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Alpha and what YRF thinks about geopolitics
(The studio's spy universe keeps casting India and Pakistan as a family divided by a few bad men. The trouble is that the real subcontinent has stopped believing in that story.) A poster from the promotions of the film Alpha headlined by Alia Bhatt and produced by YRF. I went to see Alpha because I am an Alia Bhatt fan, and I admired, again, the fact that Hindi cinema’s most bankable female star keeps pushing the boundaries to the extent that she can. But watching the film wa
Why the Nordics need India
Behind the prosperity of the Nordic nations lie deep anxiety of collapsing demographics and the fear of China. Three-wheeler autorickshaws in India with the branding of Swedish furniture major IKEA. (Source: IKEA India website.) On May 19–20, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Oslo for the third India-Nordic Summit — the first visit by an Indian head of government to Norway in over forty years. The two countries elevated their bilateral relationship to a "Green Str
US, Russia, and the great game of nuclear rhetoric
A month after Russia and the US declared their intentions of resuming nuclear testing, the global nuclear order and security landscape remains shrouded in uncertainty. This article analyses the ambiguity behind the threats and allegations of nuclear testing, the history of nuclear threat mongering between Russia and the United States, as well as the extent to which these developments are mere rhetoric or actual strategic signals. It has been a month since the threat of renew
Can Pakistan's new army chief save his country?
Syed Asim Munir has taken charge in Pakistan at a time when the country is particularly fragile. But who is he really, and can he, the...
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