Modi turns Delhi into an armed camp to shield a bureaucrat
Police detentions and digital crackdowns on youth leaders reveal a terrified state desperately trying to crush a generation demanding electoral accountability.
By Maya Ellison ·
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Modi turns New Delhi into a fortress to silence protesters
By locking down New Delhi to crush youth protests over voter lists, Narendra Modi exposes a panicked regime that treats democratic dissent as a criminal threat to its power.
By Maya Ellison ·
Delhi seals streets and stations to crush the cockroach protest
Thousands of armed personnel and blocked transit in Delhi show how Narendra Modi's government shields election chief Gyanesh Kumar from youth dissent.
By Maya Ellison ·
Modi swaps Chinese toys for a $112bn structural trade trap
Prime Minister Modi and President Xi vowed to balance trade in Delhi, but India's $112bn deficit and component reliance reveal a deepening economic surrender.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Cockpit terror on flydubai flight exposes aviation vetting failures
After an Omani co-pilot tried to crash a flydubai flight, political theater cannot hide the dangerous regional vetting gaps that capitals must now spend billions to fix.
By Tom Beckwith ·
Passengers and crew fought off a pilot to save a Flydubai jet
When an attacking co-pilot sent a Flydubai flight into a steep dive, injured crew and passengers fought back, proving that airlines must strictly screen every pilot.
By Daniel Okafor ·
Trump's new sanctions finally treat energy as a weapon
For too long, Washington has treated the global energy market as a convenience of trade rather than a theater of war.
By Emilio Quesada ·
Modi and Xi trade pride for profit in a cold BRICS reset
The red carpet in New Delhi this week is laid over a graveyard.
By Alma Cordero ·
BRICS is a talking shop masquerading as a new world order
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
BRICS in New Delhi proves Washington is its own worst enemy
Thirty thousand security personnel are currently swarming New Delhi, creating a fortress for the 18th annual BRICS Summit.
By Josie Calloway ·
Xi, Modi and Putin set to meet for SCO summit: What’s on the agenda?
The whole spectacle in Kyrgyzstan—Xi Jinping meeting Putin, Modi joining the fray—is a masterclass in signaling.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
The Accidental Hero Who Faced Down India’s Government
You cannot write history when you are comfortable. You need a shock—a failure of the system so profound it forces people to stop asking politely and start marching with signs made in their garages.
By Maya Ellison ·
India’s Education Minister Steps Down, Handing Win to Protesters
The spectacle unfolding in New Delhi is a masterclass in political theater—a dramatic concession that looks suspiciously like victory.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
Two million students, 130,000 spots: India's exam crisis fuels national unrest
The combination of educational failure and economic anxiety ignited a sustained anti-government movement in India, transforming online satire into street confrontation.
By Alma Cordero ·
Student protests transform educational crisis into rare political challenge to Modi
On Tuesday, July 21, 2026, the simmering discontent over India’s education system erupted into open political confrontation.
By Maya Ellison ·
60 wounded in Delhi clashes: Youth-led protest vows defiance after police crackdown
The core of India's student dissent remains defiant. Despite a massive police crackdown in New Delhi days ago, the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement vowed to sustain its protests, demanding accountability…
By Adele Rutherford ·