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Starlink, OneWeb or Jio? Are we asking the right questions?
The debate over satellite internet in India should not be just about Elon Musk, Mukesh Ambani, spectrum auctions, or national security. It should be about building an Indian satellite communications industry. As a firmware engineer working on satellite hardware and digital processing architectures with one of the leading aerospace companies, I look at these networks…
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Starlink, Elon Musk and the Indian Market: What Is He Really Fighting For?
Elon Musk is trying to bully his way into the Indian market. Now, as he accuses powerful Indian business interests of obstructing Starlink’s entry, he has found an immediate ally in Rahul Gandhi. Musk has publicly insinuated that Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, wields undue influence over the Indian government. Gandhi, who has long…
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Is Uttar Pradesh Finally Catching Up?
India missed the Industrial Revolution. That sentence is almost too simple for the history it tries to contain. Britain industrialised first, followed by parts of Europe, the United States and eventually Japan. India, by contrast, entered the modern age largely as a colonised, agrarian economy. The consequences were enormous. Industrialisation did not merely produce factories.…
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What is the true cost of Film Piracy?
When we think of film piracy, we usually picture a victim with a very fat wallet. A Bollywood blockbuster drops on a Friday. By midnight, a grainy, camcorded version hits a torrent site and an HD print in just a few days. Millions of people watch it on their phones for free. The studio’s opening…
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The Monroe Doctrine of the East: How India Quietly Became a Global Utility Power
For years, India was described as a balancing power—important but cautious, large but reactive, managing the world rather than shaping it. That description is now obsolete. By 2026, India has crossed a strategic threshold that many analysts still underestimate. Without declaring a doctrine, announcing red lines, or issuing ultimatums, New Delhi has executed something far…
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Why Space Gen: Chandrayaan Gets ISRO Wrong — The Problem with Hero Worship in Indian Sci-Fi
The recently released TVF series Space Gen: Chandrayaan should have been a landmark moment for Indian prestige television.It had the budget.It had the backing of JioHotstar.And it had one of the most compelling true stories of the decade: India’s resurrection from the heartbreak of 2019 to the precision landing of 2023. Yet, five episodes in,…
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Propaganda vs Reality: PL-15E, Rafale, and How China–Pakistan’s Airpower Narrative Collapsed
When Missiles Miss—and Narratives Explode Modern wars are not decided only by bombs and runways. They are decided by perception, credibility, and evidence. The India–Pakistan aerial engagements during Operation Sindoor proved this decisively. The Chinese-made PL-15E beyond-visual-range (BVR) missile, fired by the Pakistan Air Force, was meant to challenge India’s Rafale–Meteor combination and project China’s…
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History’s Deadliest Déjà Vu: When Pakistan’s Military Turns the Battlefield on Itself
After Operation Sindoor in May 2025, a striking claim began circulating across social media: Pakistan may have accidentally shot down one of its own aircraft amid the chaos. Was it confirmed? No.Was it denied convincingly? Also no. And that uncertainty is precisely the point. Because even the plausibility of such a blunder felt eerily familiar.…
