The issue is not whether India should be “for” or “against” Israel, the United States, Iran, or the Gulf states in some emotional or ideological sense. The issue is whether any of these relationships, as they are currently conducted, advance India’s long-term interests without narrowing India’s strategic autonomy.
India’s strength has always lain in balance — in keeping multiple relationships alive at once, in speaking across divides, and in refusing to let any one partnership become a trap. That is not weakness. It is the essence of serious statecraft for a country of India’s scale, geography, and civilizational depth.
What has changed in recent years is the tone of the domestic discourse. There is a marked tendency to see Israel less as a partner than an object of admiration, even envy — a symbol of unapologetic force, swift retaliation, and the fantasy of unencumbered power. Much of the media has climbed aboard this train, cheering Israel less as a state with which India has specific interests than as a projection of their own ideological desires.
That is where the danger lies.
Admiration for Israeli military prowess is not strategy. It is emotional substitution. India is not Israel. Our geography is different, our scale is different, our society is different, and our vulnerabilities are different. We cannot afford to inherit another country’s siege mentality as if it were our own doctrine.
The real test for India is not whether it can applaud force. It is whether it can preserve room for manoeuvre, protect its energy and maritime interests, maintain credibility across West Asia, and keep its own voice.
A country like India should not suffer from “Israel envy”. It should have the confidence to be itself. I am sure it can.
Hello @BAFTA,
Why was Lakshmi Priya’s winning speech for the film Boong quietly removed from your official social media platforms today? This is deeply disappointing. BAFTA must uphold transparency and integrity.
https://t.co/sOFRtU3GQ7
তখন তারা ঘুণাক্ষরেও জানত না যে তাদের গান একদিন লক্ষলক্ষ বাঙালি কিশোর কিশোরীর ব্যাথার আদরে অবুঝ আঙ্গুল রাখবে এবং আরও কয়েক দশক পর কোনও এক দুপুরের খামোখা খেয়ালে বা স্মৃতিবিজড়িত বিকেলে মনের ডি-মাইণর এ দোলা দেবে।
#chandrabindoo
"It was about comforting those wallowing in the nostalgia of those gone before him. It was about telling India the batting will be all right."
https://t.co/dyRLM9sJws
@realmadrid sole philosophy of play to win 🏆 doesn't provide an easy, baptised path for Castilla graduates to make it to the senior team, let alone make 400 appearance alongside the Galacticos. Gracias @Lucasvazquez91 for your legendary service full of sacrifices for the badge.
@KiyanSo If only there was a stat/metric for chances lost due to a pass not made or failed dribble, Vini's statsheet won't look good. It sometimes makes me think that why don't @MrAncelotti sometimes try Vini fresh from the bench against tiered legs, as a strategy!?!
শঙ্কা অনুযায়ি, আমার ভাইয়ের রক্তে রাঙ্গানো 21শে Feb আমি ভুলেছি বা নিঃসন্দেহে তার গুরুত্ব ক্ষীণ হয়েছে কিন্তু,
"কি জাদু বাংলা গানে, গান গেয়ে দাঁড় মাঝি টানে, গেয়ে গান নাচে বাউল, গান গেয়ে ধান কাটে চাষা।"
এর মর্মোদ্ধার বা উপলব্ধি করা কি যে কোনও Gen- Z/α র পক্ষে সহজ হবে?
@SabalenkaA has been literally making us forget wars since the past couple of years but what a match today where @madisonkeys519 bagged her maiden grandslam at the #AusOpen women's singles final 2025. Such stories of perseverance and glory are always motivational 👏🏾🎾
https://t.co/UmBhOnrfCt
Of all d @realmadrid attackers @RodrygoGoes(even from the LHS) & @BellinghamJude deserve to be the 1st 1s in every crucial matchday startingXI & b on d pitch 4 longest possible durations. Bt all the hype, market and @MrAncelotti wont allow @managingmadrid
Bellingham is doing the work Mbappe is supposed to do. I honestly feel for Bellingham and I understand his frustration. He is giving everything to the team but his mates are still in hibernation