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Proxy Warfare Goes Digital: China, India, and the New South Asian Battleground
The Himalayan ImplosionKathmandu is burning—not just in the physical sense of its Parliament, Supreme Court, and media houses engulfed in flames, but as a symbol of something far greater....
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Israel, Qatar, Pakistan, and India’s Lesson in Survival
The Middle East is once again in turmoil. This time, Israel has turned its attention to Qatar. A...
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Navarro’s “Vampire” Slur and the Pushback of a New India
It began with a single remark. Peter Navarro, once Donald Trump’s trade adviser and now a loud voice...
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When America Spoke Down to India – A Journey of Words That Wound
India and the U.S. have built a strategic bond. They share values. They have trade. They cooperate. Yet...
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Unequal Footing at Tianjin: Modi and Shehbaz Sharif at the SCO Summit
When the leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) gathered in Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September...
Where the Sun Meets the Soul: The Shared Spirit of Donyi Polo and Sanatan Dharma
This article would have remained unwritten had it not been for a quiet conversation with Rinku, a dear friend I’ve known since 1987. A...
Echoes Across Mountains and Millennia: What the Druze and Sanatan Dharma Share
The Journey of the Soul: Taqammus and PunarjanmaIn a remote Druze household in Suwayda, a grandmother once whispered to her grandson that he was...
The Mountain Does Not Kneel: The Druze of Suwayda in Post-Assad Syria
At dawn, as the sky blushes above the black basalt of Jabal al-Druze, an old shepherd kneels beside a spring near Salkhad, whispering verses...
Missiles in the Monsoon: India Tests Its Arsenal, But Who Should Fear?
A Thunderclap Over the BayIt was a humid monsoon morning at Chandipur, Odisha. A lone myna bird fluttered off its perch as the...
Bangladesh on the Brink: A Nation Struggles with Its Past, Present, and Future
A Land Stirred by Memory and MovementIn the heartland of Gopalganj, where the scent of jute fields once spoke of Bengal’s quiet pride...
Voice of a Nation, Voice of the World: PM Modi’s Historic Addresses to Foreign Parliaments
An Unprecedented Journey of Words and WillIn the grand halls of parliaments across continents, where voices echo the aspirations of nations, one leader...