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Past Lessons, Future Risks: The Iran Ceasefire and the Shifting Balance of Power
The two week US-Iran ceasefire expires on 22 Apr. It was more of a tactical pause than a diplomatic breakthrough. It arrived just before Washington’s deadline to escalate strikes....
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US–China Rivalry and the Thucydides Trap
2,400 years ago, when Thucydides wrote that “it was the rise of Athens, and the fear that this...
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Naxalism in India: Policies, Operations, and the Decline of the Red Corridor
Origins and IdeologyHow a peasant revolt evolved into India’s longest-running insurgency.The Naxal movement began in 1967 in Naxalbari,...
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Between Energy, Diplomacy and Diaspora – Calibrated Indian Neutrality in West Asia
On 23 Mar 2026, Indian PM Modi spoke in the Parliament on the ongoing conflict in West Asia...
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India’s Energy Security : From Bhabha’s Vision to SHANTI Reality
Thorium is re emerging as a strategic lever in India’s quest for reliable, low carbon energy security, but...
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...





