Independence Day 2026

The international order is undergoing its most profound transformation since the end of the Cold War. The conflict in Ukraine continues to reshape European security, the war in West Asia has heightened regional instability,...

Between roughly 2015 and 2025, India moved from being described as a promising ‘emerging power’ to something more substantive: a state with the industrial base, economic heft, and diplomatic reach to shape outcomes rather...

There is a particular kind of confidence that comes only from being tested. India in 2026 carries that confidence. For decades, the world described India in the future tense: an emerging market, a rising...

Every Independence Day invites India to look back at the distance it has travelled. Yet August 15 is also a moment to look ahead and ask a more demanding question: what will independence mean...

As the world stands at an inflection point, the meaning of "global power" has shifted radically—from a rigid Cold War binary dominated by the US and the dollar to a redefined concept of "global...

A decade ago, India was a story the world found promising. Today, it is a fact the world has to plan around. That shift—from potential to consequence—is the real transition of the past ten years,...

Adecade ago, India was grouped among the "Fragile Five" emerging markets, battered by inflation and a weak rupee. That narrative has been rewritten. India's nominal GDP has roughly tripled from ₹106.57 lakh crore in...

As India celebrates its Independence Day, it does so as a nation whose influence increasingly extends far beyond its borders. Today, India is helping shape the future of the global economy, steering technological innovation...

India's strategic positioning on the eve of August 15, 2026 is best understood not as a choice between old partnerships and new alignments, but as an attempt to operationalise strategic autonomy in a world...

Every August, India tells itself a new version of the same story: a civilisation rediscovering its place in the world, a nation of scale finally matching its ambition. It is a story worth telling....

The world order is increasingly turning turbulent, driven by conflicts, wars and geopolitical contests across all dimensions. This "turbulence" is a symptom rather than the root cause. The underlying cause is a shift in...

“Equality written into a constitution is a promise; equality lived in a nation's institutions is power.” As India marks another Independence Day, its rise is customarily measured against economic growth, technological capability, military modernisation and...

For much of the past two decades, India was described as an emerging power – a nation with immense promise whose greatest achievements lay ahead. That description no longer fits. Today, India is one...