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 - 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.
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.
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.
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
U.S. and Israel strike Iran’s Natanz site, marking the war’s first hit on its nuclear program. Iran fires two long-range missiles at Diego Garcia, exposing earlier range deception. Despite “winding down” claims, the U.S. troop surge, $200B request, and oil spike show escalation.
There is a MAGA civil was raging. Clash over what United States really ought to be. As it evolves, US is changing its role in the global scenario. We are examining the scenario.
What started as a geopolitical stratagem during the Cold War of propping an adversary for their adversary (USSR), US create the powerhouse called China. Today China outcompetes US in every strategic technology. How did this happen?
India has more NGOs per capita than policemen. They get lakhs of crores in funding. For all that, what do they really deliver for India? Contrast to spiritual organizations which use a radically different social work paradigm. They deliver at scale. How? Why? It is time to rethink.
The Epstein revelations have cast a question mark over our collective consciousness. How do we process them? How do we move forward from here? When we all know we live in a dystopian world at our doorsteps, how do we even engage? A look at the situation.