S.K. KHUSHU In the sacred rhythm of Hindu time, Mauni Amavasya stands apart—not for outward celebration, but for inward turning. Observed this year on 18 January, during the spiritually potent month of Magha, it is a day when silence itself becomes prayer and stillness becomes yoga. Mauni Amavasya is one of the most sacred days…
DR.MAHESH KAUL Few geopolitical fault lines carry the destructive potential of the Iran–United States conflict. What began as a revolutionary rupture in 1979 has evolved into a structural antagonism that shapes the security architecture of West Asia, influences global energy markets, drives nuclear non-proliferation debates, and increasingly touches the strategic calculations of powers as far…
Bushan Jalali In the late 19th century, the profound philosophical system known as Kashmir Shaivism (Trika philosophy) faced an existential crisis. Centuries of political upheaval , mercenaries insurrection and social displacement had pushed this sophisticated non-dualistic tradition to the brink of extinction. Then centauries old scriptures, texts were either vandalised, vanished and made forbidden. So…
DR. MAHESH KAUL Aabhas Maldahiyar’s “Babur: The Quest for Hindustan” represents a significant contribution to the historiography of early Mughal India, offering readers a meticulously researched examination of one of history’s most consequential conquerors. Through eight distinct parts, Maldahiyar reconstructs the life, ambitions, and legacy of Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur, challenging conventional narratives and presenting a…
DR. MAHESH KAUL When a country rewrites its own birth certificate — burning the photographs of its liberation heroes, erasing their faces from currency notes, and saluting the flag of the nation that once tried to destroy it — something more than a political transition has taken place. Inshallah Bangladesh: The Story of an Unfinished Revolution is…
Chander M Bhat Standing at the north-western portal of the Kashmir Valley, where the emerald waters of the Vitasta (Jhelum) carve through rugged mountains before opening into the fertile basin, lies Baramulla, ancient Varahamula. More than just a town, Baramulla has always been a threshold, a place of passage, encounter, and transformation. For millennia, it has…
Vikas Kapoor When my father once asked me to leave our home, I wept to the very depths of my being, unable to understand what had gone wrong between us. It was only later that I discovered he had suffered his first hallucination episode nearly one and a half years earlier — a silent beginning…
Dr. Ramesh Taimiri Abhinav Pandya’s The Jihad Game: Inside Pakistan’s Dark War, published recently, is a book long overdue. It stands as perhaps the finest work on the terrorist challenge in Kashmir since 1990. Earlier books on the theme—such as Manoj Joshi’s The Lost Rebellion (late 1990s), Sati Sahni’s jour nalistic Kashmir Underground, and Praveen Swami’s…
S.K.Khushu President Donald Trump’s recent rhetoric and tariff threats against India reveal a pattern of coercive diplomacy aimed at forcing New Delhi to align with U.S. interests, particularly in energy purchases. Trump has publicly mocked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claiming Modi “begged” him with phrases like “Sir, can I come to America?” and insisting “Modi…
Impact on India-Bangladesh Relations DR.MAHESH KAUL The brutal lynching of Dipu Chandra Das on December 18, 2025, in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, has emerged as a flashpoint in the deteriorating relationship between India and Bangladesh, highlighting deep-seated tensions over minority rights, political transitions, and regional power dynamics. The incident, which saw a 27-year-old Hindu garment worker beaten,…
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