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The November 2025 crash of a Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) TEJAS light combat aircraft at the Dubai Air Show—the third-largest aviation exhibition globally—represents far more than a singular tragedy. The death of Wing Commander Namansh Syal on 21 November symbolises a systemic crisis in India’s defence manufacturing architecture, one that has festered for over four decades while private
by G H KumarThe catastrophic crash of IAF’s TEJAS MK-1 during its aerobatic demonstration at the Dubai Air Show on 21 November 2025 has inflicted immediate and potentially enduring damage to the aircraft’s export prospects, yet the true significance of this mishap extends far beyond the visible wreckage and global optics.This marks only the second catastrophic loss in the aircraft’s 23-year
by Nilesh KunwarStating that “Nothing can justify terrorism-ever,” the then UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon had in his opening address during a high-level 2013 meeting of the Security Council on A Comprehensive Approach to Counter-Terrorism reiterated that “No grievance, no goal, no cause can excuse terrorist acts.”The tragedy is that in India there are many individuals and groups that
by Col (Dr) P K VasudevaThe question of whether the Russia, India and China (TROIKA) — together with the broader Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) grouping — can effectively “blow out” or dismantle the global supremacy of the United States is complex. There are strong headwinds on both sides, and the answer is: possibly over time — but not imminently and not without serious
by Darpan AgarwalFor years, Indian strategic planners have grappled with the possibility of a two-front war a simultaneous conflict with Pakistan in the west and China in the north. Even this scenario poses daunting challenges, but a more sobering possibility now looms: a three-front war in which Bangladesh, under external influence or shifting political dynamics, turns hostile.While such a
by Nilesh KunwarThough public protests against lack civic facilities, scarcity of essential goods, rising unemployment and inflation are commonplace in Pakistan, but what spurred widespread agitations in the Dir, Waziristan and Swat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in August 2022 wasn’t due to any of these reasons.The locals had taken to the streets with an unusual complaint that the
by Nilesh KunwarA Distraught Field MarshalThings don’t seem to be going too well for the recently promoted Pakistan army chief Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir. For starters, his promotion came about thanks to an illusion of Pakistan’s spectacular victory during the four-day-long Indo-Pak conflagrations in May conjured by the Pakistan army’s media wing Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).However,
by Nilesh KunwarPsychological problems are known to degrade mental faculties and this phenomenon even seems to afflict nations. Pakistan is one such country, where this malady seems to have acquired incurable proportions and history is replete with instances of how the habit of those who matter invariably end up putting their foot in their mouths by an uncontrollable urge to score a point.While
by Nilesh KunwarThey say Karma works like a boomerang in that what you give out always comes back to you- and this is exactly what’s happening in Pakistan. In 2018, while addressing the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Pakistan’s then army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa claimed that there are no safe havens for terrorists in his country and had asked the US to stop blaming Islamabad for its
Shehbaz Sharif, Asim Munir with Chinese President Xi Jinpingby Nilesh KunwarUnwarranted SensationalismWhile the revelation that China had provided real-time military intelligence to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, the issue of Sino-Pak collusivity has taken centre stage. While this isn’t an overnight development, but just to score brownie points, some political interests have unfortunately