In a rare cross-border strike, Indian forces occupied a substantial portion of the Tharparkar district in the Sindh province of West Pakistan during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan war. Its architect, Lt. Col. Bhawani Singh, established an Indian control of approximately 13,000 sq km of Sindh, including towns like Chachro, Virawah, and Nagarparkar. This territory remained under…
Benchmarks San Francisco’s pandemic recovery was painfully slow. Empty offices impacted retail, restaurants, public transit, and city taxes. Property crime and homelessness contributed to a “doom loop” narrative where negative trends seemingly pointed to a further downward spiral. Those issues haven’t been fully resolved and perhaps will never be. But 2025 marked a turning point…
The Israel-US joint attack at Iran on 28th February, 2026 has jolted not only Teheran including the Middle East region but, in fact, the entire world. Although this possiblity was circulating in the air for almost past two months with the rapid military preparations by both Washington and Jerusalem, but attack will realize suddenly in…
Do you still remember the first time you walked into a dental clinic as a child? The systematic routine of setup, the sharp sound of drills in the room next door, and the bustling sound each doctor makes with the tools in their hands might have made dental practice a fear to you. This is…
But name change game costs no small change So Kerala joins the League of Proudly Renamed Places. Such change is far from just nominal, merely naam ke vastey. There’s a grander impetus. The long and lengthening line of demanders insists that re-naming is a re-claiming – of tradition, heritage, parampara (paramparam in Kerala’s case?). Sure….
In every gathering of veterans, there exists a sacred space where memory and brotherhood quietly meet. Uniforms may be folded away, medals stored in velvet cases, but the soldier never truly leaves the man. Stories of service of grit, fear, courage, and loss, bind generations together. Most are told with humility. Some, however, begin to…
Last week, an AI summit devoted considerable attention to language. We also marked International Mother Language Day. And this week, with the surrender of a senior Maoist leader in central India, a long and violent chapter in the region’s history appeared to reach an informal closure. You may ask: what do large language models (LLMs)…
Iran’s military resources, tactical dexterity and geographic, demographic and cultural strengths are lost on Trump – to his and Republican Party’s electoral cost. Trump isn’t the first American president to chase Fool’s Gold of regime change across West Asia. But his foreign policy folly is the most unexpected. Read full story on TOI+ Facebook Twitter…
Equity markets, including India’s, have reacted with fear to the West Asia war. Stock indices have sharply dipped. Many Systematic Investment Plan investors will be feeling unsettled. When headlines scream bad news, the instinct to pause SIPs, redeem investments, or retreat to cash is entirely human. Fear seeks safety. Yet history, market structure, and sound…
Anmol Saxena The world is at war once more. Social media and TV show the same story repeatedly: destruction, displacement, anger, and revenge. We are told that this war is about safety, independence, history, and land. Analysts talk about geopolitical alignments and strategic interests. Govts make statements to explain their actions. Both sides say they…