The Industry of Permanent Suspicion In modern politics, accusation is a strategy. The Sukanya allegations illustrate how a claim evolves in stages: anonymous post, viral circulation, political amplification, courtroom test, judicial dismissal — and then digital resurrection every few years. It is a cycle. The objective is rarely conviction. The objective is corrosion. Stack multiple…
From Blog Rumour to Courtroom Reality Indian politics has always been ruthless. In the digital age, it has become something else entirely — algorithmic. An allegation no longer needs proof. It needs bandwidth. One of the most explosive examples was the so-called “Sukanya Devi case” — a set of accusations that surfaced on blogs and…
As the Tricolour rose against the winter sky on India’s 77th Republic Day, its flutter carried more than ceremony. For one among many decorated soldiers who have fought three wars from the frontlines, it carried memory, muscle, and meaning. My eyes followed the marching columns not merely with pride, but with perspective—earned through decades of…
What reportedly unfolded in Caracas early this morning marks a rupture that the post–World War II international order was meant to prevent. For the first time in decades, the United States has openly acknowledged launching large-scale military strikes inside a sovereign nation in the Western Hemisphere and, by the U.S. President’s own public assertion, capturing…
The Telangana government never tires of boasting about its “record-breaking” afforestation drives. Crores of saplings planted, glossy photographs released, and self-congratulatory speeches delivered with clockwork precision every Vana Mahotsavam. Yet, step onto the streets of Secunderabad—or drive through its suburbs—and the reality stares back in the form of empty pits, missing saplings, and stunted plants…
Come October–November and winter, the media once again sensationalises the narrative of Delhi turning into a “Gas Chamber.” In retrospect, this recurring alarmism amounts more to fraud-mongering than informed public discourse. Neither pseudo-intellectuals (across sections of the media and climate “experts”) nor political leaders have ever seriously discussed the specific annual winter meteorological phenomenon that…
US President Donald Trump’s sudden softness towards Pakistan, particularly in the aftermath of India’s decisive Operation Sindoor, is not merely puzzling—it is deeply troubling. At a time when the world has once again been confronted with Pakistan’s enduring role as a nursery of terror, Washington’s selective silence raises uncomfortable questions about America’s credibility in the…
For decades, India’s brightest young minds have been sailing westward, chasing foreign degrees and dreams of prosperity. From IIT to Silicon Valley—the story has repeated for generations. But the tide that once took them abroad must now turn homeward. The time has come for a reverse brain drain, for India to harness the intellectual wealth…
Yesterday, at Chandigarh Air Base, the roar of the MiG-21 echoed for the last time. The famed No. 23 Squadron “Panthers” flew its final ortie, marking the Indian Air Force’s farewell to a warhorse that dominated our skies for over six decades. For me, as a soldier who once watched these jets streak across the…
Brig (retd) GB Reddi At what point does political rhetoric cross into willful subversion of democracy? That is the question the Election Commission of India (ECI) can no longer afford to avoid when it comes to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. His relentless accusations of “vote chori” (electoral theft), repeatedly branded as lies by the ECI…
