ANALYSIS & OPINION
Kerala’s football obsession is real. India’s World Cup absence is too
Across the Iruvanjipuzha river in Mukkam, Kozhikode, a giant Argentine flag stretches across the sky. Walk through Kozhikode's historic Sweet Meat Street during the FIFA World Cup and the sky almost...
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Riding a New Culture: What UAE Trains Teach Their Riders
A new train service is rarely just about movement from one city to another. In the UAE, Etihad Rail’s first passenger line, connecting Abu...
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Why the UAE is the world’s most important test case for agentic commerce
THE numbers are striking, but they should surprise no one who has watched the UAE's relationship with technology evolve over the past decade.
A new...
ANALYSIS & OPINION
Three Ministers, Sixteen Years, One Ruin: Now It Is Muraleedharan’s Turn
P.K. Shreemathi promised and stalled. K.K. Shailaja let it slip away. Veena George let it drift. And Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan never lifted a...
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Karnataka’s New Strongman: DK Shivakumar Takes the Helm
AFTER three years of waiting, maneuvering, and barely concealed impatience, Doddaalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar has finally arrived at the destination he believed was always his....
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Now Goes the Loser’s Finale: Satheesan as the Last Straw
THE recent poll debacle has left the Left Front of Kerala visibly shaken. The party's leadership, from top echelons to grassroots leaders, has yet...
ANALYSIS & OPINION
What’s in a Menon? A Storm in a Sworn Name
The three-word surname that has Kerala's political class spinning, and what it quietly reveals about identity, theatre, and the anxieties of a brand-new government.ON...
ANALYSIS & OPINION
When Governments Actually Work: The UAE’s Quiet Revolution
I have lived in the UAE for 35 years. I came from Kerala, a state where getting a single government document stamped can consume...
ANALYSIS & OPINION
The Fortress That Crumbled From Within
How the Left Democratic Front became a machine — and was consumed by it
On the evening of May 4, a veteran CPI(M) ward worker...
ANALYSIS & OPINION
A Billion-Dirham Bet on Tomorrow: UAE’s Bold Industrial Gambit
The UAE has always matched vision with action. But the announcement of a Dh1 billion national fund, approved by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al...
ANALYSIS & OPINION
How an election in West Bengal can ripple through Kerala’s economy
It may seem surprising that an election in eastern India can influence the economy of a southern state. Yet in today’s interconnected labor market,...