Procurement of 114 Rafale fighters will finally complete the MRCA programme launched in 1999. The aircraft is 20 years too late. Delays have hollowed the IAF even as adversaries zoomed ahead. India must align procurement, doctrine and industry to deliver a coherent airpower roadmap. Piecemeal fixes won’t counter daunting challenges.
Neeraj Chopra to face Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem in World Championships final. Where’s the outrage now?
Neeraj Chopra and Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem will likely face off in World Championships final. Where’s the outrage now; where are the boycott hashtags? Is it simply because athletics doesn’t trend like cricket? Performative patriotism over India-Pakistan cricket is just quick and easy engagement farming. It is opportunism masked as nationalism.