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In matters of national security, half-measures are a luxury India can ill afford. The decisive shift under Prime Minister Narendra Modi reflects a clear understanding of this reality: deterrence is built not on rhetoric, but on capability. Nowhere is this more evident than in the government’s sustained push to modernise the Indian Air Force (IAF)—the…
A dangerous intellectual laziness has crept into India’s public discourse—one that finds it easier to demonise an entire community than to confront the complexity of history or the realities of present-day India. The persistent targeting of Brahmins, routinely cast as the perpetual oppressor, is no longer incidental—it has become fashionable, even politically rewarding. But how…
West Bengal today stands at a dangerous crossroads—not merely politically, but demographically and institutionally. And at the heart of this churn is the increasingly desperate rhetoric of Mamata Banerjee, whose latest allegation of a “₹1,000 crore deal” to split minority votes is less a political charge and more a revealing confession of insecurity. Let’s call…
At a time when much of the world is reeling under an unprecedented energy shock triggered by tensions in West Asia and the disruption of critical supply routes like the Strait of Hormuz, India stands out—not as a victim, but as a calibrated, confident player safeguarding its interests while expanding its global footprint. This is…
As Keralam votes to elect its 140-member Assembly, this is no routine electoral exercise. Beneath the orderly queues and sealed EVMs lies a deeper political churn—one that could well redefine the state’s entrenched binary. For decades, Keralam has oscillated between the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF), a predictable pendulum that…
For once, humanity appears to have edged past brinkmanship. The 39th day of the West Asia war—already soaked in over 5,000 lives, including more than 1,600 Iranian civilians—offered a fragile pause. Not because the war exhausted itself, but because Donald Trump chose, at the eleventh hour, to step back from the precipice he had so…
When Narendra Modi described India’s indigenously developed Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam as a “proud moment,” it was not mere political rhetoric. It was a rare acknowledgement of a technological leap that places India in an elite global club—and signals a decisive shift in how the nation powers its future. For decades, India’s…
When a sitting Chief Minister asks voters to “take revenge,” it is no longer mere political rhetoric—it is a chilling signal of how dangerously unhinged the electoral discourse has become in West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee, addressing a rally in Samserganj, did precisely that. Her words were not a slip of the tongue; they were deliberate,…
The self-proclaimed “anarchist” outfit, the Aam Aadmi Party, seems poised to lose yet another member—this time, not a dissenter on the fringes, but one of its most articulate and visible young faces in Parliament, Raghav Chadha. His defiance, summed up in the punchy line “Main ghayal hoon, toh ghatak hoon,” is not just personal bravado—it…
West Bengal today stands at a perilous tipping point where democracy is no longer merely under strain—it is being brazenly subverted. The shocking developments in Malda, where judicial officials, including women, were allegedly held hostage by political goons, are not stray incidents. They are stark indicators of a deeper institutional collapse that has steadily eroded…
