Rupak Bardhan Roy

In an age of instant opinions and algorithmic certainty, intellectual honesty begins by admitting what we do not know. AI generated image William Beebe (1877–1962), an American naturalist and explorer, while emphasizing intellectual honesty and scientific temper wrote: “These words should be ready for instant use … — ‘I don’t know.’” Going beyond Anglo-references and coming back to our homegrown geniuses, so did Bengal-based chemist, entrepreneur, and literary genius Rajshekhar Basu (awarded...

From Kenya to Nepal, a digitally native generation is challenging the ideological foundations on which modern politics has long rested. Between 2024 and 2026, across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, a series of rapid, leaderless political uprisings erupted, fundamentally driven by citizens under the age of thirty. Commonly dubbed as the ‘Global Gen Z uprisings,’ these movements systematically unseated ruling regimes, dismantled political dynasties, and forced constitutional re-evaluations....

Caught in the crosshairs of global nativism, Indians abroad must confront both prejudice from without and pitfalls within. Over the past few years, tensions over immigration are intensifying, and today we Indians find ourselves at the very center of this storm- primarily across major English-speaking democracies. Last September—some of the largest anti-immigration rallies were organized in Indian immigrant heavy countries like United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia. Under the banner “Unite the...