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FCRA, Foreign Funds, Domestic Security and India-US Friction
Two months ago I wrote an article, Regulating Foreign Funds: A Necessary Tightrope Walk, about the proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026. I argued that the debate was...
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From Bharat’s Villages to the Skies Above: What the World Is Rediscovering About the Cow
A few weeks ago, I wrote in Goa Chronicle about an unusual journey.It was the story of Indian...
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India’s Message at the G7: A Nation Confidently Standing Up to International Pressures
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks at the G7 Summit, delivered in the presence of U.S. President Donald Trump,...
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From Conflict to Bargaining Power
Reports of a possible $3 billion transfer from the UAE to Iran have generated intense debate. The claim...
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US Attacks on Hormuz Civilian Shipping, 3 Indians Killed
9 Jun-11 Jun 2026. Three days. US military attacks three civilian ships in Hormuz, ALL with Indian crew....
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, West Bengal, as a radical peasant...
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 for about 24 minutes.He framed the...
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 policy, technology and institutional gaps must...
India’s Russian Oil Policy: Strategic Misstep or Sanctions Survival?
Viral Alarm on Hormuz HoldupIran’s Hormuz stranglehold forces President Trump to call President Putin (not vice versa) on 9 Mar 26. Russia flips from...
The Bomb That May or May Not Exist
It did not come as a thunderclap. There was no missile test lighting up the desert sky, no satellite image revealing a hidden silo,...
Israeli Gas, IMEC and the New Energy Chessboard of West Asia
Why the Eastern Mediterranean May Become Bharat’s Next Strategic Energy FrontierHistory often hides its most profound transformations beneath the surface. Sometimes literally.For decades, the...





