Aabha Ambastha, Author at IAAN Express

The Gap Economy: How Advertising Creates Needs Beyond the Product

Advertising is usually understood as the business of selling solutions. A product addresses a problem, a brand communicates that solution, and the consumer decides...

The Anatomy of Reasonable Doubt: Inside the Unnao Trial

A criminal trial is rarely about discovering the perfect truth. Instead, it is about determining whether the evidence leaves any room for reasonable doubt. During four...

Income-tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Why Has the Government Proposed It?

The Income-tax (Amendment) Bill, 2026 has been listed on the government's legislative agenda for the Monsoon Session of Parliament. It seeks to replace the Income-tax (Amendment) Ordinance,...

Beyond Resignation: Why India’s Paper Leak Crisis Demands More Than Political Accountability

The demand for accountability echoed loudly at Jantar Mantar as students gathered to protest repeated examination paper leaks. Placards called for the resignation of...

Maritime Security and India’s Strategic Vision: SAGAR, IORA and MAHASAGAR

In recent years, maritime security has emerged as a critical global concern due to rising geopolitical tensions, piracy, cyber threats, environmental challenges and labour...

Why Market Reforms Alone Cannot Fix Indian Agriculture?

India liberalised much of its economy after 1991, yet agriculture remains one of its most protected sectors through Minimum Support Price (MSP), public procurement,...

From Male Gaze to Market Logic: How Cinema Shapes the Female Image

Cinema doesn’t just tell stories—it teaches us how to look. From slow-motion entries to lingering close-ups, the female image is often framed less as...

Why Defections Become Rational in Indian Politics?

Political defections are often framed as betrayals of ideology or moral failures. But what if defections are not simply failures of political ethics, but...

Global Instability and India: Echoes of 1991 or a new reality?

With the rising global instability and conflicts between different nations, the concerns of severe impact on the fourth largest economy are visible. The idea...

Press Under Colonial Rule: Freedom, Conflict and Consciousness

During colonial rule, the press functioned as a double-edged tool: initially supporting colonial administration, and later emerging as a powerful instrument of nationalist resistance....

Strait of Hormuz and the New Middle East Crisis: Why the World is Watching

The Middle East has once again become the centre of global geopolitical tensions as confrontation between Iran, Israel and the United States intensifies. What...

Indian press laws didn’t just regulate journalism — they redefined who controls the narrative.

In 1947, India gained independence, and the newly formed state required a well-regulated press that could function alongside democratic freedoms. While press freedom was...

The Populist Trap: Is Democracy Losing Its Way?

Democracy promises to empower every citizen, but what happens when citizens are misinformed, emotionally driven, or deliberately manipulated? The answer is complex—and uncomfortable. At its best,...

India and the Rebirth of Multilateralism in a Post-Pandemic World

The COVID-19 pandemic did more than disrupt global health systems; it exposed a deeper structural crisis in the international order — the steady erosion...

Inquilab and Dialogue.

The Goliath Trap: American Presidents and their egregious wars

Sinking of Iran’s IRIS Dena brings War to the Indian Ocean

A Point of No Return

The ‘Board of Trump’ and India’s Choice

AI in Courts: CJI Surya Kant Says Technology Must Assist, Not Replace Human Judgment

UN report warns AI could double data centre power and water use by 2030

India’s AI race to decode its ancient manuscripts & medical texts

Understanding Anthropic’s Claude Mythos model

Claude AI can now use your computer like a human: What does it mean?

U.S.–Iran Exchange Fresh Fire as Six‑Month West Asia War Stalls

On Teachers’ Day, PM Modi Calls on Teachers to Tackle Screen Time and Drug Addiction Among Students

India in Continuous Touch with Ukraine and Russia to Help End War, Says Jaishankar