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When we think of film piracy, we usually picture a victim with a very fat wallet. A Bollywood blockbuster drops on a Friday. By midnight, a grainy, camcorded version hits a torrent site and an HD print in just a few days. Millions of people watch it on their phones for free. The studio’s opening weekend numbers dip, a billionaire producer fumes in a Mumbai boardroom, and highly paid actors miss out on a fraction of their profit-sharing checks. This is the conventional narrative of piracy. It is neat, predictable, and entirely incomplete. The true cost of film piracy doesn’t…

India is rising. Few serious observers dispute that. Economic growth has accelerated, infrastructure has expanded, internal security has improved, and India’s global posture is more…

Every time violence spikes in Balochistan, the same slogan reappears: “1971 is repeating.”“Pakistan will lose another wing.”“Bangladesh 2.0.” It spreads like wildfire — emotionally satisfying,…

Every few weeks, a new headline lands in the same inbox. “AI will cause mass layoffs.” “AI is the next dot-com bubble.” “AI is overhyped.”…

In the heart of Mumbai and Bangalore, a strange and quiet surrender is taking place. While the headlines scream about “New India” and our “Digital…