Every analyst who measured Operation Sindoor in airbases missed the war. Operation Sindoor was not just a reply to an attack. It was a reply to a narrative. Rahul PAWA | x- @iamrahulpawa To understand Operation Sindoor, begin not in 2025 but in the ideological soil from which Pakistan itself was carved, a two-nation theory … Continue reading Vermilion and the War Cry: What Operation Sindoor Was Really About
Vinod Kumar Shukla Push to break up Hindus is not a standalone debate; it reflects a broader, coordinated effort to reshape the civilisational identity of Bharat. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, proponent of two-nation theory started Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in Aligarh in 1875 that evolved to Aligarh Muslim University in 1920. It took just 66 years … Continue reading Dismantling Hindutva: Unfinished Balkanisation of Bharat!
Pakistan's resort to the UNSC on the Indus Waters Treaty collapses on contact with the law of treaties, the law of state responsibility, and the Charter regime on the use of force. Rahul Pawa | x: @imrahulpawa On 22 April 2025, in the Baisaran meadow above Pahalgam, terrorists separated tourists by faith and shot twenty-five … Continue reading Indus Treaty in Abeyance: India, Pakistan, and International Law
India's post-Pahalgam position on the Indus Waters Treaty is not a water dispute. It is a sovereign response to Pakistan's sustained use of cross-border terrorism while continuing to demand the full benefits of a cooperative treaty. The Treaty was premised on goodwill, peaceful conduct and reciprocal confidence. Pakistan's conduct, culminating in the Baisaran, Pahalgam terrorist … Continue reading Indus Waters Treaty After Pahalgam
From addressing perceptions in Washington DC to articulating civilizational framework in Silicon Valley, RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale’s US visit signals the organization’s evolving global engagement. Arun Anand As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) marks its centenary, its General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale used his April 2026 visit to the United States to engage not just the Indian diaspora, but also … Continue reading Perception Versus Philosophy: RSS Bridges the Gap
Pakistan's 'Mediator Moment' in Iran Crisis may turn out to be more of diplomatic outreach rather than Strategic Opportunism. N. C. Bipindra Pakistan's most visible foreign policy gambits in recent years are its attempts to position as a mediator in the conflict between US, Israel and Iran. Pakistan has stepped forward to host talks, relay … Continue reading Looking for Relevance?
Without losing Bharatiya identity, diaspora can become vital link with host nation by demonstrating its complete commitment. Arun Anand Commemorating its centennial, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has begun a serious conversation with a bevy of stakeholders in the West especially the United States and Europe. As part of its global outreach, RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale undertook … Continue reading RSS in US: Civilizational Bridge @100
New government in Kathmandu must fully use the opportunity to prove its worth and put country on a different path to prosperity. K.A.Badarinath Himalayan Hindu Kingdom, Nepal is in the midst of a big churn with most established political parties and their leaders getting irrelevant. After Balendra ‘Balen’ Shah of fledgling Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) … Continue reading Let’s Reunite For Shared Prosperity
Beijing has spent decades trying to claim a land it has never governed, never administered, and never convinced the world is its own. The infatuation tells us less about Arunachal Pradesh and more about the insecurities driving Chinese foreign policy. Rahul PAWA | X- @imrahulpawa The flight to Tokyo was supposed to be the easy … Continue reading China’s Infatuation with India’s Arunachal Pradesh
The Transnational Institute (TNI) report, “Hindutva as a Global Far-Right Project” (Shayan Shaukat, 2026), represents a quintessential exercise in Polemical Historiography. It is a document that uses the veneer of academic/scholarly inquiry to pursue a pre-determined political objective, failing the fundamental tests of Mechanism Demand and Inferential Necessity. By imposing Western socio-political categories - specifically … Continue reading Reheating the “Fascist” Leftovers: A Methodological Deconstruction of the TNI “Global Far-Right” Narrative
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