Effective Date: 20 August 2026

Last Updated: 20 August 2026

Welcome to The Wise Indian (“The Wise Indian”, “we”, “us”, or “our”).

These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of thewiseindian.com, including its articles, stories, photographs, videos, newsletters, features, services, submissions, and other content made available through the website (collectively, the “Platform”).

1. About The Wise Indian

The Wise Indian is an independent digital publication focused on stories, ideas, people, developments, conversations, and issues relevant to India and its people.

Our Platform may contain news, features, interviews, profiles, opinions, explainers, educational content, photographs, videos, reviews, essays, business stories, cultural content, and other editorial or informational material.

2. Acceptance of These Terms

By using the Platform, you agree to comply with:

1. These Terms & Conditions;
2. Our Privacy Policy;
3. Our Cookie Policy, where applicable;
4. Our Editorial Policy, where applicable;
5. Our Submission Guidelines, where applicable; and
6. Any additional terms displayed in connection with specific services or features.

3. Eligibility

You must have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement under applicable law to use services that require contractual consent.

4. Permitted Use

You may use The Wise Indian for lawful purposes, including reading, sharing, linking to, and discussing our published content.

You agree not to:

1. Use the Platform for an unlawful purpose.
2. Attempt to obtain unauthorised access to our systems, accounts, databases, or infrastructure.
3. Interfere with the operation, security, or availability of the Platform.
4. Introduce viruses, malware, malicious code, or other harmful material.
5. Systematically scrape, copy, download, archive, or reproduce our content using automated tools without our prior written permission.
6. Reproduce or commercially exploit our content without appropriate rights or permission.
7. Impersonate another person, organisation, or entity.
8. Misrepresent your relationship or affiliation with The Wise Indian.
9. Use our name, logo, trademarks, or branding in a manner that suggests an unauthorised partnership, sponsorship, or endorsement.
10. Circumvent technical measures designed to protect our Platform or content.
11. Use the Platform to distribute spam, fraudulent material, or deliberately misleading information.
12. Attempt to disrupt or compromise the Platform or its users.

5. Our Content

Unless otherwise stated, articles, written material, headlines, graphics, photographs, illustrations, videos, audio, logos, trademarks, designs, layouts, and other material published on the Platform are owned by, controlled by, or licensed to The Wise Indian.

Such content is protected by applicable intellectual property laws. Publication of content on the Platform does not transfer ownership or other intellectual property rights to you.

6. Copyright and Intellectual Property

The Wise Indian respects intellectual property rights and expects users and contributors to do the same.

You may:

• Read our content for personal and informational purposes.
• Share links to our articles.
• Refer to our published work.
• Quote limited portions of our content where permitted by applicable law.
• Share our content through lawful social-media or sharing functions where provided.

You may not, without prior written permission from The Wise Indian:

• Republish complete articles.
• Reproduce substantial portions of our articles.
• Reproduce our photographs, illustrations, graphics, or videos.
• Sell, license, or commercially exploit our content.
• Create a competing database, archive, or publication using our content.
• Remove copyright, attribution, or ownership notices.
• Copy or reproduce our website design or branding.
• Present our content as your own.

7. Third-Party Material

The Platform may contain material belonging to or supplied by third parties, including photographs, videos, press material, agency material, social media posts, quotations, logos and trademarks, embedded content, and links to external websites.

If you believe that material published on the Platform infringes your intellectual property or other legal rights, please contact us at wiseindianofficial@gmail.com.

8. Pitch Your Story and User Submissions

The Wise Indian may provide opportunities for readers, organisations, experts, creators, entrepreneurs, professionals, and members of the public to submit story ideas, articles, photographs, videos, documents, opinions, information, or other material (“Submission”).

By making a Submission, you represent and warrant that:

1. You have the legal right and authority to submit the material.
2. The material does not knowingly infringe another person’s copyright, trademark, privacy, confidentiality, publicity, or other legal rights.
3. You have obtained necessary permissions for people appearing in photographs, videos, recordings, or other submitted material where required.
4. The material is not knowingly false, fraudulent, or deliberately misleading.
5. The material does not unlawfully disclose confidential or private information.
6. The material does not contain unlawful, threatening, abusive, hateful, or malicious material.
7. You have disclosed any material conflict of interest where reasonably relevant to the Submission.

9. Editorial Review of Submissions

The Wise Indian may review, verify, fact-check, edit, shorten, restructure, format, reject, or otherwise modify a Submission before publication.

Editorial changes may include changes to grammar, spelling, headlines, structure, length, formatting, clarity, context, style, and other editorial elements.

10. No Guarantee of Publication

Submitting a story, article, idea, photograph, video, or other material does not create an obligation on The Wise Indian to publish it.

