In a democracy that prides itself on periodic and peaceful elections, it is rather shocking that Booth Level Officers (BLOs)—the grassroots backbone of the electoral process—are now being portrayed as victims of unbearable institutional pressure. A recent report in a national media outlet, based on what it calls a “research study,” claims that some teachers…
Telangana is preparing for one of its most ambitious exercises in future planning: the Rising Telangana Global Conclave, where Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and his team will unveil the Telangana Rising Vision Document 2047 on December 9. It is a moment that deserves recognition. For a state still shaping its identity in the national…
The latest manufactured outrage over the Central government’s decision to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app on new smartphones exposes the Opposition’s chronic habit of attacking first and understanding later. Congress, predictably leading the chorus, has rushed to label the app “intrusive” and “dictatorial,” as if the government were trying to plant surveillance tools inside every…
For decades after Independence, India’s military posture was defined by defensive restraint—often necessary, often costly. From the trauma of 1962 to the surprise of Kargil, our armed forces were too frequently asked to fight with limited technological support, outdated doctrinal thinking, and a political class nervous about projecting power. But over the last decade, that…
The pattern is becoming unmistakable. First it was the RJD–Congress combine in Bihar. Now it is the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal. Every time the Opposition senses that its carefully engineered vote banks may not survive a credible verification exercise, the first instinct is not to cooperate with the system but to malign the Election…
Sometimes revolutions arrive loudly. Others appear as a routine PDF on a Supreme Court website. What the Court uploaded this week looked like a dry docket of High Court appointments under Chief Justice B.R. Gavai. It is not. It is the most radical act of transparency the Collegium has ever undertaken—one that may permanently rewrite…
For Mallikarjun Kharge, the president of a collapsing Congress party, to declare that the BJP and RSS have “no respect for the Constitution” is not only ridiculous — it is laughable. A party that has spent decades twisting, tinkering, diluting, and weaponizing the Constitution for vote-bank politics now wants to lecture the nation on constitutional…
Universities are often described as temples of learning, places where knowledge is pursued without fear, bias, or ideological coercion. They are meant to be sanctuaries for curiosity and intellectual freedom, not battlegrounds for religious indoctrination. Yet, recent revelations surrounding Jamia Millia Islamia raise an unsettling and unavoidable question: what happens when a seat of learning…
The Opposition’s grand INDIA block is crumbling so fast it should apply for heritage status before it collapses entirely. For months, its leaders boasted about unity, shared values, collective strength, and that magic word— “morale.” Today, that morale looks like a deflated balloon lying in a corner while every party kicks it for fun. The…
Every time an Indian military aircraft goes down—especially one built indigenously—a predictable chorus springs to life. The naysayers awaken, foreign arms lobbies turn hyperactive, and social-media warriors with little understanding of aviation technology rush to ridicule India’s capabilities. Worse, a private TV news channel promoter, who imagines himself an expert in all things under the…
