‘A Toxic Illusion’: Will Cleaning India’s Air Really Worsen the Heat?
Today's newsletter features the latest Raghav’s Take, BJP's politicisation of Operation Sindoor and a closer look at India's warming hole.
Raghav Bahl recounts a tense journey to the US during the India-Pakistan standoff—layering personal anxiety with reflections on post-Trump America’s fractured identity and rising immigrant paranoia. In the latest episode of Janab, Aise Kaise? Shadab Moizee investigates how the BJP is leveraging Operation Sindoor across public platforms—from sindoor campaigns to petrol pump posters—gaining political mileage from a military operation. Also in today’s edition: Anoushka Rajesh breaks down the science and spin behind headlines warning that India’s air clean-up could accelerate warming—raising tough questions about pollution, policy, and climate narratives.
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‘A Toxic Illusion’: Will Cleaning India’s Air Really Worsen the Heat?
Raghav’s Take
My 'Uncertain' Journey Through an Unsettled America
Janab Aise Kaise❓
From Military Operation to Election Tool: How BJP is Politicising 'Sindoor'
Perspectives 🗣️
‘Justice is My Religion’: The Indian Army Must Remember its Secular Legacy
Why Opposition is Right in Asking Tough Questions of Modi & Op Sindoor
Reviews, ICYMI
Mountainhead: A Satire So Real, It Stops Being Funny
Mani Ratnam’s Thug Life Promised Fire, All We Got Was Smoke
Today’s Q 💡
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