Category: India

  • Operation Sindoor 2025: 3 Economic Proofs of Pakistan’s Strategic Defeat [Analysis]

    Operation Sindoor 2025: 3 Economic Proofs of Pakistan’s Strategic Defeat [Analysis]

    The year 2025 is drawing to a close, and the winter air in South Delhi feels different this year. There is a sense of quiet confidence, a stark contrast to the frantic, high-decibel television debates of May. If you ask a geopolitical analyst what changed India’s standing in the world this year, they will give…

  • The Razakar Paradox: Why Bangladesh’s Gen-Z is Flirting with the Ghosts of 1971

    The Razakar Paradox: Why Bangladesh’s Gen-Z is Flirting with the Ghosts of 1971

    While Indian news cycles remain fixated on the box office success of Dhurandhar or the winter fog in Delhi, a historical tragedy is being rewritten across our eastern border. December 25, marked the return of Tarique Rahman to Dhaka after 17 years in exile. As he steps onto the tarmac to the cheers of thousands,…

  • What is happening in Bangladesh? All you need to know!

    What is happening in Bangladesh? All you need to know!

    The Shadows in the East For decades, the Indian collective consciousness has been fixed on the Western border. Bollywood, news cycles, and political discourse revolve around the Wagah border, the LoC, and the periodic theatrics of Islamabad. Whether it was a lingering obsession with the partition or the undeniable charisma of figures like Imran Khan,…

  • Dhurandhar: 5 Bollywood Myths Dismantled in 2025

    Dhurandhar: 5 Bollywood Myths Dismantled in 2025

    For three decades, the Indian film industry was governed by a set of “unbreakable” rules. We were told that the audience had a short attention span, that certain faces were mandatory for success, and that “masala” was the only language the masses understood. Then came December 2025. Then came Dhurandhar. Aditya Dhar’s 3.5-hour geopolitical epic…

  • The SHANTI Bill 2025 Explained: Nuclear Liability, Compensation, and the Politics Behind the Debate

    The SHANTI Bill 2025 Explained: Nuclear Liability, Compensation, and the Politics Behind the Debate

    The passage of the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha marks a fundamental reset of India’s nuclear doctrine. By repealing the outdated Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (CLND) Act, 2010, the government has cleared a path for a…

  • Why Dawood Ibrahim Cannot Be the Bade Sahab of Dhurandhar? Tracing Pakistan’s Military History!

    Why Dawood Ibrahim Cannot Be the Bade Sahab of Dhurandhar? Tracing Pakistan’s Military History!

    The shadowy figure known only as “Bade Sahab” is the central, unseen tormentor of the film Dhurandhar. He is the ultimate puppet master who connects the street-level drug trade of Karachi to the highest echelons of state-sponsored terror. The puzzle of his identity is brilliantly complicated by the film’s narrative structure, which suggests a constant,…

  • Fact vs. Fiction: What the film Dhurandhar Reveals About India’s Currency Security Crisis

    Fact vs. Fiction: What the film Dhurandhar Reveals About India’s Currency Security Crisis

    Theatres are currently alight with debate over Dhurandhar’s unflinching portrayal of Pakistan’s underworld. Yet, amidst the on-screen action, the movie drops a geopolitical bombshell: the assertion that the high-quality Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) flooding the Indian economy could only have been produced with inside help—specifically, by someone in India providing the blueprint of the…

  • What the Aviation Crisis Reveals About Accountability in India’s Transport Governance

    What the Aviation Crisis Reveals About Accountability in India’s Transport Governance

    The recent meltdown at India’s largest airline, leading to thousands of cancellations, was a systemic failure—not just an operational blunder by a single carrier. While IndiGo’s lean staffing model was the immediate trigger, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) are the bigger culprits. The narrative that pins…