From the Editor
Happymon Jacob
I am delighted to bring you the April issue of India’s World, dedicated to examining what the Iran war means for India and the world. I belong to the school of thought that believes that the US-Israeli strikes on Iran on 28 February 2026 were not just another Middle Eastern conflict, but a strategic mistake with long-term implications. The war has exposed, with uncomfortable clarity, the miscalculations of almost every actor in the conflict, and even some not directly involved. Israel and the United States believed this would be a clean, quick, decisive win; they were wrong. Gulf states assumed that missiles would fly past them, not at them; they were wrong.
Cover Story
The Israel–Iran conflict is often framed through the immediacy of strikes and retaliation, but its roots ...
For India, the Middle East is no longer just a neighbourhood defined by oil and remittances. ...
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Geopolitics
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History
Debate
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Art & Culture
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Explainer
BOOK REVIEWS
Authors & Books
For this issue of India’s World, Vaishu Rai speaks with Kumar about his book AI Nation: Bharat’s Path to AI Power, and ...
Noteworthy on Screen
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