In just under 15 minutes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered a masterclass in leadership, clarity, and resolve. It wasn’t just a speech—it was a strategic declaration to both friend and foe that India is no longer in the mood to tolerate perfidy, provocation, or platitudes. The world wanted to know where India stands. Modi answered…
There’s a reason former US President Donald Trump enjoys more goodwill in India than he often does in his own country. It’s not just because he once called Prime Minister Narendra Modi “a tough negotiator.” It’s because Trump, unlike many others in the Western elite, recognized early on that Modi is not just another Third…
In a region fraught with history, hostility, and high-stakes diplomacy, ceasefires are never merely military decisions—they are geopolitical statements. The recently proposed ceasefire between India and Pakistan, reportedly brokered at the level of the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs), was less a diplomatic breakthrough than a product of Pakistan’s desperation and U.S. meddling. It…
It’s Day 4 of a war that Pakistan neither anticipated nor can afford. The Indian armed forces, operating with strategic clarity and unflinching precision, have launched a series of targeted strikes that have left Pakistan’s military infrastructure in tatters. Major airstrips—including one perilously close to the Pakistani Army and ISI headquarters—have been reduced to rubble….
MS Shanker A Spinner’s Straight Talk: Venkatapathy Raju on HCA’s Decline and the Way Forward In my continuing series on the downfall—and the much-needed revival—of Hyderabad cricket, I’ve spoken to several former players and insiders. Each has offered a distinct insight into the rot that has gripped the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA). But none have…
The myth of Pakistan’s military parity with India is crumbling spectacularly, and in full global view. In what can only be described as one of the most decisive displays of military dominance in the subcontinent’s history, India has not only retaliated against cross-border terror attacks but has taken the fight deep into enemy territory. Pakistan,…
When Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy declared that the state was bankrupt, he wasn’t joking. In fact, he seemed to revel in the rare political act of public self-pity—more fit for a stand-up routine than a Chief Minister’s address. On the eve of a potential strike by TSRTC unions, Revanth took the stage not…
By striking deep inside Pakistan under Operation Sindhoor, India has once again demonstrated that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, bold decisions are not just possible—they are inevitable. The targeted assaults on terror camps belonging to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), operating with impunity under the patronage of Hafiz Saeed and Masood Azhar, caught the…
When the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) convenes an emergency meeting and its outcome is not vague diplomatic jargon but pointed questions—like whether Lashkar-e-Taiba was behind the Pahalgam terror attack, you know something has shifted. At long last, the UNSC appears to have called Pakistan’s bluff. The closed-door 90-minute session, held at Pakistan’s behest, ended…
At a time when India is preparing a decisive response to Pakistan after the ISI-sponsored Pahalgam terror attack, the Centre must not ignore an equally dangerous threat festering within its borders. West Bengal, under Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC), has become a hotspot of lawlessness, minority appeasement, and administrative collapse. Also, demographic changes are taking…
