Opinion

IndiGo’s Crew Crisis and the Aviation Deathtrap: A Governance Failure

India’s aviation sector is no stranger to drama, but the recent operational crisis at IndiGo has revealed a deeper rot that extends far beyond...

Recalibrating Poles of Power: The Putin–Modi Summit and the Emerging Multipolar Arc

The 23rd India–Russia Annual Summit in New Delhi on 4–5 December 2025 and the Joint Statement that followed indicate not only the continuation of...

Profiteering Amid Chaos: When the Aviation & Hotel Industry Becomes Predatory

Welcome to India, the world’s largest democracy and, perhaps, the most organised form of anarchy on Earth. A nation where chaos is state-sponsored, but...

Rezang La To 120 Bahadur & Beyond!

If Pandit Nehru, the prime minister; Krishna Menon, the defense minister; and BN Mullick, the intelligence chief, had heeded the cautions over China from...

Precision is Power: Why India Must Lead in Indigenous Precision-Guided Munitions (PGMs)

The recent announcement of a joint venture between Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and France’s Safran Electronics & Defence (SED) to locally produce the Highly...

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