For years, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was the favourite punching bag of critics. Every delay, every missed deadline was magnified into a national embarrassment. Drawing-room experts, columnists, and so-called security analysts delighted in dismissing it as a bloated, inefficient bureaucracy incapable of delivering. “What has DRDO achieved?” they would sneer, ignoring the…
The United States is rattled. Not because India is weak, but precisely because New India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi refuses to bow before Washington’s veiled threats of tariff wars and sanctions. The recent meeting between External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov is yet another reminder that India no longer…
If India needed yet another reminder of how low our Opposition benches can stoop, the just-concluded winter session of Parliament delivered it in full. What should have been a forum for constructive debate on legislation turned instead into a theatre of noise, slander, and sheer irresponsibility—directed not merely against the government, but against the very…
Indian democracy has always thrived on debate and dissent, but there is a difference between protest and sheer disgrace. What unfolded in Parliament recently—Opposition MPs hurling torn papers at Home Minister Amit Shah—was a shameful spectacle that revealed more than just anger. It revealed fear. The provocation? Three proposed Bills that would bar prime ministers,…
Year after year, the monsoon arrives as though it were an unexpected guest. Year after year, governments—state and civic alike—act surprised. And year after year, citizens drown in the same cycle of chaos, filth, and misery. If there is one thing that the recent spell of heavy rains has once again exposed, it is not…
Geopolitics often plays out in shadows, but sometimes leaders themselves reveal where real trust lies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s brief post on X thanking Vladimir Putin for “sharing insights” from his Alaska meeting with Donald Trump was one such moment. This was no casual courtesy call. It was a message: Putin trusts Modi with sensitive…
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar’s blunt reminder to political parties to desist from maligning the Election Commission should not be brushed aside as routine. It carries the weight of both law and precedent. At the heart of his remarks lies not just a plea for restraint but a veiled warning that the constitutional body…
From the ramparts of the Red Fort, on India’s 79th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered far more than a ceremonial address. This was no routine flag-hoisting ritual. It was a warning, a declaration, and a gauntlet thrown at those who threaten India and at those who presume to lecture it. Modi’s tone was…
Seventy-nine years after Independence, India stands at a historic inflection point—not merely as a free nation, but as a resurgent civilisational power. Much of this renewed confidence has been built over the past eleven years, under the Bharateeya Janata Party–led National Democratic Alliance, helmed by Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi—arguably one of the tallest leaders…
It is high time the Congress and its motley band of allies ended their manufactured outrage over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls. The Supreme Court, while hearing petitions against the Election Commission’s decision for the second day, has made it abundantly clear: the EC is well within its constitutional and legal…
