Wars don’t always start with bombs, they often begin with broken promises. For India, the betrayal runs deep. Across the battlefields of Ukraine, young Indians find themselves caught in a war they neither chose nor comprehend. They chased opportunity, not conflict; visas, not violence. Yet their government, content to profit from the chaos, looks away as their lives unravel thousands of miles from home.

Those dreams ended in silence. Some came back in coffins, others simply disappeared. Reports suggest that over a hundred Indians were caught in Ukraine, coerced into fighting or working for the Russian military under contracts they never signed in spirit. A dozen are dead, many remain missing. Their names rarely make headlines. Their stories vanish into the noise of diplomacy and deals.

It’s hard to ignore the moral drift in New Delhi’s corridors of power. On stage,........

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