Pakistan appears unwilling to learn from its past humiliations. Even after Operation Sindoor exposed the consequences of its continued patronage of terrorism, the rogue neighbour seems determined to keep Bharat on tenterhooks through renewed terror provocations, military posturing and clandestine attempts to infiltrate trained terrorists and weapons across the border. Wednesday’s attack on a CRPF…
The Congress appears to be digging its own political grave, and its student wing, the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), may just have driven another nail into the coffin. At a time when the party is desperately struggling to regain public confidence, controversies involving its senior leadership and now allegations of serious misconduct against…
Bangladesh seems determined to follow Pakistan’s footsteps in displaying hostility towards the very neighbour that stood by it during its darkest hour. Having benefited enormously from Bharat’s friendship, economic assistance, security cooperation and strategic accommodation, Dhaka appears to have mistaken Bharat’s generosity for weakness. Its increasingly confrontational posture, growing proximity to China and Pakistan, and…
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has once again demonstrated how desperately a party that once prided itself on its secular credentials can descend into political absurdity in its pursuit of minority appeasement. His recent attempt to describe Diwali as “khushiyon ka Eid” while extending festive greetings may have been intended as a gesture of goodwill, but…
Why does the Ramayana continue to fascinate generations of Bharateeyas, irrespective of who narrates it, who portrays its characters or how many times the epic is retold? Why does the mere mention of Lord Ram, Maa Sita, Lakshman or Hanuman stir emotions, evoke goosebumps, and create an inexplicable sense of belonging? The answer lies beyond…
The Supreme Court’s decision to issue contempt notices to the office-bearers of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) over an objectionable social media post targeting the Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, is a timely reminder that constitutional institutions cannot be taken for granted or treated with contempt by political parties. The message is…
Bharat’s march towards becoming a major global economic power is no longer being challenged merely through conventional political opposition, economic criticism or street protests. A far more dangerous threat is emerging in cyberspace, where artificial intelligence is increasingly being weaponised by criminal networks to infiltrate financial institutions, compromise digital payment systems and potentially undermine public…
The American electorate has delivered a stinging verdict on Donald Trump’s arrogance, unilateralism, and economic mismanagement. The man who threatened regime change in Iran has himself suffered a political reversal at home. The humiliating midterm defeat of Donald Trump’s Republican Party, with Democrats wresting control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, is…
The defining feature of Narendra Modi’s foreign policy is not the number of countries he visits, the agreements he signs or the grand receptions he receives. It is the increasingly visible effort to make Bharat a friend, partner and indispensable stakeholder across geographical and ideological divides. In a world increasingly fractured by wars, rivalries, protectionism…
Bharat’s progress is often measured through GDP growth, infrastructure expansion, global influence and technological achievements. Yet, some of the most compelling indicators of national development are far less glamorous: how many mothers survive childbirth and how many children live beyond their fifth birthday. On these critical human development indicators, Bharat has achieved a remarkable transformation,…
