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Right Word | From Harrow To Harvard: Confronting The Many Faces Of Hinduphobia In The West

Right Word | From Harrow To Harvard: Confronting The Many Faces Of Hinduphobia In The West

To address Hinduphobia, it is important that global academic, media, and policy discourses approach Hindus and their faith with fairness, intellectual...

11.03.2026 10

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Global Watch | Operation Gazab Lil Haq: Pakistan's War Of Optics Amid A Crisis At Home

Global Watch | Operation Gazab Lil Haq: Pakistan's War Of Optics Amid A Crisis At Home

While 'Operation Gazab Lil Haq' may project strength, its very existence underscores a failure of foresight, policy and governance

08.03.2026 10

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Right Word | PM Modi’s Israel Visit And India’s Delicate Balance In West Asia

Right Word | PM Modi’s Israel Visit And India’s Delicate Balance In West Asia

The PM’s visit reinforces India’s strategic autonomy, technological and defence preparedness, commitment to balanced West Asia engagement and...

04.03.2026 10

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Global Watch | PM Modi’s Strategic Israel Visit And The Politics Of Narrative Warfare

By strengthening ties with Israel while backing a two-state solution for Palestine, India shows an ability to balance strategic partnerships with...

27.02.2026 10

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Global Watch | How China Is Using The Epstein Files To Target The Dalai Lama

The underlying politics here is less about documentary facts and more about image, legitimacy and enduring geopolitical tensions

20.02.2026 30

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Right Word | Beyond Tariffs: The India-US Deal Is About Statecraft, Not Statistics

This deal is not about who won. It is about halting strategic drift, buying time in a fractured global order, restoring momentum.

17.02.2026 10

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Global Watch | Why Iran Should Be Wary Of Pakistan’s Double Game

Tehran’s safest bet should be to not rely on a neighbour whose ‘double game’ could prove as destabilising as any external adversary

15.02.2026 30

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Right Word | The Story Behind PM Modi’s Letter To Sadanandan Master

PM Modi’s letter to Rajya Sabha member C Sadanandan Master goes beyond personal sympathy to highlight enduring reality of political violence,...

12.02.2026 10

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Global Watch: Women Fighters And The New Face Of The Baloch Insurgency

Their presence signals a transformation of the Baloch insurgency from a predominantly male guerrilla movement into a broader societal revolt

07.02.2026 10

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Right Word | Union Budget 2026-27: Women, Youth And The Politics Of Aspirational Bharat

The Modi government's priorities are clear with consistency in its approach by focusing on aspirational sections of society who live in smaller...

02.02.2026 10

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Global Watch | How Pakistan Is Weaponising Borders To Strangle Afghanistan’s Economy

If Pakistan keeps closing borders, expelling refugees, and masking strategic failures with security rhetoric, it risks entrenching lasting hostility...

30.01.2026 7

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Right Word | Social Media And The Rise Of Digital Hinduphobia

There is an urgent need to document growing ‘Hinduphobia’ on digital media platforms, especially social media

29.01.2026 10

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Right Word | Beyond The False Binary: Hindutva, Hindu Dharma And The Spirit Of Indian Constitution

By placing law above individuals, the Constitution reiterates the age-old Hindu Dharmic notion that authority is legitimate only when it is righteous

22.01.2026 10

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Global Watch | From Newsrooms To Courtrooms: Pakistan’s Media Under Military Rule

Gen Asim Munir may currently hold all the levers of power, but history offers a sobering lesson: Authority sustained through repression rarely...

17.01.2026 20

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Right Word | Somnath After 1,000 Years: Time To Reassess Manipulated Cultural Narrative Of ‘Sufism’

The Somnath Swabhiman Parv, commemorating 1,000 years since Mahmud of Ghazni’s 1026 invasion and destruction of the Somnath temple, was more than a...

15.01.2026 30

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Global Watch | Moving The Goalposts: Western Double Standards On Venezuela And Pakistan

If the West wishes to reclaim credibility in its democracy agenda, it must confront this imbalance honestly.

