by Mahendra Ved | Aug 26, 2026 | Blogs
AFGHANISTAN TODAY: GANDHARI’S CURSE? Maharshi Vyasa’s Mahabharata does not record it. But popular folklore and the epic’s modern-day television adaptations state that Queen Gandhari cursed her brother Shakuni that his kingdom of Gandhara (modern-day Afghanistan) would...
by Mahendra Ved | Aug 18, 2026 | Blogs
Red Fort @ 80 – A Primer As India celebrated the 80th anniversary of Independence, it is evident that the annual ceremony at Delhi’s Red Fort has become much more than a national ritual. It reflects India’s changing priorities, aspirations and identity. When the Prime...
by Mahendra Ved | Aug 11, 2026 | Blogs
How Iran’s Economy Survives Under US-Israel War Pressure? As the Gulf war, now in its sixth month, spreads across a vast region from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea, even to the distant Caspian Sea, and shows no sign of ending, the question of how it impacts the economies...
by Mahendra Ved | Aug 4, 2026 | Defence & Foreign Policy
INDIA, TRUMP & HIS “TARIFF PE TARIFF” In the latest legislation passed by the United States Senate, India and four other countries risk imposition of 100% tariffs, to be ‘punished’ for purchasing Russian oil and gas. This was connected to the visit of President...
by Mahendra Ved | Jul 27, 2026 | Blogs
‘COCKROACHES’ HAVE WON: WHAT NEXT? For many years, I have reported public protests, even participated in those about media freedom. I have had my share of sweating it out in the open, being pushed around and smelling the tear gas. Mercifully, pellet guns...
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