The obsession of some Indian diplomats to "make our voice heard, stand by our principles, make the moral argument" tells us how ill-equipped they were in understanding the ruthless and unforgiving reality of international relations. Any surprise that under their watch India was

sushant sareen A unique country that produces many bureaucrats and politicians who are so inferiority ridden that they seek validation from mortal enemies and former colonizers. Moreover, sliding into irrelevance triggers a strong urge to act obtusely with the intent of basking in the resulting

A proud and historic moment for DFCCIL! The successful trial run of freight trains marks the completion of the entire Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) on 31st March 2026, with operations carried out on the JNPT–New Saphale (Vaitarna) section. A container train in the

India now has three operational semiconductor backend facilities in a single industrial cluster, and a 28nm wafer fab under construction nearby. Two years ago, it had zero. Whatever else you want to say about the India Semiconductor Mission, the pace of execution on the ground

In 2017-18, we evaluated an investment in a radiology chain operating in tier-2 towns of Chattisgarh. It went into distress for one reason: MRI utilization. The machines were expensive imports, the catchment areas were too small, and scan volumes never hit the breakeven

Fixed beliefs of Urban planners being fact checked by the actual users of BRT System.

On March 30, 2026, the Home Minister declared the impossible: India is now Naxal-free. But insurgencies don't just run out of bullets; they die when the State alters its posture. We quantified 22 years of political will vs. kinetic outcomes. A Thread. 🧵 (1/9)

Wanna explore this? Link in comments. 10 year of transformation, documented in 360 panorama.

2nd F-15 pilot (the weapons systems officer) has been rescued & extracted from southern Iran after a heavy firefight overnight, multiple reports say. No official statement yet, but if true, an incredible tribute to the power of CSAR and never leaving a man behind.

Today, India takes a defining step in its civil nuclear journey, advancing the second stage of its nuclear programme. The indigenously designed and built Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam has attained criticality. This advanced reactor, capable of producing more fuel

There's a physicist at Stanford named Safi Bahcall who modeled this exact principle and the math is wild. He calls it "phase transitions in human networks." When you're stationary, your probability of a lucky event is limited to your existing surface area: the people you already

The biggest weakness of the US is it’s inability and unwillingness to endure body bags. Geographical isolation provides insulation but at the same time lowers the threshold of the common populace from endurance of pain. No matter what their homeland is never threatened and hence

Japan has the world’s best railway system. 28% of Japanese passenger-kilometers are by rail. Germany manages 6.4%, and the USA manages 0.25%. Just one Japanese company, JR East, carries more passengers than China’s entire railway system, and four times as many than Britain’s.

National Quantum Mission achieves 1,000-km secure communication milestone India has successfully demonstrated a 1,000-km secure quantum communication network, which is one of the longest in the world. This achievement comes less than two years after the mission's launch in

1000km secure communication achieved by National Quantum Mission

“laid back” is what high agency ppl look like from the outside when they’ve correctly identified which games are worth playing & simply declined the rest.

Visited the Delhi Gate drain and Barapulla drain to assess desilting progress ahead of the monsoon. At Delhi Gate, a drain that remained covered for nearly 40 years is now finally being opened up for proper cleaning -over 21,000 metric tonnes of silt already removed, crossing 70%

It is not inevitable that India be poor. Its people are certainly capable of being extremely productive. Indian immigrants to the United States and elsewhere have been very successful. India’s government has been stable since independence, and largely democratic throughout. While

Why won't wages grow? In India, wages won't grow much until we hit the Lewis Transition. The Lewis Transition point is when a developing country exhausts all the supply of rural labor that wants to move out of agriculture and into manufacturing. Because India has 40% of its