Indian Army: Signals, Symbols, and Institutional Concerns
For a long time, India’s Armed Forces have been regarded as a professional, disciplined, and politically neutral institution whose highest loyalty has remained solely towards the Constitution, the nation, and military traditions. This is precisely why the Indian Army is considered one of the most trusted institutions in the country. However, in recent years, a […]
IRAN FORMALISES HORMUZ TOLL PROCESS
NEW DELHI,11 May 2026 : Amid the US and Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz over the standoff to end the war in the Middle East, Tehran has introduced new rules for vessels seeking to transit the strategic waterway and collect a toll from them, according to a shipping journal. Tehran’s move to formalise […]
INDIAN-ORIGIN PHILANTHROPIST PAYS OFF STUDENT LOANS FOR 176 GRADUATES IN US
NEW DELHI,11 May 2026: Students of North Carolina State University’s Wilson College of Textiles were shocked during their graduation ceremony at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh when an Indian-origin philanthropist announced that he would pay off all final-year education loans for 176 graduates, the New York Post reported. Anil Kochhar, who was the commencement speaker during […]
WHEN AMERICAN PRESIDENTS AWED INDIANS
When John F. Kennedy was assassinated, an anguished Indian poet invoked the “Ma Nishada sloka,” the first verse (Adi Kavya) of Sanskrit literature, uttered spontaneously by Sage Valmiki in grief and rage after a hunter killed one of two mating sarus cranes (Krauncha). It curses the hunter to never be at peace for killing an […]
The Pen and the Plough: Remembering Kaifi Azmi’s Immortal Legacy
May 10 marks the 24th death anniversary of *Syed Athar Hussain Rizvi*, known to the world as *Kaifi Azmi*. He was not merely a poet or a lyricist; he was a storm of conscience, a bridge between the elitist Urdu tradition and the common man, and a romantic who never stopped dreaming of a more […]
