August 15, 2026

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BHARAT@79: REFLECTIONS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY

Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch
August 14, 2026
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8 minutes
The author argues that India’s progress towards Viksit Bharat is increasingly within reach, but its next challenge is to develop strategic, intellectual, and cultural self-reliance rather than merely pursue material development. He argues that this requires greater accountability, resilience against cognitive and information warfare, and a distinctly Bharatiya vocabulary and mindset rooted in India’s civilisational heritage rather than borrowed Western frameworks.
Articles, Politics, Security & Strategy

The Anti-terror Battle: Whose Duty is it?

K N Pandita
August 13, 2026
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10 minutes
Author argues that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's attempt to shift blame for security lapses onto the Lieutenant Governor obscures a deeper, decades-old trust deficit between Srinagar and New Delhi, one rooted in successive Kashmiri political leaderships' own complicity in nurturing separatism, radical seminaries, land grabs, and the persecution of Kashmiri Pandits, making the state's political establishment, not any constitutional ambiguity, ultimately responsible for the erosion of trust that enabled terrorism to take root.
Articles, Environment & Climate, Maritime Security, Policy

Samudra Manthan: The Ocean India Is Finally Ready to Explore

Shashvat Singh
August 11, 2026
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8 minutes
The author argues that Samudra Manthan represents a mature, well-sequenced policy response to India's costly oil import dependence, building on a decade of regulatory reform by sharing deepwater drilling risk with private operators. He contends that if executed well, following the precedent set by Brazil and Guyana, the scheme could meaningfully boost India's energy security and domestic hydrocarbon production.
Articles, Culture & Society, Economics, Environment & Climate, Security & Strategy

From Geopolitical Asset to Energy Hub: Reimagining Trincomalee in India–Sri Lanka Relations

Rajan Neema
August 6, 2026
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6 minutes
The article argues that Trincomalee is undergoing a strategic transformation from a historically contested geopolitical maritime asset into a geoeconomic and energy cooperation hub, reflecting the shift in India–Sri Lanka relations towards connectivity, energy security, and regional resilience while balancing the strategic influence of external powers in the Indian Ocean.