Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s latest political gamble — to grant 42% reservation to Backward Classes — has run straight into the judicial wall. His attempt to crown himself as India’s new “BC leader” by breaching the Supreme Court’s 50% cap is not just constitutionally reckless; it’s politically desperate. Neither Revanth nor his party…
For over a decade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has redefined what it means to lead a nation — not just from the corridors of power, but from the frontlines of service. Every Diwali, while most leaders in the past preferred the comfort of official residences or political gatherings, Modi has chosen to spend the festival…
Bihar’s political script for 2025 seems to be writing itself — and the ending increasingly appears to favour the NDA. While confusion and friction continue to dominate the Congress-led INDI alliance, the Nitish Kumar–Narendra Modi combine has already moved into campaign overdrive with clarity, coordination, and confidence. The contrast could not be starker. On one…
There’s a WhatsApp message doing the rounds lately — about how Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi’s brothers and sisters continue to live humble, ordinary lives. Usually, such forwards are quickly dismissed as political propaganda. But in this case, the truth is both verifiable and profoundly moving. At a time when political dynasties in India have…
It’s almost amusing how a certain breed of self-styled defence experts in India—perpetual cribbers and professional pessimists—find comfort in running down their own country’s military progress. Every indigenous success, every technological leap, every global acknowledgment of India’s growing might is met with skepticism, sarcasm, or silence. For them, the glass is never half full—it’s broken….
HAL’s Rise from Criticism to Cutting-Edge Innovation For decades, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) was the easy punchline in India’s defence circles — a lumbering public sector giant accused of inefficiency, delays, and technological stagnation. Defence analysts routinely derided it as a relic of the license-raj era, incapable of producing world-class aircraft despite decades of government…
For decades, Left-Wing Extremism (LWE) — or Naxalism — bled India from within. Armed groups claimed to fight for the poor, but in truth, they unleashed a reign of terror across tribal belts, assassinating local leaders, extorting contractors, and running parallel “people’s courts.” Their false promise of “land to the tiller” was soaked in the…
When the country’s oldest and most respected business house finds itself in the middle of a power struggle, it ceases to be a corporate issue — it becomes a national one. The Tata Group, a 156-year-old conglomerate synonymous with India’s industrial rise and ethical capitalism, is not just a private enterprise. It is a national…
India’s foreign policy under Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has evolved into a masterclass in strategic ambiguity — a careful blend of pragmatism, restraint, and quiet assertion. Few recent moves illustrate this better than New Delhi extending an invitation to Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government, allowing Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to…
As anticipated, the Telangana High Court has cleared the decks for the conduct of local body elections by refusing to stay — at least for now — Government Orders (GO) 9 and 41 issued by the Revanth Reddy-led Congress government enhancing reservations for Backward Classes (BCs) to 42 per cent in panchayats and municipalities. The…
