Worst Kind Of War 

Sometimes, war happens because a country needs to protect its people from being attacked. This idea is called a “just war.” Even then, wars cause a lot of pain, loss, and damage. But there is something even worse — a war that begins because leaders don’t tell the truth. When leaders start a war using…

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The Game Of Gulf

Rich Arab nations must actively lobby to end Iran war. Their economies depend on them being oases of safety Iran continues hitting targets across America’s West Asian allies. On Monday, a Saudi refinery was burning, and explosions were heard across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, etc. While these strikes are insignificant compared with Iran’s own losses…

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Why some of us still go to tailors

To walk into a tailor’s shop today is to commit a small act of cultural rebellion, not the dramatic sort that involves barricades or slogans, nothing that will trouble the stock market, but rebellion nevertheless. In a world where clothing has been industrialised into algorithms, size charts and seasonal ‘drops’, the act of standing patiently…

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Kerala’s ‘m’ dash

But name change game costs no small change So Kerala joins the League of Proudly Renamed Places. Such change is far from just nominal, merely naam ke vastey. There’s a grander impetus. The long and lengthening line of demanders insists that re-naming is a re-claiming – of tradition, heritage, parampara (paramparam in Kerala’s case?). Sure….

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India’s mission to achieve self-reliance in the production of pulses & enhance Farmers’ Income

Introduction Pulses are more than just an agricultural commodity and are at the root of: India’s nutritional security; Soil health, and; Rural livelihoods. Importance of pulses As the world’s largest producer, consumer and importer of pulses, India’s policies have consistently focussed on enhancing productivity and sustainability in this vital sector, as with rising incomes and…

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India’s occupation of Pakistan’s Tharparkar in 1971 – the war Pakistan forgot

In a rare cross-border strike, Indian forces occupied a substantial portion of the Tharparkar district in the Sindh province of West Pakistan during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war. Its architect, Lt. Col. Bhawani Singh, established an Indian control of approximately 13,000 sq km of Sindh, including towns like Chachro, Virawah, and Nagarparkar. This territory remained under…

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Towards World War – III

The Israel-US joint attack at Iran on 28th February, 2026 has jolted not only Teheran including the Middle East region but, in fact, the entire world. Although this possiblity was circulating in the air for almost past two months with the rapid military preparations by both Washington and Jerusalem, but attack will realize suddenly in…

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