Monthly Archives: April 2026

The Day 13,000 EVs Were Bought… and Why It Wasn’t About the Environment

Let’s get one thing straight — people didn’t suddenly wake up and fall in love with the planet. They reacted to fear. In one single day, a massive spike in electric vehicle registrations happened in Bengaluru — not because of climate awareness, but because of rising fuel costs, policy changes,...

Temporary Relief: The Two-Week Ceasefire That Solves Nothing

The bombs have stopped. For now. After weeks of escalating threats — including Trump warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight” — the United States and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, brokered by Pakistan. The Strait of Hormuz, the jugular vein of global energy, will reopen under...

The GCC on fire: US bases, Iran’s missiles, and the day Trump told the world’s most powerful oil king to kiss his **s

The American fortress in the Gulf For three decades, the United States built one of history’s most elaborate military basing networks across the six GCC states. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar — the largest US airbase in the Middle East — houses 10,000 troops and nearly 100 aircraft. Bahrain...

Dhurandhar Part One: When Cinema Becomes the Propaganda Department

A long Easter weekend. Four days of silence, rest, and finally some time to watch the films that everyone has been arguing about. Good Friday rolling into Easter Sunday, and abroad — unlike India — Sunday leave spilling into Monday as compensatory time off. That is a workplace culture India...

SHEIN’s “Circularity Study” Is a Mirror. And India’s Weavers Are Paying the Price.

SHEIN just published a report. 15,000 customers. 21 countries. Branded as a circularity study. The headline finding: their customers are actually quite responsible. They wear clothes 50 times before discarding. They care about price. The problem, SHEIN concludes, is lack of recycling infrastructure. Convenient. Very convenient. Because what the report...