by Alok K. Shrivastava, IAS (R) | Mar 26, 2026 | Blogs
Uncertainty in the Strait of Hormuz The Strait of Hormuz (SoH), a narrow channel, approximately 30 miles wide but deep and wide enough to ensure passage of the largest of crude oil tankers, has been in the news ever since the current war began between the U.S.-Israel...
by Alok K. Shrivastava, IAS (R) | Mar 20, 2026 | Blogs
TENTACLES OF WAR ALL OVER MIDDLE EAST History repeats itself. It has been said and has been found true also. But when Uncle Sam in fresh & ferocious authoritarian ‘Avatar’ desires, history is repeated with an aim to change Geography. Less said about...
by Alok K. Shrivastava, IAS (R) | Mar 16, 2026 | Welfare
Indian Marriages Drifting, Apart From Being Fat Affairs It is stated and believed that marriages are made in heaven but performed on earth.Having flagged the issue this way, let us express concern about undesirable importance attached to spending part of it apart from...
by Alok K. Shrivastava, IAS (R) | Mar 12, 2026 | Blogs
T-20 WORLD CUP : INDIAN MEN WIN ON WOMEN’s DAY Talented and deserving Indian men won T-20 World Cup for the third or fourth time at 11 p.m. on 8th March, 2026. For the first time, it was second time in a row. Kapil Dev led low profile team had scored victory...
by Alok K. Shrivastava, IAS (R) | Feb 27, 2026 | Defence & Foreign Policy
BANGLADESH MAY HAVE TO RESTORE PEACE & ORDER Contrary to widespread apprehensions, Parliamentary elections in Bangladesh were held rather peacefully on February 12 for 299 seats of Jatiya Sangsad, an unicameral legislature. Election could not be conducted on one...
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