11.01.2026 10

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Right Word | How RSS Defines Hindutva Today — And Why It Remains Relevant

RSS takes up issues that society is concerned about. It works on these issues from a contemporary perspective

09.01.2026 10

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Global Watch | Pakistan's Silent Coup: How The Army Formalised Its Grip On Power In 2025

History will likely judge 2025 as the year Pakistan’s democratic experiment was decisively rolled back—not by force alone, but by law.

03.01.2026 10

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Global Watch | Why Pakistan’s Security Outreach To Bangladesh Raises Red Flags For India

History suggests that trusting Pakistan’s security promises comes at a high price, one that the region can ill afford to pay again.

27.12.2025 20

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Right Word | What Mohan Bhagwat Means By Hindu Rashtra—And What Critics Get Wrong

When Mohan Bhagwat or his predecessors speak of Bharat as a Hindu Rashtra, they aren't advocating a theocratic state, but invoking deeper...

25.12.2025 20

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Right Word | How Amit Shah Wrote A New Political Grammar By Reframing The RSS Debate

The deeper implication of Amit Shah’s statement is its rejection of a dynastic culture that reeks of inherited political entitlement

21.12.2025 10

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Global Watch | Pakistan’s Failed Afghan Policy And The Return Of Blowback

Pakistan’s effort to resolve a deeply political and historical challenge with military force and mass removals is not merely ethically hollow—it...

19.12.2025 30

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Right Word | Vijay Diwas: National Security Is Not Politics — What Today’s Opposition Can Learn From RSS

Differences in ideology are legitimate in a democracy, but when a nation’s security is at stake, unity of purpose and clarity of resolve must prevail

17.12.2025 10

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Global Watch | Thick Face-Black Heart Doctrine: Decoding Asim Munir’s Grip On Pakistan

What Pakistan confronts now is not simply the dominance of one Field Marshal, but the slow hollowing-out of democratic life

13.12.2025 10

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Right Word | RSS@100: Reimagining Hindutva Globally And The Civilisational Response To Western Nationalism

In its centenary year, it is important to understand the RSS’s philosophy of Hindutva and why it wants to make the idea global

03.12.2025 10

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Right Word | Constitution Day: Five Amendments During Emergency That Subverted The Constitution

After imposing Emergency, the first thing Indira Gandhi did was to put the entire opposition in jail and gag the Press. Then she went ahead with...

27.11.2025 10

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Global Watch | Delhi Blast: Pakistan’s Army Is Doubling Down on Jihadist Proxies Again

Despite periodic claims of counter-terror reforms, Pakistan’s soil continues to nurture and export jihadist groups as an instrument of statecraft

23.11.2025 20

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Global Watch | The Massive Rise In Enforced Disappearances Deepens Balochistan’s Crisis

Balochistan’s story is one of contradictions. It is rich in minerals, culture and courage, yet its people live under a constant cloud of suspicion

20.11.2025 20

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Right Word | When Healers Turn Killers: What Draws Medical Doctors To Jihadi Terror?

The recurring involvement of medical doctors and scientifically trained professionals in terror acts challenges the conventional wisdom that education...

19.11.2025 10

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Right Word | The Great Intellectual Heist: How Marxist Scholars Are Hijacking The Hindutva Narrative

Marxist scholars are trying to erase millennia of India’s spiritual, cultural, and national continuity

12.11.2025 10

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Global Watch | Bangladesh’s July Charter: A Divisive Blueprint Masquerading As Consensus

The July Charter is clearly an exercise that evades consensus and has further aggravated Bangladesh’s political crisis. This crisis only benefits...

08.11.2025 10

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Right Word | 150 Years Of Vande Mataram: The Civilisational Anthem That Awakened India’s Soul

Vande Mataram isn’t just a patriotic song; it had the unique ability to become the key catalyst for awakening of masses against British rule in India

06.11.2025 10

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Global Watch | Pakistan’s Afghan Misadventure: How Islamabad’s ‘Strategic Depth’ Doctrine Dug Its Own Grave

Pakistan must confront the reality that its security-centric approach to foreign policy defined by its obsession with ‘strategic depth’ has...

