The Contributions, Sacrifices and Untold Costs of Migration Indian migrants help staff hospitals, build cities, power businesses and connect cultures across borders. Their work supports families and economies, but the rewards of migration are not shared evenly. From recruitment debt in the Gulf to the…
COP31 approaches in Antalya, the Indian diaspora has opportunities to connect climate finance, technology, research and community resilience across borders. But private investment and philanthropy cannot replace governments’ climate commitments. The real test is whether diaspora networks can help deliver measurable results where they are…
Jodhpur RIFF 2026: When Rajasthan’s Folk Traditions Meet the World Under a Desert Moon From dawn music at Jaswant Thada to late-night performances within the historic Mehrangarh Fort complex, Jodhpur RIFF returns from October 22 to 26 with Rajasthani folk traditions, Indian classical music and international collaborations. As the festival marks its 20th year, its […] Read More…
Karishma Swali: How Indian Craft Is Finding a New Language Through Contemporary Art Karishma Swali’s work sits at an increasingly important intersection in Indian culture: traditional embroidery, contemporary art, fashion and the economic agency of women artisans. Through the Chanakya School of Craft and her own artistic practice, she is part of a movement asking […] Read More…
As India marks the centenary of Satish Gujral’s birth, exhibitions and conversations in Mumbai are bringing renewed attention to an artist who treated painting, sculpture, murals, architecture and design not as separate careers, but as different languages of the same creative mind. Some artists spend a lifetime perfecting one language. Satish Gujral spent his life […] Read More…
When “South Indian art” means more than geography There is a danger in calling something a “South Indian art movement” too quickly. India’s contemporary art scene is too diverse for a single regional label to explain it. Kerala is not Tamil Nadu; Hyderabad is not Bengaluru; Chennai is not Kochi. Artists move between cities, institutions […] Read More…
India’s Military Strength in 2026: Beyond the Numbers How powerful is India’s military? It sounds like a question with a simple answer: count the soldiers, tanks, aircraft, ships and submarines. But modern military power is rather less cooperative than a spreadsheet. A country can have thousands of tanks and still face problems with maintenance. It can possess hundreds of aircraft but have fewer available for immediate operations. It can have a large navy but still need greater numbers of tankers, submarines and long-range surveillance systems. So when we look at India’s military strength in 2026, the interesting story is not simply how many weapons India possesses. It is how those numbers combine with geography, technology, manpower, industrial capacity and strategic deterrence. Open-source assessments currently place India among the world’s major military powers. GlobalMilitary’s 2026 assessment ranks India fourth globally and lists about 1.48 million active troops, approximately 1.16 million reserves, 2,256 military aircraft and 353 naval vessels. MilitaryCompare also places India fourth in its 2026 ranking, although its underlying figures differ somewhat. The differences are a useful reminder: military statistics are estimates, not cricket scores. A massive manpower base India’s greatest conventional military asset remains manpower. The latest open-source estimates
India’s 5G Equipment Makers Want to Go Global. Can They Compete with the World’s Telecom Giants? Tejas Networks, HFCL and Dixon Technologies represent three different routes into the global telecom equipment market: developing network technology, building connectivity products and manufacturing hardware for established brands. India’s telecom equipment market could reach $50 billion by FY2032, according […] Read More…
Pushkar Beyond the Camel Fair: The Sacred Town Becoming a Global Travel Experience Pushkar is internationally famous for its camels, desert fair and bohemian travel culture. But behind the annual spectacle is something more enduring: a living pilgrimage town that has learned to accommodate global travellers without surrendering its sacred identity. For much of the […] Read More…
South Korea Expands Visa Access in India: Four Centres Now Serve Indian Travellers South Korea has quietly made one practical change that could make a considerable difference to Indian travellers: applying for a Korean visa no longer necessarily means treating New Delhi as the centre of the universe. The country has expanded its visa application infrastructure across South Asia, with four Korea Visa Application Centres now operating in India—in New Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Kolkata. The wider regional network has reached six centres, with additional locations in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Colombo, Sri Lanka. The new New Delhi centre was inaugurated on 15 September 2026 by Lee Seong-ho, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to India. For Indian travellers, students, business visitors and other applicants, the significance is straightforward: more people can access the application process closer to where they live. And in a country as geographically large as India, that is not a small administrative detail. Four Indian Cities, One Korean Visa Network The four Indian Korea Visa Application Centres are located in: New Delhi Bengaluru Chennai Kolkata The expansion means applicants from southern and eastern India have more geographically convenient locations for submitting applications and completing required procedures. The