India is sleepwalking into another submarine crisis after HDW. With all six Scorpene delivered, MDL’s trained manpower risks shutdown again. We can’t let this ecosystem die twice. Delays today will cost the country dearly in future. Defence must mean swift, strategic action and not endless red tape and missed opportunities.
Modi’s renewed push in Africa is timely. His ‘build together’ message is a dig at China
Modi’s renewed push in Africa is timely and a strategic imperative. With over 17 percent of world’s population, Africa is an economic frontier. Modi is right in saying it isn’t just a source of raw material and India’ll “build together.” It’s a veiled dig at China as an extractive power.
Modi is mixing diplomacy with Bihar politics. It’s BJP’s Vishwaguru poll plank
Bihar’s daughter in Trinidad and Tobago, Madhubani painting in Argentina—PM Modi’s words, gestures during five-nation tour were laced with poll messaging back home. There’s nothing wrong with blending domestic politics with diplomacy. BJP’s Vishwaguru poll plank necessitates it. Foreign policy establishment must, however, know the national order of priorities.
India, Pakistan banning YouTube accounts could shut us in echo chambers
In Op Sindoor aftermath, India has banned some YouTube accounts, and some were banned by Pakistan. The irony lies in the middle—there’re accounts taken down by both countries. Legitimate reasons or not, a culture of bans could shut us in echo chambers. Trust your people to tell fact from fiction.