India’s first astronaut Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma (retd) speaks to SNI’s Associate Editor Amitabh P Revi on his unforgettable space flight in 1984. He talks about the next Indian to follow him, the process of being chosen, whether he still speaks Russian and Shah Rukh Khan’s biopic. India’s only cosmonaut, so far, was in New Delhi to attend the unveiling of his portrait by Dr Vladimir Anisimov in the presence of the Russian Ambassador Nikolay Kudashev in partnership with the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
When Trump flew to Beijing carrying an unwinnable war, rising fuel prices, and a closed strait he could not reopen alone, Xi gave him pageantry with a twist. Nothing was signed. Yet, perhaps everything was decided.
From a tea stall to three terms as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has faced coordinated destruction from every direction and responded by building. Today we explore what he truly represents for India, for its civilization, and to its poor, and to its long-humiliated Hindu majority.
West Bengal's 2026 election was a national security war — fought against ISI arms networks, America's "Zo State" project, Chinese encirclement, Jamaat's border consolidation, and a state government that shielded every hostile network operating against India's most vulnerable geography.
