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Facts vs Myths: Why Balochistan’s Struggle Is Not Bangladesh 1971
Every time violence spikes in Balochistan, the same slogan reappears: “1971 is repeating.”“Pakistan will lose another wing.”“Bangladesh 2.0.” It spreads like wildfire — emotionally satisfying, historically lazy, strategically hollow. Let’s be blunt. If you think Balochistan today is East Pakistan in 1971, you are not analyzing geopolitics. You are romanticizing collapse. And collapse does not…
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AI Isn’t a Bubble. I Watched It Do the Work of Four Engineers in My Living Room
Every few weeks, a new headline lands in the same inbox. “AI will cause mass layoffs.” “AI is the next dot-com bubble.” “AI is overhyped.” “AI is the end of white-collar work.” Pick one, and there’s a hot take to match it. I want to offer a different perspective — one that I think gets…
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The “Reel” Economy: Why Shark Tank India is the New Influencer Circus
In the heart of Mumbai and Bangalore, a strange and quiet surrender is taking place. While the headlines scream about “New India” and our “Digital Revolution,” the reality is far more cynical. We are witnessing the birth of the Reel-Preneur—a hybrid creature that is 10% businessman and 90% performance artist. If you open Instagram, you…
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UGC Equity Controversy: Reservation, OBC Inclusion, and the Supreme Court’s Intervention
India doesn’t have a reservation problem anymore.It has a cowardice problem. The recent UGC “Equity” regulations controversy exposes something far uglier than bureaucratic incompetence. It shows how every political party, including the BJP, now treats caste as a permanent operating system, not a temporary corrective. And when the Supreme Court forces action, the response is…
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Energy Crisis in India: Why Your Gas Cylinder Is a National Security Risk
This is a story of two neighbors I know. Their names have been changed, but their reality—and their anxiety—is very real. One prepared for the future. The other is now a hostage to it. In a quiet neighborhood in Western UP, two neighbors, Ajay and Vijay, watched the same news. Both are middle-class, both have…
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11 Things Congress Didn’t Do in 60 years (That BJP Did in 11)
Somebody on Instagram posted a real saying if anyone could list a single policy that the BJP government started from scratch. I thought I should give at least a few. Policies that didn’t exist in this form, scale, or intent before 2014. Starting with the basic ones: 1. PM Jan Dhan Yojana (started in 2014)…
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From 1979 to 2026: The Chilling History of Pakistan’s ‘Dalal’ Diplomacy
The euphoria seen in certain Indian circles regarding Pakistan’s “diplomatic masterstroke” in Islamabad is not just misplaced—it is historically illiterate. To suggest that a state currently teetering on economic collapse and internal fragmentation has suddenly become a regional arbiter is to ignore fifty years of “Mercenary Diplomacy.” As External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has pointedly…
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Has Israel Won This War? The Truth Behind the Islamabad Peace Talks and Operation Eternal Darkness!
A two weeks ceasefire was announced on April 8th and peace talks are going on in Islamabad, Pakistan. But these peace talks are unique in a way where one the major party to the war hasn’t joined the talks. Why is Iran war happening in the first place? Who are the belligerents? It was an…
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