India’s long battle against Left-Wing Extremism was neither won solely by the bullet nor by the bulldozer. It was shaped by a calibrated blend of security resolve and developmental outreach, a strategy that gradually drained the oxygen from a movement once considered the country’s gravest internal security threat.

Republic Day marks a defining milestone in India’s national journey. It marks the day the Constitution of India came into force on 26th January 1950, formally establishing the country as a ‘Sovereign Democratic Republic’.

A tableau on the theme ‘150 Years of Vande Mataram’ will be presented at the Republic Day Parade this year, foregrounding the national song as a living expression of India’s civilisational memory, collective consciousness, and cultural continuity.

Slowly but steadily, internet technology, the mobile revolution, and new roads are transforming rural India.

India's urban juggernaut thunders on. Skyscrapers pierce the sky, highways snake through fields, cities swell like overripe fruit. Yet, here's the rub: progress breeds poison. Smog chokes Delhi, where AQI often spikes to 400, turning breath into battle. Rivers run black with waste, ghettos mushroom in shadows.

Justice, we are told, is firm. Blindfolded. Balanced. In 2025, it also appeared flexible. Sometimes hesitant. Sometimes hurried. From green hills to governor’s desks, from factory floors to city streets, the Supreme Court kept redrawing its own lines.