India may take pride in its military victories over Pakistan...
🖋️ *From The Desk of Abhijeet Rane*
India may take pride in its military victories over Pakistan, but one uncomfortable question has survived governments of every political colour: why has every confrontation ultimately left the fundamental security problem unresolved? From conventional wars to decades of cross-border terrorism, India has repeatedly demonstrated military superiority, yet Pakistan-based militant networks have repeatedly regenerated and struck again. Congress governments struggled with this dilemma; BJP governments, despite adopting a more muscular doctrine and conducting operations such as Balakot and Operation Sindoor, have not permanently eliminated the threat either. Israel’s response to Hamas cannot simply be transplanted onto South Asia—Pakistan is a nuclear-armed state, making the strategic equation radically different. Still, India must ask whether repeated limited retaliation creates lasting deterrence. A successful national-security doctrine cannot be measured only by battles won. Its real test is whether the enemy retains the capacity and incentive to strike again.
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🖋️ *From The Desk of Abhijeet Rane*
A political party is not anyone’s ancestral property. Its founder may create the organisation, its leader may build it, but ultimately a party belongs to its members, workers and political institutions—not to a bloodline. That is why India’s recurring battles over party ownership raise a larger democratic question. Should leadership automatically pass from father to son, daughter or grandson? Congress, Shiv Sena, NCP, SP, RJD, DMK and several other parties have faced criticism over dynastic succession in different forms. Symbols certainly matter electorally, but legislators and grassroots workers also constitute the living organisation. Internal democracy must therefore determine who leads a party, subject to its constitution and election law. Otherwise, democracy develops an extraordinary contradiction: citizens elect their governments, while political families inherit their parties.India abolished princely rule decades ago. It should not allow political organisations to become the new hereditary kingdoms.
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🖋️ *From The Desk of Abhijeet Rane*
The “UGC Roll Back” protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar raises a fundamental question of equality. If the objective of the UGC Promotion of Equity Regulations is to eliminate caste-based discrimination on campuses, protection should extend fairly to every student—General, OBC, SC and ST. No student should face humiliation or discrimination because of caste or social background. At the same time, safeguards against false or malicious complaints and transparent due process are essential. Regulations without adequate checks can potentially be misused for personal rivalry, grudges or even damaging someone’s academic career. Universities should not become new battlegrounds of caste identity. The purpose of an equity framework must be to reduce discrimination, not deepen social divisions. Therefore, the demand should be clear: reform the regulations, ensure due process and provide equal protection. Fight casteism—not one caste with another.
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🖋️ *From The Desk of Abhijeet Rane*
Why aren't people asking simple questions? Maharashtra proposes to spend around ₹1.2 lakh crore on the Shaktipeeth Expressway while countless rural roads remain in poor condition. If existing highways already connect many cities and pilgrimage centres on this route, why is another massive corridor so essential? The project could require thousands of acres across several districts, affecting farms, irrigation systems and environmentally sensitive landscapes. Farmers in Sangli and Kolhapur are protesting under Raju Shetti, but elsewhere the resistance appears comparatively muted. That silence raises an uncomfortable question. Have farmers lost so much faith in agriculture that land-acquisition compensation now looks more attractive than continuing to cultivate their land? If so, the biggest story isn't merely the expressway. It is the despair behind it—when a farmer begins seeing his land not as his future, but as an asset better surrendered for compensation.
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🖋️ *From The Desk of Abhijeet Rane*
A heartbreaking tragedy at Khavda Hill in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar has left an entire family wiped out. Nineteen-year-old Kunal Chandgude reportedly climbed the hill following a dispute at home. His desperate parents rushed there, pleading with him to return. Police, villagers and rescue personnel also tried for hours to prevent the tragedy. Then came the unbearable moment. As Kunal went over the edge, his father Murlidhar desperately tried to save him, but both plunged to their deaths. Witnessing her husband and son disappear before her eyes, mother Sangita, overwhelmed by shock and grief, also died after going over the cliff. Three lives… one family… gone within moments. No argument, disappointment or possession can ever be worth a human life. Sometimes one impulsive moment leaves behind an eternity of silence.
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