Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s latest diplomatic engagement with Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again reaffirmed a geopolitical truth that many in the West find uncomfortable: India’s partnership with Russia is not a legacy of the past but a strategic necessity of the future. Far from being an emotional throwback to Cold War alignments, it…
When Vladimir Putin landed in New Delhi for his two-day state visit, the world watched with an anxiety it could barely conceal. For Washington, Brussels, and even Beijing, the chemistry between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Russian President has begun to resemble less a routine bilateral engagement and more the birth of a geopolitical…
The Congress party’s latest allegation—that the Narendra Modi–led NDA government is preventing Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi from meeting visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin—deserves closer scrutiny than political rhetoric allows. What has been framed as an assault on democratic tradition may, in fact, be little more than a political misunderstanding amplified for partisan…
In a world where military preparedness is increasingly defined not just by firepower but by technological sophistication, India has once again proven that its defence research ecosystem is maturing rapidly. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully carried out a high-speed rocket-sled test of a next-generation aircraft escape system in Chandigarh—an achievement that…
India’s judiciary has often been described as the last refuge of the common citizen. And yet, over the past decade, that refuge has repeatedly been weakened—not by government interference, as the Opposition theatrically alleges, but by internal decay: VIP culture in court corridors, celebrity lawyering masquerading as constitutional morality, midnight theatrics, forum shopping, frivolous PILs…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s customary address ahead of the winter session of Parliament is usually a curtain-raiser. This time, it was a warning. No ambiguity, no hedging—just a blunt message to an Opposition that has turned disruption into a political habit: Parliament is for policy, not theatre. With 13 key bills lined up—including long-pending structural…
For a party that never tires of lecturing the nation on “constitutional values,” the Congress seems remarkably allergic to the very idea that the law applies to everyone—including its own dynastic royalty. The FIR filed against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi is not some midnight knock engineered by a vindictive regime, as their spokespersons theatrically…
Pakistan today stands at a breaking point—morally, politically, and institutionally. The world may pretend otherwise, but the truth is unavoidable: a former elected Prime Minister, Imran Khan, remains effectively disappeared inside his own country, held under conditions so opaque, so alarming, and so vengeful that the United Nations has now stepped in with a rare…
If there is any country in the world that has neither the moral right nor the political standing to comment on India’s internal matters—least of all on Hindu civilisational issues—it is Pakistan. Yet, true to habit, Islamabad has once again thrust itself into a domain where it possesses neither credibility nor relevance. On November 25,…
Indian cricket is once again drifting into familiar, uncomfortable territory — a grand search for excuses. After the disappointing home series against New Zealand, the bruising tour of Australia, and now the stutter against South Africa in a home series, the knives are out. Some are pointing at Gautam Gambhir, others at the selection committee….
