Opinion

Opinion | Three Adversaries Become 4: Why The Saudi-Turkey-Pak Deal Is A Headache For India

With Turkey already in Islamabad's corner and Saudi Arabia now signing up to a mutual-defence pact, Pakistan's bilateral rivalry with India may now become a much wider strategic equation.

Blog | Sergio Gor And The Night American Diplomacy Went Full 'Disco'

On Sunday evening in New Delhi, Sergio Gor and his team staged a massive show at Bharat Mandapam, India's premier international convention centre. The evening's special guest of honour was his boss, the visiting Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.

Blog | The 5 Key Templates That Defined India's Op Sindoor

As conflicts in the Middle East continue to unfold with eerily similar signatures, the echoes of India's Operation Sindoor grow louder. Vishnu Som's new book offers first-person accounts from those at the forefront of the operation.

Opinion: Eye On China As India Invites Key Regional Partners At NDA Swearing-In

The decision to invite seven regional heads of state to the swearing-in ceremony of the NDA has been made to consolidate ties with nations that lie at the heart of Delhi's 'Neighbourhood First' Policy.

Blog: In Ukraine, A Town In Hell, Landmines In Kindergarten Grounds

In the Ukrainian town of Borodyanka, north of Kyiv, all that remained of an entire apartment block was a stuffed bear, the carcass of a kitten at its feet. Next to it, a broken cell phone and a small umbrella.

Blog: What It Took To Cross Over Into Ukraine Amid An Unreal War

It's a fairly desperate situation now across Ukraine. After trying for several weeks, I was finally able to cross over into the war-hit country today.

On Board Air India Flight That Never Made It To Ukraine

Ukraine-Russia crisis: It's not often that any airline flies a 256-seat jetliner commercially with just eight passengers on board. But this is different.

Blog: 48 Hours Of Rain In Uttarakhand, No Electricity Or Phone Signal

It began gently -- a light, misty rain on Monday morning, not at all uncommon in these parts. But this one looked endless and turned more intense by the hour.

Blog: Killer Waves, Nuclear Plant Cooking Off - Covering The Japan Tsunami

The word tsunami had entered the lexicon of journalists in newsrooms around the world after the December 2004 Indian Ocean tragedy, and on 11 March 2011, when news broke of tsunami waves striking the coast of east Japan, there was a sense that this had the potential of becoming a major crisis.

Blog: How An India-US-Australia-Japan Naval 'Alliance' Would Fight Together

India's decision to extend an invitation to the Australian Navy to be a part of this year's Malabar Naval exercises isn't just about making a strong diplomatic statement to Beijing.

Blog: New Army Chief Stresses Constitution In Major Speech

When General Manoj Mukund Naravane, India's new Chief, spoke yesterday to the men and women that he commands, he wasn't just advising them. He was passing an order.

Blog: When Pakistani Forces Fired Missile At IAF Helicopter I Was On

Pakistani forces had fired a shoulder-mounted surface-to-air missile at our helicopter, possibly a US-made Stinger or Swedish RBS-70, widely considered some of the most potent weapons of its class in the world.

Blog: Modi's Right. Standing Up To China Militarily Won't Work For India

If the next set of Google Earth images were to show fresh Chinese construction in the disputed Doklam plateau, there would be likely be front page headlines on "China renews construction in Doklam despite Modi-Xi talks in Wuhan.'

Blog: Why The Army's Arjun Tank May Be Its Best Bet Yet

For years, cherry-picked data on the Arjun tank's faults seemed to highlight a series of seemingly insurmountable obstacles - the tank was too heavy, it wasn't reliable and it couldn't fire an anti-tank missile. This is all true, but was this reason enough to stifle the growth of the indigenously built tank?

Blog: I Co-Anchored A Show On China State-Run TV. How They Handled Doklam

It had never happened before - an Indian and a Chinese anchor sitting next to each other - one bound by protocol and state control, and the other bound essentially by the belief that asking questions, any question, was my democratic birth right.

Blog: A Bleeding Driver In Noida. Cop Didn't Help. This Man Did.

It was a strange coincidence - just an hour after anchoring a show on road safety in our country, I was out on a shoot, chatting with my cameraperson Ashok Mahale, when he nonchalantly told me something really special - something I thought I would share.

Opinion: The Importance of Fighter Jet Landing on Yamuna Expressway

The Indian Air Force today briefly landed a Mirage 2000 fighter-bomber on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh to validate the capability of the jet to land on civilian roads in the event of an emergency.

Blog: #GoHomeIndianMedia: a Reporter Covering Nepal Weighs In

In nearly two decades of covering extreme conflict and natural disasters, I have often asked myself whether it's right to be asking questions to people who have been badly affected - orphans, widows, people who have lost their near and dear ones.

Blog: The Siachen Story, Then And Now

More than 15 years ago, when I reported from the snout of the Siachen glacier for the first time, the Indian Army's Siachen base camp was nothing more than a military outpost in the most unimaginably desolate surrounding.

Blog: At Braveheart's Cremation, Daughter Shouts His Regiment's War Cry

Vishnu Som on a family and nation's tribute to Colonel MN Rai.