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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,…
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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…
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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 By repealing the outdated Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (CLND) Act, 2010, the government has cleared a path for a…
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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,…
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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…
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Why India Desperately Needs Akasa Air to Survive and Thrive
The Indian aviation sector is on a tear, growing faster than almost any other large market on earth. In 2025 we will carry roughly 220–230 million domestic passengers — more than triple Australia’s ~60 million and closing in on one-third of America’s ~800 million. Yet the market structure is bizarrely concentrated: India today has almost…
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The Sham of Indian Feminism: Absent from Cricket’s Triumph, Obsessed with Selective Outrage
The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 was nothing short of a national epiphany. On November 2, 2025, in a finale that gripped the country like no other, the Indian women’s team etched their name in golden letters by winning their first-ever World Cup title, defeating a resilient South African side in a nail-biting contest…
