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 where geography dictates destiny. For centuries,...
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,” he perhaps meant to highlight compassion...
Saudi – Pakistan Defence Pact: A Bargain of Money and Manpower
IntroductionSaudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed a defence deal on 17 September 2025. On paper, it looks like a pact between two traditional allies....
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...
