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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 for about 24 minutes.He framed the ongoing West Asia crisis in...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Analysing Allegations of Indian Army’s Responsibility in Rajiv Gandhi Government’s Sri Lanka Policy Failure 1987-90
‘There are two skills in which the Indian Army can never hope to win against adept political camp followers; singing their master’s tune for...
From Kabul to Karachi: the blowback that will dismantle Pakistan
I. From Proxy to PyreIn my earlier analysis, “Noor Wali Mehsud and Pakistan: From Ally to Adversary - A Tale of Betrayal, Blowback and...
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...
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 culture, global appeal, and a thriving...
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 with the very soul of India...
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,...





