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India electoral roll revision sparks fear and fury

Indian election officials have given voters in Bihar state just weeks to prove their citizenship, requiring documents few possess in a registration revamp set to be applied nationwide, triggering disenfranchisement…

Meet Zohran Kwame Mamdani

HIS rise has been swift and vertical. Donald Trump, among others, is struggling to figure out who exactly Zohran Kwame Mamdani is. They know that the newly elected Democratic mayoral candidate for…

Six-nil in the skies

Did the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) win the air war of May 2025? Definitely yes. Consider a first-shot opportunity between two gunslingers. The advantage to the shooter is remarkable. Now,…

How to tell Pakistan’s story

Pakistan reached a high-water mark in communication during the May 6–10 India-Pakistan war and in the aftermath. It ascended to a new reputational altitude not only because of its decisive…

War is serious business

The four-day war between India and Pakistan ended nearly a month ago, but the war continues through other means, including diplomatic outreach to selected members of the international community. For…

What Pakistan should do next

Water has always been used as the ultimate weapon – more powerful than armies, more destructive than bombs. The ancient kings of Mesopotamia understood this brutal truth when they diverted…

This is a tale of two delegations

Pakistan’s major gains on the ground, and in the air, to be precise, made during the recent conflict with India are slowly but surely also shaping Pakistan's image and how…

Lessons from a close call

NOW that it’s firmly established by an outspoken critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from within the BJP that Pakistan shot down several Indian planes in the recent military escalation,…

Pax in terris

CHINA is India’s real-time nightmare. India’s paranoia is discussed in Ram Udhav’s book Uneasy Neighbours (2014). He quotes a prediction that India’s threat will come not from Pan-Europeanism but from…

Four-day war

THOUGH the four-day war is over, there is always a very thin line between war and peace. In order not to accept defeat, Modi has kept his options open and…