02.11.2025 20

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Right Word | What The West Gets Wrong About India’s Gen Z And Its Democracy

To understand India, one must abandon the lens of spectacle and learn to see political endurance as a testament to achievement, not an anomaly

29.10.2025 20

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Global Watch | General Mirza’s Comedy Hour: Pakistan’s Military Lectures India On Democracy

Pakistan is now led by a lifetime Field Marshal who wields more power than any elected official, making Mirza's lecture about India’s...

28.10.2025 20

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Right Word | IMF And World Bank Break Rules, Ignore Atrocities On Minority Girls In Pakistan

Gender-based violence against minor girls of Hindus, Sikhs & Christians in Pakistan needs greater attention from international institutions and...

23.10.2025 10

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Global Watch | Pakistan's Pasni Gambit: Trading Resources For Power, Plundering Balochistan

The Pakistani Army has once again used the country's political geography as a bargaining chip to court foreign patrons, often at the expense of its...

17.10.2025 20

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Right Word | How Muslim Population Growth Is Changing Religious Demography In India And The World

The shifting religious demography driven by rapid Muslim population growth — both globally and in India — has significant social, cultural, and...

15.10.2025 8

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Right Word | From Ladakh To Manipur: Challenges In Border Regions Demand A National Awakening

Over the last five decades, we have seen deliberate attempts to create tensions and carry out subversive activities in the bordering areas of India

08.10.2025 20

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Right Word | A Century Of RSS: Mohan Bhagwat Outlines Learnings And Roadmap Ahead

The RSS is a unique experiment whose core principle is ‘selfless service’ to the society

03.10.2025 10

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Global Watch | When In Trouble, Blame India: Oli's Tired Political Playbook

KP Sharma Oli's comments need to be seen in the context of his politics, primarily based on fuelling anti-India rhetoric since he came to power...

02.10.2025 20

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Right Word | ABVP’s Nationwide Surge: Gen Z Rejects Opposition’s Call, Embraces ‘Nation First’

While the focus has largely been on the outcome of DUSU elections, the fact of the matter is that there has been a nationwide surge on campuses in...

27.09.2025 10

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Global Watch | Why Saudi-Pakistan Mutual Defence Agreement Is More Rhetoric Than Reality

The defence deal does not add anything new and is a reiteration of an old pattern of security guarantees in lieu of financial consideration

20.09.2025 20

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Right Word | RSS At 100 And Its Unsung Grassroots Heroes: Stories That You Never Hear

There are no less than 2 lakh welfare projects that RSS-inspired organisations and its volunteers have been running for the marginalised sections of...

17.09.2025 20

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Global Watch | Nepal Gets 'Interim' Relief: Reasons Behind Crisis, Constitutional Context, And What Lies Ahead

The country's political landscape underwent a dramatic shift on Friday as parliament was dissolved, just hours after former Chief Justice Sushila...

14.09.2025 10

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Right Word | Tariffs, Dumping And Dharma: Why India Needs Its Own Economic Model

The slogan of the Western classical economics is ‘Buyers! Beware’ but the slogan of Hindu or Vedic economics is ‘Sellers! Beware’

10.09.2025 20

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Global Watch | The Irony Of Sanctions: As The West Funds Russia, India Safeguards Global Economic Order

Whatever Western powers say due to narrow, rash and short-sighted geopolitical concerns, India is not the problem but a solution safeguarding the...

08.09.2025 20

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Right Word | RSS@100: A Call For Replicating The Successful ‘RSS Model’ In Other Countries

An RSS-like organisation in every country could become a vital instrument for conflict resolution—both within societies and between them

04.09.2025 10

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Global Watch | A Year After Hasina: Why Bangladesh’s Counter-Terror Shift Should Alarm India

To ensure regional security and curb further radicalisation, the Yunus government needs to depoliticise the security apparatus and strengthen its...

31.08.2025 20

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Right Word | Globalisation’s Illusion Is Over—It’s Time for Swadeshi 2.0

Post-2014, the government revived the concept of Swadeshi, taking it out of academic debates and implementing it through campaigns like Make in India...

28.08.2025 20

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