₹7.85 Lakh Crore and a Clear Message: India’s Defence Budget Signals Strength, Speed and Self-Reliance
India’s Union Budget 2026–27 leaves no room for ambiguity. In the shadow of Operation Sindoor, New Delhi has chosen to respond not with rhetoric,...
From Power to Responsibility: Why India’s Responsible Nations Index Could Redefine Global Governance
A Quiet Launch, A Loud MessageOn the surface, the launch of the Responsible Nations Index (RNI) in New Delhi on 19 January 2026...
Gaza’s Unfinished Story and Trump’s Calculated Gamble : Why Modi Has Been Invited into a War That Never Truly Ended
Wars rarely end the day the guns fall silent. Some simply pause, catching their breath before history pushes them forward again.Gaza is one such...
Chabahar: Why India Has Not Exited – But Has Quietly Stepped Back
Chabahar: Why India Has Not Exited - But Has Quietly Stepped Back- Col Mayank Chaubey (Retd)For weeks now, a deceptively simple question has dominated...
What Venezuela’s Unravelling Teaches India About the Future of Power
In the twenty-first century, power no longer resides only in armies, institutions, or territory. It increasingly resides in legitimacy, in the story a state...
Steel Umbrella: Performance of the Indian Army’s Air Defence During Operation Sindoor
Operation Sindoor is often viewed through the prism of “strike”. But half the truth of any successful strike lies in the air-defence shield standing...
