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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicOperation Pawan

Topic: Operation Pawan

India’s Blackhawk Down: Incompetence & heroism in a commando raid gone wrong at Jaffna Univ

Shekhar Gupta -
The Army’s tributes this morning, paying tributes to Lt Col. I.B.S. Bawa, who won a posthumous MVC for operation to rescue commandos trapped in the botched raid 31 years ago, brings back this poignant story

General Krishnaswamy Sundarji, soldier of the mind who rewrote India’s military doctrine

Shekhar Gupta -
On his death anniversary, a tribute to a visionary military leader mostly ahead of his time, mostly brilliant, and sometimes a bit reckless.

India’s ‘dirty little war’ in Jaffna, heroism amid ineptitude & new friendships under fire

Shekhar Gupta -
30 Years after IPKF: The passing away yesterday of Col. Anil Kaul, decorated hero of Op Pawan, brings back the truth of a military disaster.

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Opinion

Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Tina Das -
Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.

Why Modi’s Israel visit has become the stage for a Knesset vs Judiciary battle

Kerala beef story is more activism than accuracy today. We prefer buff anyway

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Post-elections, Bangladesh Army shuffles top military & intel posts, defence adviser in India recalled

Debdutta Chakraborty -
Orders issued by Army Headquarters reassign key operational commanders and senior intelligence officials, including the head of DGFI, the country’s premier military intelligence agency.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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