Ruddhi Phadke

The fight over Donald Trump’s $100,000 H-1B fee reveals deeper tensions over immigration and presidential power AI generated image While the urge to chase the American dream has remained unchanged for most Indians from past few decades, the Trump card that helps fulfil the dream too has remained unchanged. That’s the H1B Visa. However, what has drastically changed is America’s outlook towards the same talent that they once craved for when the concept of the Silicon Valley was not even a...

Amid a surge in online ‘anti-Indian’ narratives, Singapore’s decisive intervention has offered a model that many Western democracies have often shied away from. Last week, Singapore ordered three major social-media platforms to block access to 14 posts believed to have originated in China. The content allegedly targeted the Indian community and sought to chip away at the city-state’s carefully cultivated model of multiculturalism. The move was striking not only for its speed, but for its...

There has been no let-up in the Israel-US war against Iran since the first strikes on February 28. While focus has always been on the Strait of Hormuz, all eyes have now turned to Trump’s most recent threat where he vowed to target Kharg island’s critical oil facilities if Iran continued to block Hormuz. In an interview with The Perfect Voice , Captain Naveen S. Singhal , former merchant navy captain and currently a shipping and marine consultant and member, Singapore Shipping Association,...