Managing Editor, NWS
Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta is Managing Editor at NWS. He has spent nearly two decades chronicling the fault lines of Indian democracy — federal politics, the communal cauldron, and the shifting tides of caste and community in India's electoral landscape. Rising from reporter to editor, he led politics coverage as Political Editor at The Wire until recently, steering teams and shaping story packages. A 2024 Asia Journalism Fellow in Singapore, he continues to write with the rigour of an archivist and the instincts of a reporter who has seen the country up close.
As the 1996 Ganga Water Treaty expires in December, Bangladesh wants a guaranteed minimum flow while Modi’s ally JD(U) wants no renewal, leaving the BJP to balance a foreign-policy reset against coalition politics in Bihar....
13 days ago
John Cherian was formerly bureau chief at Frontline and has spent decades covering international affairs. With a PhD from New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University, he has been a leading journalistic voice from the global South.
Xi’s charm offensive, Putin’s grain diplomacy and a declaration that dares not name Washington – the New Delhi summit shows how far the bloc will bend to keep the Global South united....
26 days ago
Sanjaya Baru edited leading Indian dailies The Financial Express and Business Standard before serving as Media Advisor, spokesperson and speechwriter to former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from 2004 to 2009. A prolific author, his books include The Accidental Prime Minister (2014) and 1991: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Made History (2016).
As New Delhi sends its ministers to woo Singapore again, a veteran India-watcher tracks three decades of a relationship now strained by demographics, diplomacy and disappointment....
about 1 month ago
The man Deng Xiaoping picked to turn Shanghai into Asia’s Manhattan and steer China into the WTO leaves behind a quiet, seismic legacy. ...
about 2 months ago
K Nageshwar is a distinguished Indian academic, journalist, and former provincial legislator, who has also held senior roles in journalism education and media leadership. A widely followed public intellectual and award-winning speaker, he commands a massive digital following, with over a million subscribers and 10 million+ monthly YouTube views.
Under Modi, India has kept losing ground – from Bangladesh to Chabahar to Trump’s tariffs. A hard look at Modi's foreign policy gap....
3 months ago
Steve Israel represented New York in the US House of Representatives from 2001 to 2017, chairing the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee before becoming a CNN political commentator and founding director of Cornell University's Institute of Politics and Global Affairs. He is also the author of two political satire novels, The Global War on Morris and Big Guns.
When only 16 districts are still up for grabs, the fight for Congress comes down to turnout, money, and whether Trump will accept losing....
Thomas Frolick is a Member of Parliament in South Africa.
Rwitwika Bhattacharya is the CEO of a public private collaboration, the Meridian Collective and Swaniti Global.
On the sidelines of the Green Growth Energy Summit 2026 in Hyderabad, India, and amid an AI jobs crisis sparked by Silicon Valley layoffs, India and South Africa look to chart a different path....
Sumitra Nair is a journalist, who covers culture, politics, gender, and social issues.
The US is confronting the question it has dodged since 1776: who gets to belong? Under Trump, the administrative response is rewriting the country’s identity – and the world is cautiously watching....
Akiva Eldar is an Israel-based political analyst and co-author of bestseller Lords of the Land. Over 35 years at Haaretz, he served as chief political columnist, diplomatic correspondent, and US Bureau Chief. He earned a place on the Financial Times list of the world's most influential commentators in 2016.
The nuclear deal Washington has concluded with Tehran behind Israel's back has left Benjamin Netanyahu without a seat at the table and Israel stripped of its freedom to act – with a reckoning at the ballot box now looming in October....
4 months ago
Giridhara R Babu is Professor of Population Medicine at Qatar University's College of Medicine. A life-course epidemiologist with over 180 peer-reviewed publications, he has worked on polio surveillance with the WHO, led the MAASTHI birth cohort in Bengaluru, and advised on India's COVID-19 response. X: @grbepi
Should hantavirus worry you? Following the MV Hondius outbreak, which has linked cases across Europe, North America, and beyond, an epidemiologist breaks down the science, the risks, and the public health response, including what it means for India....
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta is an Indian journalist, author, publisher, documentary filmmaker, and occasional teacher. His website is paranjoy.in and his YouTube channel is Paranjoy Online.
Twelve years after promising "acchhe din”, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is now cautioning Indians to brace for hardship. With inflation surging, foreign investors fleeing from stock markets, and...
5 months ago
The normalisation of extremist and hateful politics by far-right leaders like Ben-Gvir, whose video humiliating Flotilla activists spread widely online, reflects a deepening acceptance among a large se...
