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12 Years of Transformation | India’s Defence Journey Under PM Modi
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As PM Narendra Modi has became India’s longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister on 10th June 2026, it is an opportune moment to examine one of the most significant transformations witnessed in the last 12 years, the comprehensive strengthening of India’s defence sector.
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He is Samdish Bhatia.
He runs a YouTube channel called Unfiltered by Samdish.
He had gone to cover a protest by the Cockroach Janta Party.
There, some people were raising slogans of "Bharat Mata Ki Jai." Samdish Bhatia told them that if they wanted to build their protest, they should use 21st-century slogans instead of such "bullshit slogans.
So, is Samdish Bhatia referring to "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" as a bullshit slogan?
It goes far beyond four years. It is evident to those who have studied the US’ actions over the decades. The myth that alignment post-Soviet dissolution, post-liberalization and post-nuclear deal can meaningfully compound in the strategic domain, was going to be shown up someday. Services trade, remittances, and loose talk about a “human bridge” do not align core national interests. The story of shared interests in materially containing China diminishes in potency by the day given the speed with which China has risen and the increasing need of the US to stabilize Sino-US ties. What we are left with are the gaping holes in the relationship.
Look at India on the map, the maritime routes it straddles, the population and economic potential it has, and the veto it can exercise should it develop. It cannot be destroyed in a war because it is too large and populous. It can, however, be consistently kneecapped through proxy wars, secessionism, economic and technological constraints, disinformation operations, corruption, human capital stripping, and foreign dependencies. This has been a theme in play for over two decades. A fully sovereign India that grows to China’s economic size today by mid century irreversibly shifts the balance of power from the North Atlantic to the Indo-Pacific. This is strategically unviable for a US that depends on military, trade, technology and currency hegemony to preserve unipolarity and domestic growth.
They want to enslave you. They are fully incentivized to sabotage every effort to build an indigenous AI stack. The minister of @GoI_MeitY stated that Indian data should flow because foreign data comes to India for “processing.” This is the IT services lobby at work. They want to strip the public’s personal data and get American AI platforms to train on it. In exchange, IT services firms will continue receiving contracts.
The government probably agrees. It cannot afford to allow services exports to falter because in the absence of a sound manufacturing base, the country’s biggest source of income would suffer. The people are paying for the state’s failure to reform and diversify the economy. Collectively, this is leading to digital colonization. Through ownership of many companies that make “sovereign” LLMs and SLMs, the Americans will control what little the country innovates. By controlling the AI stack on which India will depend, the US will gain control of the economy. The veto Washington will consequently have over India’s foreign and domestic policy will be enormous.
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India must issue notice to all Indian sailors to strike and return back to India. Let the world's shipping stall. Let's see how Trump keeps energy moving and China its exports shipping.
I have long been suggesting India create a network for Indian diaspora, of nurses and doctors, shippers and pilots, workers and constructors etc.
Every Indian going out to work from India - record their skills, put them into a database, give them a community to connect to, with GoI giving info and incentives for them there.
Use the power of this network when needed. Tap their skills if they return to India. And utilize their value outside India.
All countries will be much more respectful to India if India can unify its diaspora workers and make them act in national interests like China does.
@Pivot2Centre just in case the current govt. decides to upgrade it, it would create unnecessary controversy," look how BJP is demolishing dalit monuments ,etc." better leave it untouched
India needs its own social revolution. The problem is people confuse social revolution with political power.
Social leaders want to capture the state first. Their social issues are just a path towards political power. Infact there are no real social leaders. Just people vying for power.
A cultural upgrade is far more important than another political movement.
In Japan, the Meiji Restoration did not replace the emperor. The emperor changed through normal succession. What changed was the real power structure around him.
India needs its own Meiji Revolution.
A country learning discipline, quality, exports, technical skill, punctuality, scale and national seriousness. A manufacturing-led social upgrade.
India needs a society that knows how to build. An inclusive cultural revolution that brings all sections together on the lines of what Japan did for its modernization is needed.
Very hard to do - agreed - and examples of Japan, Korea only work because they have a homogenous society is a real challenge.
But its also 2026. They did that in 1800s and 1900s. Maybe the 2000s version of societal cultural upgrade can come from a multicultural multilingual India. We can take cues from Singapore.
Junction Point of the Three Great Mountain Ranges
パキスタンのJaglotはギルギットの45km南西にある町だ。ここは、ヒマラヤ、カラコルム、ヒンドゥークシュという巨大山脈が集合するJunction Pointとして知られている。とんでもない場所だな・・・。
🇮🇳🇳🇵 When the front door is jammed, India knocks on the side door.
Balen Shah raises Kalapani-Lipulekh in Parliament.
Diplomatic visits get cancelled.
Tensions quietly simmer.
And then — Balen’s own coalition partner Rabi Lamichhane lands in Delhi. Flower garlands. BJP HQ. PM Modi meeting tomorrow.
India doesn’t wait. India manoeuvres. 🔱
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Strategic Ballistic Missiles around the World
The pinnacle of destructive engineering is found in strategic ballistic missiles. Traveling through space at hypersonic speeds, these weapons can cross hemispheres in under 30 minutes. Below is a technical breakdown of the world’s most formidable missile arsenals, including their staggering nuclear payloads. (Not listed in any particular order)
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Russia, India, Sign Significant Rare Earths Development Agreements
https://t.co/pyYH8MdNXq
Russia and India have signed important rare earth development agreements at the RedMet 2026 congress in Moscow. These focus on the development of rare earth magnets, a crucial part of the global new-tech industry with applications in computing, smart phones, electric batteries and beyond. Both Russia and India have significant rare earth reserves, as does China, Kazakhstan, Vietnam and Brazil.
This is what an energy-rich US will be most satisfied with. The longer the world drains oil and products reserves, the longer oil prices will remain elevated.
> Push the energy-import dependent countries into crisis mode.
> Shave their growth prospects, force governments to engage in suboptimal revenue spending, squeeze their budgets and prove that the dollar remains the global reserve currency.
> Strike deals to sell oil and LNG, lock in dependencies and profit.
> Weaken the world and come out relatively stronger than everyone, much like China did with Covid.
Different parts of India are witnessing soaring temperatures and the challenges that come with it. This heat is harsh on all of us and I urge you all to take as many precautions as possible. Please stay hydrated, keep water with you when stepping out. Offer a glass of water to others. In weather like this, such kindness goes a long way.
Environmental protection fees. Forcing ships to stop for inspection for environmental reasons
You heard it here first. If you have a large enough port at the mouth of strait (Nicobar) or sit at the strait (Iran), you can really disrupt the movement with flimsy reasons!