Month: Apr 2026

Balochistan’s Disappeared: Inside Pakistan’s Kill-and-Dump Campaign

In Pakistan's largest province, Baloch families no longer ask only whether their loved ones will come home. They ask whether they will return alive, broken, or as a body left by the roadside.Rahul PAWA | X- @imrahulpawa In Balochistan, disappearance has become more than an allegation. It has become a method of rule, a language … Continue reading Balochistan’s Disappeared: Inside Pakistan’s Kill-and-Dump Campaign →

Bias or Blind Spot?

Freedom House's Western Biases, Methodological Flaws & Lack of Understanding of India's Democratic Realities  N. C. Bipindra American think tank Freedom House's latest 2026 annual report rates India as "Partly Free" with a score of 62 on maximum 100 points. This has once again triggered a debate on how global democracy indexes assess nations, particularly … Continue reading Bias or Blind Spot? →

INS Aridaman: Designed, Built and Armed at Home

No foreign blueprints. No borrowed reactor. No licensed hull. India built its third nuclear-powered submarine from scratch.Rahul PAWA | X - @imrahulpawa The commissioning of INS Aridhaman on 3 April 2026 completes a threshold that India's strategic community has been working toward for the better part of three decades. With three nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines … Continue reading INS Aridaman: Designed, Built and Armed at Home →

From Vision to Strategy: India-Japan Advancing a Free and Open Indo-Pacific

Vivek Raina The partnership between Japan and India has developed into a key component of modern Indo-Pacific geopolitics, signifying a change from an economic partnership to a full strategic alignment. This collaboration, which is based on a commitment to a rules-based system, mutual trust and shared democratic principles, is now crucial in tackling new regional … Continue reading From Vision to Strategy: India-Japan Advancing a Free and Open Indo-Pacific →

Pakistan May Use Iran as a Smokescreen to Spread Terror in India

Intelligence warnings are flashing red. The arrests are piling up. Pakistan does not need a reason to export terror to India. It needs an opportunity. And right now, with West Asia in open conflict, Pakistan's deep state believes it has exactly that.Rahul PAWA | X - @imrahulpawa Every major world crisis has provided Pakistan's terror … Continue reading Pakistan May Use Iran as a Smokescreen to Spread Terror in India →