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….
For over five centuries, generations of Hindus carried a deep civilisational wound—the pain of being denied a temple for Lord Sri Ram at His birthplace in Ayodhya. It was not merely a religious matter; it was a struggle for cultural dignity and historical truth. For 500 long years, Hindus waited with extraordinary patience while their…
In the passing of Dharmendra, Indian cinema has not just lost a star. It has lost its presence. A warmth. A man who represented a certain unvarnished integrity—both on screen and off it—that Bollywood has long forgotten. For over six decades, Dharmendra remained not merely an actor but a cultural memory etched into millions of…
When Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rises in the winter session of Parliament to introduce the bill hiking Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the insurance sector, she will be doing more than tabling another financial reform. She will be throwing down a gauntlet. This is not merely a routine policy tweak; it is a clear signal…
Russia’s offer to open the full technological vault of its fifth-generation Su-57 stealth fighter to India is not just another defence deal—it is a strategic earthquake. For the first time in independent India’s history, a major global military power has proposed unrestricted access to an entire fifth-generation fighter ecosystem: engines, stealth materials, avionics, sensors, AI-enabled…
