Rhyme & Reason

STORM STOOPERS

By KARTIK LOKHANDE :Since the invasion of social media on the public sense and sensibilities, it has become easier for controversy-mongers to give political overtones to each and every debate. The social-media-verse is always hungry for new controve..

CASE FOR INDIAN RATINGS

OFTEN, one comes across various indices and ratings that project India in poor light. Suddenly, some indices change the tone and place India among the fastest growing economies. Soon, such a good rating in the sphere of economy is followed by a poor rating of India in terms of freedom, democracy, social equality etc. The keen readers of such ratings realise that the countries placed above India in some of the ratings have failed miserably, but India has been shining like a bright star. But, new ratings ..

OROPOLITICS

T HE world often talks about the Siachen Glacier, the highest battlefield in the world. Some even question the need for India to deploy her troops in the most challenging terrain. Some even suggest a ‘solution’ that the Siachen Glacier should be converted into a ‘Peace Park’. However, not many realise that the need for occupying the mad heights was forced upon India. Had India not acted in time, Pakistan would have secured a perch by way of scoring a brownie point in what is today known as ‘Oropolitics’. ..

GREY ZONE STRATEGY

By KARTIK LOKHANDE : People firmly rooted in commitment to the cause of India will never fall prey to attempts of the adversaries to create social, political, ideological, cultural, educational, economic, and belief dysphoria. They will never ..