COMMENT | If uniting Indian-based parties under a single umbrella is the first step in reviving MIC, the next crucial phase must involve a deeper reinvention of its core purpose and strategies.

Political unification without structural and cultural renewal will only reproduce old patterns. MIC must now become a party that not only seeks electoral success but actively drives community empowerment, protects cultural heritage, and develops long-term solutions to systemic inequality.

One of MIC’s most pressing internal challenges is...