Shivangi Kaushish

In the winter of 1973, long queues began appearing outside petrol stations across much of the world. In the United States, fuel rationing became common. In parts of Europe, governments reduced street lighting and introduced “car-free Sundays,” while Japan launched nationwide energy-conservation campaigns. The trigger was thousands of kilometres away: the Yom Kippur War and the subsequent oil embargo imposed by Arab nations. For India, then still a fragile and import-dependent economy, the...

A year after India placed the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance following the Pahalgam terror attack of 2025, the move remains a defining moment in the evolution of South Asian geopolitics. For decades, the Indus basin symbolized a rare paradox: India and Pakistan fought wars, suspended dialogue, and endured repeated crises, yet continued cooperating over rivers that sustained millions. In 2025, that paradox broke. There is an old saying in the subcontinent: “Water remembers every wound.” The...