For decades, the corridors of power in New Delhi have echoed with a singular, repetitive mantra: the Shimla Agreement. Like a worn-out record, Indian diplomacy has shielded itself behind the claim that every spark and every fire in South Asia must be addressed strictly through bilateral means. However, the events following the May 2025 India-Pakistan […]
Myth
The Myth of Victory
Afghanistan has long been described as the graveyard of empires but that phrase, repeated with ritual reverence, conceals more than it reveals. It is a historical mistake to say that Afghans defeated superpowers in straightforward military terms. What unravelled in both the Soviet and American campaigns was not a triumph of guerrillas over modern armies, […]