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Noor Wali Mehsud and Pakistan: From Ally to Adversary – A Tale of Betrayal, Blowback, and Lessons for India
The story of Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is Pakistan’s self-made tragedy. A nation that used militancy as a foreign-policy tool now faces the...
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How Mangaluru Beat Goa to Become the Silicon Beach of India
For years, Goa was seen as the natural candidate to become India’s “Silicon Beach.” Blessed with a cosmopolitan...
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Nourished India, Educated India: The Akshaya Patra Mission That India Must Own
There are moments in life when you come across a mission so pure, so purposeful, and so aligned...
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Ladakh on the Boil: From Silent Sentinel to Faultline
A Land Between Mountains and EmpiresLadakh is India’s sentinel on the roof of the world. A high desert...
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Bulldozers, Bias & the Bench: When “Satisfaction” Overshadows Law
When Chief Justice of India B. R. Gavai recently remarked that banning bulldozer actions gave him “immense satisfaction,”...
The Fractured Geopolitics of the Middle East: How Internal Divisions and External Interventions Are Degrading the Region
Introduction: A Region at War with ItselfThe Middle East and West Asia present a paradox of immense potential and perpetual conflict. Beneath the...
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi Called Me His Friend from Goa
On this special day, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi turns 75, I am reminded of my personal interaction with him on August 6, 2021....
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...
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 country of gas wealth and glass...
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 in conservative America, reached for a...
Terror in Jerusalem: The Ramot Junction Attack and the Cost of Hate
Jerusalem, a city that has withstood the ebb and flow of empires, faiths, and civilizations, was once again plunged into horror on Monday morning....