11. Accuracy and Fact-Checking

We aim to publish information that is accurate, responsible, and appropriately presented. However, no digital publication can guarantee that every piece of information will always remain complete, current, or entirely free from error.

12. Corrections and Clarifications

If you believe an article contains a material factual error, you may contact us at wiseindianofficial@gmail.com.

13. Editorial Independence

The Wise Indian seeks to maintain editorial independence in its publishing decisions. Editorial decisions may be based on public interest, relevance, newsworthiness, accuracy, verification, editorial value, reader interest, and our editorial standards.

14. Opinions and Commentary

The Wise Indian may publish opinions, columns, essays, interviews, commentary, and other viewpoints. Views expressed by contributors, interviewees, experts, commentators, or other third parties belong to those individuals unless expressly stated otherwise.

15. Allegations and Sensitive Claims

Where content involves allegations concerning individuals, organisations, companies, institutions, or other entities, we may seek verification, supporting documentation, relevant responses, or other information before publication.

16. Advertising and Sponsored Content

The Wise Indian may display advertising and enter into commercial relationships with brands, businesses, organisations, institutions, and other partners.

17. Affiliate Links

The Wise Indian may occasionally use affiliate links or other commercial links. Where an affiliate relationship exists, The Wise Indian may receive a commission or other benefit if a user makes a qualifying transaction through such a link.

18. Comments and User-Generated Content

Where comments or other user-generated features are available, users are responsible for their contributions. The Wise Indian may moderate, edit, restrict, or remove user-generated content at its discretion.

19. Privacy and Personal Data

Your use of the Platform may involve the collection and processing of personal information. Our collection, use, storage, and processing of personal information are described in our Privacy Policy.

20. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Platform may use cookies, pixels, analytics technologies, and similar technologies to operate the website, maintain functionality, understand website usage, improve performance, analyse traffic, measure campaigns, support advertising, and improve user experience.

21. Newsletters and Communications

If you voluntarily subscribe to a newsletter or other communication from The Wise Indian, you agree to receive the relevant communications.

22. Third-Party Websites and Services

The Platform may contain links, embeds, references, advertisements, or integrations relating to third-party websites, applications, products, or services. These third parties operate independently from The Wise Indian.

23. No Professional Advice

Content published on The Wise Indian is generally provided for informational, educational, and editorial purposes and should not automatically be treated as legal, medical, financial, tax, business, mental-health, or other specialised professional advice.

24. Website Availability

We aim to maintain a reliable Platform but do not guarantee that the website will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, error-free, free from technical defects, or compatible with every device, operating system, or browser.

25. Security

We take reasonable measures to protect the Platform and information handled through it. However, no internet transmission, website, server, or digital system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

26. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, The Wise Indian and its owners, directors, employees, contributors, freelancers, contractors, representatives, affiliates, and service providers shall not be liable for losses or damages arising from or relating to your use of or inability to use the Platform, reliance on information published on the Platform, errors or omissions in content, third-party websites or services, user-generated content, technical interruptions, security incidents, or events beyond our reasonable control.

27. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless The Wise Indian, its owners, directors, employees, contributors, contractors, representatives, affiliates, and service providers against claims, liabilities, losses, damages, costs, and reasonable expenses arising from or relating to your violation of these Terms, unlawful use of the Platform, Submission or uploaded material, infringement of another person’s rights, or misuse of the Platform.

28. Suspension and Termination

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate access to some or all parts of the Platform where reasonably necessary, including where these Terms are violated, the Platform is being misused, security is threatened, fraudulent activity is suspected, required by law, or operational or technical circumstances require it.

29. Changes to the Platform

The Wise Indian may change, update, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Platform, including content, categories, services, features, functionality, or design.

30. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms & Conditions from time to time. When changes are made, we may update the “Last Updated” date displayed at the beginning of this document.

31. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of India.

32. Jurisdiction

Subject to applicable law, disputes arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of the Platform shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts in India.

33. Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable, that provision shall be interpreted or modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable. The remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

34. Waiver

A failure by The Wise Indian to enforce any provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce that provision or any other provision in the future.

35. Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Submission Guidelines, Editorial Policy, and any other policies or additional terms expressly incorporated by reference, constitute the terms governing your use of the Platform.

36. Contact Us

For questions, feedback, copyright concerns, correction requests, story submissions, editorial matters, privacy-related queries, legal notices, or other concerns relating to The Wise Indian, please contact us at:

The Wise Indian
Website: thewiseindian.com
Email: wiseindianofficial@gmail.com

Important Legal Notice

These Terms & Conditions are intended to establish the general rules governing use of The Wise Indian and its Platform.

Nothing in these Terms is intended to restrict any right or remedy that cannot lawfully be restricted under applicable Indian law.