Ravindran Venugopal
- Geopolitics , India 🇮🇳- US 🇺🇸 Relations
- September 21, 2025
- 399 views
Trump’s Strange Crusade MAGA or a Disaster in the Making
America has always been a land of strange ideas. Some are harmless, even charming. In the 1990s, an American billionaire became so fascinated by the spectacle of the 1994 FIFA…
- Geopolitics
- September 15, 2025
- 156 views
Smoke Over Kathmandu , Do Violent Upheavals Ever Do Any Good?
Violence is a recurring feature of political life. Every few years, somewhere in the world, a crisis erupts , crowds pour onto the streets, governments totter, and flames consume symbols…
- India 🇮🇳- US 🇺🇸 Relations , Uncategorized
- September 7, 2025
- 191 views
Delhi’s Looming Yamuna Apocalypse – A Disaster Authored by Politics
“The Yamuna has been strangled by encroachments, corruption, and hollow promises. When it reclaims its course, millions will pay the price” We have all seen the haunting images, the Yamuna…
- Uncategorized
- August 25, 2025
- 231 views
Justice Cannot Be Subverted The Dangerous Demands for Clemency in the Harjinder Singh Case
Three lives were lost in Florida when a truck driven by Harjinder Singh was involved in a fatal crash. The American justice system has charged him with manslaughter, a felony…
- Geopolitics , USA 🇺🇸 - Russia 🇷🇺 Relations
- August 18, 2025
- 316 views
Trump Meets Putin: The Apprentice vs. the KGB Master
There has been no shortage of noise and speculation about the recent Trump–Putin meeting. Most commentary agrees on one thing: Donald Trump came away empty-handed. The truth is starker—he never…
- Defence , India 🇮🇳
- August 14, 2025
- 313 views
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited – 80 Years of Delays, Missed Targets, and Broken Promises
My father worked in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for thirty years. We lived in the HAL quarters, right opposite the airfield in Bengaluru. As a child, I proudly used to…
- Civic Issues , India 🇮🇳
- August 12, 2025
- 298 views
Delhi’s Stray Dog Dilemma: Between Public Safety and Practical Reality
The Supreme Court of India recently issued a hard hitting order that could fundamentally change the way India’s capital deals with its stray dog population. In a move aimed squarely…
- Uncategorized
- August 10, 2025
- 244 views
Mayor of Division: The Polarizing Path of Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign isn’t just entering the race for New York mayor, it’s importing a combustible mix of international grievances and provocative identity politics. At a recent town hall, Mamdani…
- Geopolitics , India 🇮🇳- US 🇺🇸 Relations
- August 8, 2025
- 287 views
The Pakistan Exception: How Washington Keeps Looking Away
The Trump Asim Munir dinner has revived a question asked a million times both within the U.S. and beyond: Why won’t America call out Pakistan and why it never will? From Cold War bargains to…
- Geopolitics , India 🇮🇳- US 🇺🇸 Relations , Uncategorized
- August 7, 2025
- 258 views
India Must Stand Tall: The Age of Strategic Subservience is Over
For far too long, global powers particularly the United States have assumed that India can be nudged, bullied, or sweettalked into aligning with their interests. The latest round of pressure from the…
