Mumbai Market Moves On: Reclaiming a Space Tied to the 26/11 Plot

  In a world still reeling from its economic downturn, India has just issued a statement—and it was not hushed.   The figures are in: India exceeded most market projections and expectations with an unbelievable 7.4% increase in GDP for the January–March quarter (Q4 FY25).   It wasn’t just a good quarter—it was a clear reminder to the world that India is not merely bouncing back. It’s leaping forward.   This isn't just about numbers. It's about momentum, confidence, and the quiet but resolute energy of a country that’s found its stride.   The Growth Story: More Than Stats What is 7.4% GDP growth in real terms? Industries are booming again. It is cranes on cityscapes, fields full of harvest, and retail streets crowded with consumers willing to spend. It is jobs returning, and companies—street vendors to tech startups—are willing to dream big.   And more important, it's a message: India is not merely holding together in a challenging global e...

 India's most ambitious Urban Regeneration project—the Dharavi Redevelopment Plan—has sailed into troubled waters One More Time. The latest release of the master plan, which vows to provide more than 70,000 new dwellings, has sparked a firestorm of public resistance and Local Demonstrations, and political controversies. While the government is hailing it like a makeover of Asia's biggest slum into a world-class Urban District, opponents are raising alarm bells about displacement, transparency, gentrification, and loss of livelihood. A Vision Decades in the Making Over a million people live in Dharavi, a 600-acre community nestled in away in the Center of Mumbai. For decades, it has been Characterized by a large population, unauthorized housing, and a robust unorganized economy with a Range of leather products, textiles, pottery, and recycling units. The concept of redeveloping Dharavi is not new. Subsequent governments have proposed several schemes since the 1990s, but bureaucr...

  Following India's Operation Sindoor—a May 7, 2025, military attack on terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir—the Indian National Congress has come down strongly against the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) government. The BJP is being accused by the opposition party of diplomatic errors and terming its foreign policy a "global failure." Operation Sindoor: A Retaliatory Strike After a fatal terror attack in Pahalgam which resulted in the death of 26 Indian citizens, India conducted Operation Sindoor, a 23-minute Indian Air Force missile attack. Défense Minister Ranjith Singh   that the operation resulted in the removal of over 100 militants. India said it was targeting camps of outfits such  to be  Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Punjab. Pakistan argued that Indian strikes hit civilian areas, such to be  mosques, where 31 Pakistani civilians lost their lives. This inconsistency has created competing nar...

  In what looks like a serious upheaval in the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), party chief K. Chandrashekar Rao's (KCR) daughter MLC K.There have been subtle but discernible signs of Kavitha's collaboration with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Her earlier public says, which included gently criticizing her brother and BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao (KTR), have increased fears of a split or defection and fueled opinions of a growing rift between the party's first family.   Hitherto the unchallenged political power in Telangana, BRS is now confronted by a serious internal challenge that threatens to redefine its identity and luck.   Kavitha's Political Shift Kavitha has been more well-known in recent weeks and has started to say things that are different from the BRS party line. Though she hasn't openly announced a movement towards the BJP, She now speaks in a more flexible way with the national management. Her encomium for some Union government programm...

  In a surprising move, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif came forward and admitted that Pakistan’s critical facilities were hit and destroyed by Indian BrahMos missiles—a revelation that’s now making waves globally.   infrastructure, including a major airport in Rawalpindi. This Unusual recognition is a historic pivotal moment in Indo-Pak relationships, especially in Best to regional security and military actions.     The Revelation On May 29, 2025, at a press briefing in Islamabad, Prime Minister Sharif officially admitted for the first time that there was an Indian missile attack directly upon Pakistani soil. "Yes, we were taken aback. One of our strategic air bases was attacked by Indian Brahms missiles, and we are assessing the damage," said Sharif. Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi was identified as a strategic target, serving both as a military stronghold and a vital logistical Centre for the Pakistan Air Force.   The missile attack apparently resulted...

 On what should to have been A happy moment, biotech entrepreneur and one-time U.S. Online criticism against Vivek Ramaswamy, the presidential contender, was intense. His wedding anniversary photo with wife Apoorva Tewari Ramaswamy asked a flurry of racist and xenophobic comments, revealing a deeper meaning of anger related to ongoing H-1B visa controversies and the wider political debate surrounding immigration in the United States. A Personal Milestone Becomes Political Lightning Rod In May 2025, Ramaswamy, the focal point of right-wing, anti-woke discourse and his 2024 Republican presidential campaign, posted a touching eulogy to his wife on social media. to commemorate years of partnership, family, and values shared. This came with a frank picture, as basic as the tone of the tribute—a gesture of personal appreciation and love. However, before a matter of hours, it was deluged with vile Comments. What could have been a touching moment turned into an arena for racist and anti-im...

  The Rise of an Economic Powerhouse: Forces That Driven India to Third-Largest Global Economy India's rise from a post-colonial to the third-largest global economy by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) and increasingly so, today in addition to nominal terms, is nothing less than amazing. This has been driven by strategic reforms, demographic energy, technological excellence, and long-term growth vision.   However, what specifically has fueled this expansion? Let's look at the major forces driving India's rise to be a global economic power.   1. Economic Liberalization of the 1990s India's economic rise started in good earnest with the 1991 liberalization reforms. Confronted with an acute balance of payments crisis, International markets have been embraced by the Indian government. These changes were initiated by the Finance Minister at the time of Dr. Manmohan Singh abolished the License Raj, lowered trade barriers, depreciated the currency, and called for forei...