A year has passed since Pakistan and India last exchanged blows, and it is worth asking what each side has taken from the experience. Military anniversaries are usually occasions for patriotic commemoration. However, for states that think seriously about strategy, they ought to be something else: a moment to step back, to reckon with what […]
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IAF trainer aircraft crashes near Chennai, pilot ejects safely
Chennai, Nov 14, 2025: An Indian Air Force (IAF) Pilatus PC-7 Mk II trainer aircraft crashed near Tambaram during a routine training mission. The pilot ejected safely, and no injuries or civilian property damage were reported. The IAF has ordered a Court of Inquiry to investigate the incident. The crash occurred around 2:25 pm, scattering […]
6–0 vs. 5–0: Radar Plots, Wreckage, and the Case of the Missing S-400
Two Narratives, One Night May 6–7, 2025 — the most intense Indo-Pak air exchange since 2019. By dawn, two stories had emerged: Pakistan’s 6–0 vs India’s 5–0. In my No-Nonsense Zone, after fresh claims on 10 August, the jury is out. Today, I take South Asia’s most controversial scorecard to an unlikely forum: the #ChatGPT5 […]
Indian involvement in Sri Lanka carnage
India has long been blamed for the intransigence of its intelligence agency RAW in Sri Lanka. Indian role in creating, training, financing and supporting the LTTE as a terrorist movement and India’s war crimes committed on Sri Lankan citizens by the IPKF are well documented. Prabhakaran, a RAW protégé, went on to become a Frankenstein. […]
Nuclear powers and poverty in South Asia
India tested its first nuclear device on May 24, 1974, at Pokharan in its Rajasthan desert. Raja Ramanna, the leader of the team, is said to have informed then prime minister Indira Gandhi that “Buddha Smiles”. India continued to vigorously pursue its nuclear programme. On May 11, 1998, it conducted three more nuclear tests at […]
From journalism to jingoism
Prospects for dialogue between Pakistan and India now appear bleak as the two nuclear armed neighbours face-off in what is perhaps the worst diplomatic bilateral stalemate since 1971. Accustomed to setbacks, the new normal in this bilateral relationship is a media fueled militaristic ultra-nationalism in India that is shrinking public appetite for normalization with Pakistan. […]
Pulwama — A climacteric event? — I
Pakistan is a unique country that has successfully stemmed the tide of terrorism. The decade long struggle against this scourge has only come at a phenomenal human and financial cost. Pakistan has lost over 80,000 persons and incurred a staggering cost of $125 billion. This struggle coincided with coming to an end, the decade long […]
Fiction or Not?
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) shot down two Indian Air Force (IAF) jets on wednesday. PAF captured pilot Abhinandan, Wing Commander of India Air Force (IAF). People are not really aware that his father had foreseen this incident. Abhinandan’s father Air Marshal S Varthaman was a consultant for a Tamil film Kaatru Veliyidai. In that movie an […]
Senior Indian Air Force official commits suicide
NEW DEHLI: Arvind Sinha an Indian Air Force wing commander committed suicide as he shot himself with a double barrel gun on Tuesday. According to Indian media, Arvind was working as public relation officer (PRO), Defense Ministry. Police said that no suicide note was found and investigation are underway to find the reason of Arvind’s […]