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International Relations

NATO: the Atlantic alliance at seventy-six

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, founded in 1949, is the world's most powerful military alliance. This article covers its treaty, Article 5, enlargement to 32 members, the 2025 Hague summit's 5 per cent spending pledge, and what it means for India.

30 September 2026 · 15 min read

International Relations

India-Oman relations: the Hormuz anchor

Seventy years of maritime trust: the 2008 Strategic Partnership, Duqm Port access, tri-service exercises and why Oman guards India’s Hormuz lifeline.

30 September 2026 · 8 min read

Modern History

1885: The Year India Got a National Platform - The Moderates' Long Game

In December 1885, seventy-two men in a Bombay hall spoke as Indians for the first time. The Moderates' prayers and petitions won little - yet built the entire foundation of the freedom movement.

27 September 2026 · 36 min read

Polity

Centre-State Relations: Legislative, Administrative and Financial

How the Constitution divides law-making, administration and money between the Union and the states: the Seventh Schedule, Articles 245 to 280, the GST exception, and what Sarkaria and Punchhi recommended.

27 September 2026 · 41 min read

Polity

Right to Freedom: Articles 19 to 22, from speech to preventive detention

Articles 19 to 22 decoded: the six freedoms and their reasonable restrictions, Article 20's three shields, the Article 21 golden triangle, and the law of arrest and preventive detention.

27 September 2026 · 34 min read

Polity

Federalism in India: why the Centre is stronger by design

Why the framers built a federation with a built-in central advantage, how the Seventh Schedule divides power, and why 2025's language, water and CBI fights keep testing the design.

27 September 2026 · 33 min read