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India-Pakistan ceasefire: Delhi mows the grass, but terror may sprout again

Operation Sindoor marked a paradigm shift in India’s response matrix to cross-border terrorism, but it does not mean the end of terrorism

Only preaches, no partners: How West has sustained anti-India bias on Kashmir issue

Even a cursory look at the history of certain Western countries' attitudes toward India’s position on Kashmir reveals a significant danger for India today

How India created a maxim of self-restraint that Pakistan never valued

The ball is still in Pakistan’s court — to either mend its ways and repent, or repeat the past with greater vigour and be answered in the only language its leadership seems to understand

Rawalpindi goes Hezbollah: India must push to label Pakistan a terror state

As Indians gauge diplomacy and the international scramble for a ceasefire, the metric by which they gauge US sincerity should be simple: the designation of Pakistan as a state sponsor of terror

Pakistan is paying the price for not taking the off-ramp that India graciously offered

The trouble with Pakistan that it cannot de-escalate unless it is able to show to its 'qaum' that it has landed the final punch, a favour that India is in no mood to extend

Pakistan faces complete economic, military and diplomatic collapse

On the battlefield, Pakistan has suffered a series of humiliations

Beyond tariffs: India’s strategic pivot in the India–UK Free Trade Agreement

The FTA, while tactical in its specifics, is emblematic of a strategic reorientation—one where India negotiates not just for trade advantages, but for a fairer, more inclusive global order

US Sutra | Operation Sindoor: Winning the narrative war

India is clearly gaining advantage and has the upper hand. But is the world listening? Who is winning the narrative war? For a change, we are

Operation Sindoor: A decisive strike and a strategic success for India

Operation Sindoor reinforces the principle that peace in South Asia cannot be held hostage to the strategic calculus of those who use terror as an instrument of state policy

China’s fabrication of lies on Panchen Lama

China’s three decades of fabricated lies about the real Panchen Lama have led nowhere

Harvard’s activities must alarm Indian philanthropists

Now that the Trump administration has withdrawn grants to Harvard and some other universities for their promotion of DEI and Woke ideologies, will the Indian billionaires have a second thought about funding these universities?

How Operation Sindoor symbolises calibrated, coordinated tri-service response

While it marks a step on the escalatory ladder, India has demonstrated considerable restraint in its selection of targets and method of execution, employing all three services to strike targets in Pakistan and POK for the first time since 1971

New Great Game: Why Bharat kept Operation Sindoor ‘focused’, ‘measured’ and ‘non-escalatory’

Delhi, realising the Chinese subversion, took the slow path to retaliation, avoiding the civilian and military installations and instead focusing on hardcore jihadi centres

How Angola-India partnership can become a blueprint for Delhi’s Africa strategy

While the Angola-India ties had previously been transactional and narrow, the recent visit of President Lourenço has opened doors for a multidimensional partnership built on mutual respect, strategic alignment, and shared developmental goals.

Operation Sindoor: Is Pakistan Air Force as powerful as it claims?

The real test and figures come out in actual wars, and the PAF's track record in the 1965 and 1971 wars was abysmal

European Union’s call for India’s restraint: A tale of double standards

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas’s call for India’s restraint isn’t just hypocritical; it’s a wake-up call for the Global South to demand equal respect

Ramification | Myanmar: Why the junta is so keen for elections

Even though there is no consensus on the proposed 2026 elections with the Ethnic Armed Organisations ready to boycott it, the military junta seems to have direction

Rethinking India's border security amid overburdened Northern Command

Until Integrated Theatre Commands are announced, Central Command should be given the responsibility to manage the LAC from Ladakh to Nepal, freeing Northern Command to concentrate on the LoC and counter-insurgency

Canada: Toady media’s Khalistan pandering is more than bias, it’s an agenda

Anti-India and anti-Indian agendas are pervasive in the Canadian establishment, and they often find expression in the Trudeau-aligned ‘Toady media’. Replete with bias and double standards as they are, their real purpose is to shape local opinion in favour of a larger agenda

Maldives: Is ‘Yumnu’s fall’ the ‘Evan Naseem moment’ for Muizzu?

Maldivian students are protesting alleged governmental and police collusion to cover up the supposed culprits involved in what was initially dismissed as the accidental fall of a young woman from a multi-story building in the capital city of Malé

Centre-left turns tide in Australia too: How ‘Trump effect’ boosted Albanese’s win

The victory of incumbent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese marks yet another instance of a left-leaning leader defying polling predictions, at a time when former US President Donald Trump continues to upend global economic and political norm

When victims become villains: Western media’s distorted narrative on Hindu ‘colonisers’ in Kashmir

Kashmir has been an integral part of civilisational Bharat from time immemorial. To call Hindus 'colonisers' and Bharat 'a settler colonial power' would be either due to deliberate media/academic distortion or lazy boilerplate reporting

US Sutra | Watch out for the real enemy: It’s China, not Pakistan

Pakistan may be the gun pointed at India, but the finger on the trigger is China’s. The elephant must learn to outmaneuver the dragon, or risk being consumed by its fire

Beyond Kerala's Thrissur Pooram

The Hindu festival is the high point in the socio-religious calendar of Thrissur and witnesses the coming together of numerous other temple processions of the city at one focal point — the magnificent Vadakkumnathan Temple

Can Pakistan afford a war amid an economic crisis?

Pakistan’s military may prepare for war—but its economy is signalling collapse. A state cannot sustain conflict on the strength of power projection alone

Not an era of war: How India can punish Pakistan without opting for direct combat

The Pakistani military establishment has been consistent in implementing its avowed policy that it will bleed India by a thousand cuts. India’s policy should be to break up Pakistan by a thousand blows!

Chinese checkers: How Modi govt avoided China’s strategic ambush by delaying kinetic action against Pakistan

Pakistan is just an expendable prophylactic device, China is the real terror mastermind

Pahalgam attack exposes Pakistan’s military gambit and India’s strategic dilemma

India's dilemma lies in navigating a multiple crisis on its borders and neutralising Pakistan-based terrorism while avoiding actions that could embolden China's territorial, economic and diplomatic assertiveness

China’s military surge signals urgency for India’s defence readiness

The Chinese People's Liberation Army is in a serious process of modernisation of its capabilities and improvement of its proficiencies across all warfare domains to become a joint force capable of the full range of land, air, and maritime as well as nuclear, space, counter-space, electronic warfare, and cyberspace operations

India in 'G-Zero' world must be a balancer and not a bystander

In a complex world, India’s challenge is not merely to navigate chaos—it is to lead with coherence, moving beyond 'wait and watch' diplomacy towards a bold but balanced engagement model that combines autonomy with alliance-building