1. The Promise That Was Never Real There is a special kind of cruelty in telling a person with a disability that a building is designed for them, only to watch them struggle at the doorstep. This is exactly what appears to have happened at the National Highways Authority of India’s Regional Office in Jaipur. For years, people with disabilities from across Rajasthan have been required to visit this office in Shyam Nagar to access a critical service: the free FASTag facility meant to make their travel on national highways smoother. The FASTag device, which allows for electronic toll payments,…

At first glance, the photograph appeared to be just another routine moment from the red carpet, the kind of image that would normally flash across news screens and vanish within hours. President Donald Trump was standing outside, presumably waiting for an event to begin, when a military flyover roared overhead. In the official Getty Images photograph, the moment is not particularly flattering. His face is caught in a grimace, his eyes squinting, his mouth tightened in an involuntary reaction to the sudden noise. And there, in plain view, are his hands—both of them covered in white gloves. But the version…