent one morning, will Agra go quiet too? No. Then, perhaps for the first time, the city will speak in its true voice, amid the clang of artisans' hammers, the haggling in markets, the aroma from halwais' kiosks, and the verses of poets. The Taj Mahal is Agra's crown jewel, but Agra isn't just the Taj; it's a thriving, living civilisation.

In India, the internet’s promise of enlightened progress is being paradoxically hijacked to spread regressive thought. Digital platforms, especially WhatsApp and YouTube, have become powerful conduits for astrologers, religious demagogues, and mythologists to broadcast archaic and fundamentalist ideas.

India’s foreign policy today stands at a ‘diamond crossing’. It is a place where roads do not force a single direction, where relationships remain flexible, and where choices are guided by interest rather than ideology. In a world shaken by uncertainty and shifting power centres, India has chosen not to lock itself into rigid alliances. Instead, it keeps its options open and moves carefully, dealing with different powers on different issues.

Donald Trump will never be remembered in history as a great general. But his name will be recorded among those who changed the grammar of war. He showed that guns are no longer essential for battle. No trenches, no battlefield, no smoke-filled skies. Just tariffs, tweets, threats, and spectacle.

A recent Karnataka High Court order is not just a simple legal comment. It is like a post-mortem report on the system of governance. The court has clearly admitted that the state has lost all control over illegal sand mining. The law is exhausted. The administration has surrendered. Politics has shut its eyes.

India's big cities are exhausted. Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Kolkata are choking under suffocating traffic, sky-high rents, and air that's hard to breathe. The common man is fed up with these cities.