The Himalayan nation of Nepal, long seen as a buffer state between India and China, has just witnessed a chilling reminder of what the so-called “deep state” of the United States and its global accomplices are capable of. Within just 36 hours, a democratically elected government was shaken to its core, as anarchic mobs—engineered, financed,…
On September 8, 2025, Kathmandu bled. What began as a peaceful Gen-Z protest against the government’s shutdown of 24 social media and messaging platforms—Facebook, YouTube, X, WhatsApp, Instagram, LinkedIn, and others—ended in gunfire. Police opened fire on unarmed demonstrators. Casualty figures remain contested: state TV admits one death and fifty injuries, local media reports fourteen…
In a democracy, Parliament frames laws, the executive implements them, and the judiciary ensures they are applied within the bounds of the Constitution. But increasingly, sections of India’s judiciary appear to blur these boundaries. Instead of confining themselves to upholding the law, some courts seem eager to entertain every Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that challenges…
Donald Trump stormed back into the White House with the promise of restoring America’s pride and power. His second innings was expected to be more seasoned, less erratic, and better grounded in the realities of global geopolitics. Instead, what we are witnessing is the opposite—an American President who seems intent on undoing his own credibility,…
There is a difference between fiery political rhetoric and outright indecency. Sadly, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seems incapable of recognising it. By repeatedly calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party “chor” (thief), she has crossed not just the line of political propriety but also trampled over the dignity of the constitutional office…
When nature unleashes her fury, human might often look puny. Yet, what we have witnessed across India in recent weeks—raging floods, collapsing bridges, swollen rivers threatening cities and villages alike—is also a story of human resilience, state preparedness, and the unflinching courage of men and women in uniform. The toll of devastation is staggering. In…
At a time when the global economy is shaking under the weight of protectionist walls erected by Washington, India has quietly yet emphatically clocked a GDP growth rate of 7.8 percent. That number is not just a statistic—it is a statement. It signals that the world’s fifth-largest economy is not merely surviving the trade tremors…
Who still dares to call India’s foreign policy a failure? Only the willfully blind or the intellectually dishonest. The latest summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has once again demonstrated how Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diplomacy is rewriting the rules of global engagement. The joint declaration signed at the summit carries unprecedented weight. For…
Democracy is the word both India and the United States love to brandish. Yet, while one lives and breathes it in all its messy, vibrant glory, the other often reduces it to a mask hiding the concentration of power. India, for all its imperfections, remains the largest and most participatory democracy on earth. America, despite…
When Donald Trump fumes at India, it is not the tantrum of a wronged leader but the fury of a salesman whose pitch was rejected. His “Make America Great Again” mantra came with a condition designed to cripple India’s sovereignty: open the gates to genetically modified (GM) seeds and crops. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s response…
