Har Ratri, reverentially known as Herath among Kashmiri Pandits(KPs), represents one of the most significant festivals in the community’s religious calendar. Celebrated on the thirteenth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Phalguna (February-March), this festival predates the more widely known Maha Shivaratri by one day and embodies the unique tantric traditions that…
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The Iran–US conflict is no longer a distant geopolitical contest. For India, it is a direct and present threat to economic stability, energy security, and national strategic interests. As the world’s third-largest oil importer and a country with deep civilisational, commercial, and diplomatic ties to both the Persian Gulf region and the West, India cannot…
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With Nepal undergoing violence on the streets, one thing is clear that South Asia is undergoing an unprecedented socio-political crisis that must concern India keeping in view the pattern of destabilization in the neighborhood. Earlier it was Bangladesh, where the violence led by the students and the youth led to the dethronement of the elected…
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The violence that brought turbulence on the streets of Ladakh was not spontaneous. The political simmering that has gripped Ladakh after the neutralization of Article 370 and 35A must be carefully analyzed to internalize the destabilization that has brought the life to standstill in India’s Northern Frontiers. The fundamental question that comes to mind while…
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October 1-15, 2025 Condition of roads in Jammu city and its interiors remains as usual dismal as neither the vehicles nor the pedestrians are safe. The reason being vandalization of roads and abandoned pot holed roads. Traveling on these roads is always challenging. It is difficult to maintain the balance while traveling on these damaged…

