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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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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 10

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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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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

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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

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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...

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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...

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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 10

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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...

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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...

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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 10

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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...

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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...

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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...

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

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

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Global Watch | General in the Diplomat’s Chair: Asim Munir and Pakistan’s Militarised Foreign Policy

Pakistan's civilian leaders have been relegated to the margins of strategic decision-making, and their role has been reduced to managing...

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Right Word | Decoding RSS: Ten Key Tenets Of World’s Largest Voluntary Movement

Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the RSS for its selfless contribution to nation-building from the ramparts of the Red Fort during his...

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Global Watch | Gilgit-Baltistan: A New Uprising In Pakistan’s ‘Last Colony’ Against Oppressive Rule

For decades, GB has sought autonomy, political representation, and development aligned with local needs and ambitions, but has faced growing neglect...

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Right Word | A Forgotten Chapter Of Partition: Genocide Of Hindus-Sikhs In Alibeg Prison

This is the story of the brutal killing of nearly 5,000 innocent Hindus and Sikhs in Alibeg prison between 1947 and 1948

13.08.2025 10

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Global Watch | Pakistan’s Dirty War: Enforced Disappearances, Extrajudicial Killings Surge In Balochistan

The Baloch are demanding the most basic right of all—the right to exist. And in Pakistan, that demand is costing them their lives

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Right Word | Partition: How Political Blunders And British Conspiracies Sealed Fate Of Sindh

The political blunders committed by Congress were as much responsible for giving away Sindh to Pakistan as were the conspiracies hatched by the...

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Global Watch | How Balochistan’s Anti-Terror Law Legalises Pakistan’s Brutal Repression

By introducing a blatantly exploitative and tyrannical legislation, Pakistan has further legalised the brutal repression in a region which it has...

03.08.2025 10

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Right Word | How Wokes Are Deploying Cloward-Piven Strategy To Create Anarchy

After sowing the seeds of anarchy and chaos in the developed West, the wokes are now moving towards democracies like India and other countries of the...

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Global Watch | From Barracks To Boardrooms: The Military’s Quiet Takeover Of Pakistan’s Economy

Pakistan’s military is undermining democracy and draining the economy by monopolising markets, evading taxes, and prioritising its interests over...

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Global Watch | Pakistan’s New Travel Policy For Shia Pilgrims Reveals A Deep Sectarian Fault Line

From January 1, 2026, Pakistani nationals undertaking pilgrimages to Shia sacred sites in Iran and Iraq will no longer be allowed to travel...

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Right Word | The True Story Behind 'Kashmir Martyr’s Day'

The 1931 riots were not an isolated eruption but rather the strategic outcome of decades of British intrigue and an Anglo-Muslim alliance

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Global Watch | Development or Domination? Unravelling China’s Hybrid Infrastructure Ambitions

China’s increasing deployment of development infrastructure as a tool of geopolitical coercion signifies a dangerous evolution in hybrid statecraft

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Right Word | Why India Needs To Relook At The Concept Of ‘Secularism’

It is important to take a relook at the concept of ‘secularism’ as originated in the West and is being applied to India

09.07.2025 10

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Global Watch | The Dalai Lama At 90: A Spiritual Legacy Caught Between Faith And Force

The Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday goes far beyond being an event of spiritual/religious importance. It's a critical driver of regional...

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Global Watch | How Not To Deal With The Rohingya Issue: Lessons From Bangladesh

Bangladesh must balance its humanitarian responsibilities with hard-nosed realism. Repatriation of the Rohingyas is essential, but not at the cost of...

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Global Watch | Military ‘Modernisation’ Drive Is Disastrous For Pakistan’s Economy & Polity

The Pakistan Army’s recent procurement ambitions underscore the militarised perspective through which national priorities are frequently shaped

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Right Word | Faith As Sedition: China’s National Security Law Targets Religious Freedom

As China intensifies its suppression of both the spiritual and moral autonomy of its citizens, the international community cannot afford to remain...

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Global Watch | Imran Khan Vs Military: How Democracy Has Become A Bedtime Story In Pakistan

Pakistan’s economy is faltering, its diplomatic standing is diminishing, and its society is becoming ever more divided

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Right Word | China Index: Dragon’s Global Influence Matrix Mapped And Exposed

In this age of increasing export of China’s data-driven authoritarianism, a data-based documentation of its methods is not only revelatory but a...

11.06.2025 10

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Global Watch | Marching In Reverse: How Pakistan Celebrates Defeats As ‘National Holidays’

Unless Pakistanis demand accountability from the establishment, their nation will remain ensnared in a cycle of self-deception, mistaking every...

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Right Word | BLA 2.0: Reinventing Baloch Resistance With Operational Finesse And Strategic Messaging

Unless Pakistan ensures accountability and addresses the Baloch people's legitimate demands, the cycle of violence and repression will persist

04.06.2025 20

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Global Watch | Yunus Regime’s Political Vendetta Deepens Bangladesh Crisis

The interim government’s political vendetta has become increasingly apparent, as has the growing shadow of disapproval cast over the Yunus...

31.05.2025 10

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Right Word | The Proxy Trap: How Pakistan’s Deep State Undermines Peace With India

The Pahalgam attack fulfilled its intent: to derail the fragile prospects for harmony and collaboration between India and Pakistan

28.05.2025 20

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Global Watch | Pakistan Is Dragging Itself To End Of The Road With A Broken Security Architecture

From Balochistan to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan remains challenged by escalating internal insurgencies

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Right Word | Time To Hold Pakistan Responsible For Proliferation Of Global Terrorism

Pakistan is on a self-destructive path as one looks at the shifting geopolitical landscape wherein nations prioritise stability, economic cooperation,...

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