The Daily Geopolitics Brief # 5
Week 4 of the Iran War: nuclear sites struck, U.S. troops wounded in Saudi Arabia, oil at $99, NATO fractures, and the Strait of Hormuz hangs in the balance.
Desh Kapoor
The Daily Geopolitics Brief # 4
Oil at $104. Fertilizers up 50%. 9M Indians in the Gulf. Both shipping chokepoints under threat. The Iran war is India's crisis too.
Bharat Mata ki Jai and Shobha De's Defense of War Criminals
When Arjun Rampal said Bharat Mata Ki Jai after playing the ISI handler who planned 26/11, Shobha De found it worrying. This essay unpacks what that reaction reveals about a class that has ruled, judged, and shaped India — and cannot forgive India for finally speaking in its own voice.
The Daily Geopolitics Brief # 3
The Daily Geopolitics Brief # 3 - Pakistan mediates, Gulf tensions rise, Israel’s defenses falter, North Korea hardens nuclear stance, and oil tightens—reshaping global power dynamics with major implications for India.
Iran War and the Thucydides Trap
Applying Graham Allison's Thucydides Trap to the 2026 Iran war. Blending asymmetric war economics, $3T market distortions, alliance fractures, and revealing the deeper US-China power struggle beneath the conflict.
The Daily Geopolitics Brief # 2
A diplomatic pause can't remove a mine. Israel struck Tehran overnight as Trump announced peace talks Iran denies happened. Oil crashed 11%. The war continues. Five days to see if any of it is real.
Dhurandhar and the "Facts are the Horror" Cinema
We discuss how Bollywood's intellectual complicity, the Politics of Denialism, and the Misreading of Savarkar Have Paved the Way for Hindu Massacres — and What the New Cinema is Doing About It