The Arithmetic of Power and the Psychology of Victory

Assam goes to the polls on April 9, and conventionally, a journalist’s task is to observe, interpret, and analyse, not to predict. Electoral democracy, after all, is famously unpredictable. Yet, there are moments when patterns become so visible, when structural shifts align so clearly with political momentum, that refraining from a forecast feels like an evasion […]

How weaponised drones are becoming a threat in NE India

In a breakthrough in anti-terror operations earlier this month, the NIA arrested seven foreign nationals, including six Ukrainians and a US mercenary, Matthew VanDyke under UAPA charges. The Ukrainians were arrested in Delhi and Lucknow, and the US citizen, Matthew Aaron VanDyke, in Kolkata. A Special NIA Court at Patiala House Court remanded them to NIA […]

The missile strike that failed, but still shook America’s illusion of distance

For decades, the United States operated under a comfortable strategic assumption: that distance equals safety. That wars in the Middle East could be fought, escalated, and even prolonged, without ever threatening America’s most prized military sanctuaries far beyond the Gulf. Iran has just challenged that assumption in one calculated move. The myth of the untouchable base […]

Congress bats for social media accounts withheld in India

On 18th March (Wednesday), the central government invoked section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and certain social media accounts which seem to be affiliated with the opposition ecosystem were withheld in India. The section gives the authority to restrict internet content on grounds such as public order, national security and sovereignty. Shortly after the development, the […]

Pakistan wins top spot in the Global Terrorism Index, worse than Burkina Faso

On March 20, the Institute for Economics and Peace released its Global Terrorism Index 2026, and the results were devastating, Pakistan is now officially the most terrorism-affected country in the world. 8.574 is the score. 1,139 people died. 1,045 incidents. 1,595 injuries. After two years at the top, Burkina Faso was overthrown by Pakistan, which now […]

No, Bill Gates is not creating rainfall in North India using chemicals

Over the last 2 days, North India has witnessed sudden rainfall, thunderstorms and even hail following an early March heat spike. Social media was quick to offer an explanation, one that had little to do with science. Last night, some Instagram influencers started posting about this. These viral reels began claiming that Bill Gates was somehow […]

Leftist propaganda site TheWire tries to seculaise Ganga in an attempt to shield Islamists

From Tarun Kumar’s lynching by a Muslim mob in Delhi’s Uttam Nagar over Holi colours spilling over a Muslim woman to Muslim youths doing ‘Iftar’ with Chicken Biryani on the Ganga River in Varanasi and throwing chewed bones into its sacred waters, the Islamo-leftist coterie invokes syncretic cultural references, ‘Ganga-Jamuni Tehzeeb’, and whatnot to shield Islamist […]