Brig Brijesh Pandey The 1999 Kargil War is remembered as a war India won despite fighting under self-imposed restrictions of ground as well as Air Force not crossing the Line of Control (LoC). That framing, while accurate in terms of the triumph of the brute infantry courage and artillery firepower, screens the uncomfortable question as … Continue reading Kargil Review Committee: Two Decades of India’s Defense Reforms
The Indian National Flag is far more than a national emblem; it is the living expression of India's civilisational continuity, constitutional sovereignty, and democratic spirit. Born not from conquest but from one of history's greatest mass movements for freedom, the Tricolour embodies the values of courage, peace, progress and moral responsibility. It reflects the collective … Continue reading Explainer – Indian National Flag: Emblem of Cultural Ethos, Sovereignty and Civilisation
Press Note New Delhi, July 21, 2026: Centre for Integrated and Holistic Studies (CIHS), a prominent non-partisan think tank, will host an exclusive interactive session on “India-Jamaica: Shared History, Civilizational Bonds, Cultural, Society and People-to-People Connections” with H.E. Mr. Jason Keats Matthew Hall, High Commissioner of Jamaica to India. Scholars, policy makers, and strategic minds … Continue reading CIHS to Host an Interactive Session with Jamaican High Commissioner
Rohan Giri In March 2026, a court in Pakistan closed the file on a thirteen-year-old girl from Lahore and, in doing so, opened a much older wound that the country has never quite managed to heal. Maria Shahbaz, a Christian by birth, had been abducted, coerced into converting to Islam, and married off to the … Continue reading Pakistan’s Vanishing Minorities: Maria Shahbaz Case
By N. C. Bipindra Tariff fights with Beijing. Arguments over NATO burden-sharing. Debates about whether the dollar can keep its throne as the world's reserve currency. None of these are new problems. They're the latest release of an operating system American diplomats have been building and patching for 250 years. If one wants to understand why the … Continue reading 250 Years of American Diplomacy: Hidden Blueprint for Today’s World Order
Is expressing Hindu cultural nationalism a threat to humanity? Putting up Shivaji statues is not anti-Muslim as claimed by authors. Dr. Aniket Pingley One wonders as to whether France 24 article headlined,” India's Hindu nationalists take 17th-century king as new anti-Muslim symbol” deserve any attention at all? But, in this age of generative artificial intelligence … Continue reading France 24 Resorts to Shivaji Fable
Vivek Raina Hundreds were burned alive and many others were thrown into the rivers, it was a heinous episode of Hindu fate in Jammu and Kashmir & the day is still being shamelessly celebrated to honour dead rioters of July13 1931 as Martyrs. One of the most significant and divisive moments in Jammu and Kashmir's … Continue reading July 13, 1931: A Turning Point in Jammu & Kashmir
Bharat and Indonesia’s relationship is defined beyond BrahMos, Astra missiles and port development deals. It’s a defining moment. Dr Gautam Kumar Jha Prime Minister Narendra Modi's state visit to Indonesia last week marks a defining moment in evolution of Indo – Indonesian relations. More than another successful diplomatic engagement under Bharat's Act East Policy, the … Continue reading Civilizational Continuum to Strategic Delivery
As part of its centennial events, RSS has begun a campaign to revive the robust family system that’s focal to a cohesive society. Vinod Kumar Shukla Bharat has historically been a tightly knit society where Kutumb or family served as foundational unit of existence. It is very essence of this nation's civilizational ethos. Bharatiya scriptures … Continue reading Familial Values as Foundational Core to Bharatiya Society
India's case admits no ambiguity. The accession of 1947 was absolute: a lawful, unconditional and final transfer of the whole State to India, made by its sole competent authority and ratified by its elected assembly, and its integration into the Union is complete and irreversible. The boundaries are not vague or negotiable; they are the … Continue reading Explainer: Pakistan Occupied Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh
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