Tag: Bharat Bhushan

Post-Operation Sindoor blues dog Modi government

A result of the military operations against Pakistan is that India’s strategic vulnerabilities now stand exposed to the world…. While Indian youth has been diverted to detecting beef-eaters, cattle-traders, ‘anti-nationals’, and targeting the minorities, Chinese youth is achieving generational leaps in AI. Our educators have been ideologically brainwashed to the extent that some are trying… Read More Post-Operation Sindoor blues dog Modi government

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India-Pakistan military conflict will not end terrorism in J&K

As India assesses Pakistan’s possible next steps, it needs to review its strategic achievements so far, and assess whether they will have lasting consequences for curbing terrorism originating from Pakistan against India Bharat Bhushan Given the army’s high profile in Pakistan, it was unlikely to call it quits after its government made unconfirmed claims that… Read More India-Pakistan military conflict will not end terrorism in J&K

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Starlink Deal: India’s goodwill hunting may be completely off the mark

It won’t matter how successful Starlink is in India, unless Donald Trump finds markets for agricultural exports in India and elsewhere, or creates millions of new jobs in manufacturing. Till then, the tariff pressure on India will continue. Bharat Bhushan To demonstrate their alignment with US geopolitical and economic interests many countries are hoping to… Read More Starlink Deal: India’s goodwill hunting may be completely off the mark

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India’s appeasement of Donald Trump comes to nought

Anticipatory obedience did not then take India very far. The promises of purchasing defence goods, underwater technology co-operation, etc. that were given away for free, should have been used as bargaining chips during the trade and tariffs discussions Bharat Bhushan Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington DC to meet United States President Donald Trump — the fourth world… Read More India’s appeasement of Donald Trump comes to nought

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In Bangladesh, the Government Agenda is Taking an Alarming New Direction

Bharat Bhushan The political dynamics are moving into uncharted territory in Bangladesh as the agenda of the leaders of the student movement becomes clearer. It seems to be shifting towards an accommodation of Islamic ideology within the structure of the state. In a strategically significant move, the political guru of the students’ movement, Mahfuz Alam, a 26-year-old… Read More In Bangladesh, the Government Agenda is Taking an Alarming New Direction

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Bangladesh: Students Have Often Led Protests That Have Transformed the Country

Bharat Bhushan A nationwide curfew imposed by the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh on Friday, 19 July, may not be enough to quell the student protests that began on 1 July. Already over 100 protestors have been killed in police firing and 25,000 protestors injured. Prime Minister Hasina imposed the curfew after a massive breakdown of law and… Read More Bangladesh: Students Have Often Led Protests That Have Transformed the Country

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India is firing the engine of war while preaching peace

Reports suggest that the weapons pipeline from India to Israel has surreptitiously kept flowing to meet war-shortages, in effect aiding genocide in Gaza GAZA casualties, live statistics Bharat Bhushan Both in the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas wars, India has projected itself as a potential peacemaker. Now, it turns out that India has been stoking the war in Gaza by supplying… Read More India is firing the engine of war while preaching peace

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Is the AAP imploding? Swati Maliwal episode points to the fractures within

The Aam Adami Party (AAP) seems to be on the verge of an implosion. The maverick behaviour of several of its leaders points to widening fault lines within the party. Bharat Bhushan The arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal‘s close aide, Bibhav Kumar, has brought the party crisis to his doorstep. The Swati Maliwal episode is… Read More Is the AAP imploding? Swati Maliwal episode points to the fractures within

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What is behind Modi’s campaign doublespeak?

Narendra Modi’s communally provocative statements are important in spreading an anti-Muslim animus among the electorate, especially among Dalits whom the BJP fears might vote along with the minorities against the BJP Bharat Bhushan In his Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a reporter “the day I do Hindu-Muslim, I will be unworthy of… Read More What is behind Modi’s campaign doublespeak?

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Straws in the Wind: Kejriwal’s bail and Modi’s meltdown

Will Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s walk out of Tihar Central Jail prove to be as historic as Babu Jagjivan Ram and H N Bahuguna’s walk away from Indira Gandhi’s Congress after she lifted the Emergency and announced elections? That day, February 3, 1977, a strong signal went out that Indira Gandhi could be defeated. Bharat… Read More Straws in the Wind: Kejriwal’s bail and Modi’s meltdown

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