A Nation on Watch India s Journey Through 2025

 

As the year draws to a close, it is time to reflect on the journey we have lived through and to look ahead to the future that awaits us. Nature moves in mysterious ways; nothing in this world is permanent. Change is the only constant-evolution, decay, renewal-this is the natural order. However, human beings increasingly intervene in this process, making change more disruptive and destructive. By interrupting nature's course, humanity often magnifies conflict rather than harmony. The wars, contradictions, controversies, and chaos that surround us today are largely creations of our own making. God has no role in these acts of violence. Those who commit crimes in the name of God or Allah are merely concealing their most sinister intentions-death, destruction, and domination. This reality has been starkly exposed through the relentless onslaught of Islamist ideology and its followers across the globe. This year witnessed a brutal attack on Jews in Israel, provoking a large-scale retaliation. Hamas, a designated terrorist organisation, played a pivotal role in triggering the conflict, which resulted in immense loss of innocent lives in Gaza. Islamist groups have repeatedly adopted the same strategy-using women and children as human shields, and then raising alarms about human rights violations, despite being among the most heinous violators of human rights themselves. From Kashmir to Israel, the pattern remains tragically identical. India continues to face sustained attacks from this terrorist menace, originating from Pakistan and supported by its internal collaborators. These Islamist jihadi forces are backed overtly and covertly by elements of the global Ummah. The threat has grown so pervasive that even American intelligence leadership, including Tulsi Gabbard, has warned the United States and Europe about the dangers posed by Sharia-driven Islamist extremism-an ideology that threatens democracy, equality, freedom of thought, and individual liberty by seeking to impose a tyrannical rule in the name of religion. These forces are gradually occupying democratic spaces and pose an immediate danger to free societies rooted in Western democratic values. Unfortunately, this threat is often ignored when its victims are India and Indians. This duplicity became glaring when U.S. President Donald Trump invited Pakistan's Field Marshal Asim Munir for a state dinner soon after the Pahalgam terrorist attack and India's response. The same contradiction was evident when the Trump administration aided the terrorist Pakistani state through global financial institutions like the World Bank. Additionally, India faced economic pressure through tariff policies targeting key sectors such as agriculture and pharmaceuticals. Changes in visa policies adversely affected Indian professionals, while India was pressured to stop purchasing energy from Russia-even as Western nations continued doing so themselves. The world has failed to bring an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, largely because it has been fuelled by Western powers through NATO. Despite sustained pressure, Russia has stood firm against these geopolitical manoeuvres. Amidst these global upheavals, India's economy has shown resilience. GDP growth remains consistent, offering hope for a stable and prosperous future. Yet, challenges persist-poverty, unemployment, healthcare concerns, and persistent attempts to derail our progress through terrorism, divisive politics, and religious extremism, including destabilisation in our neighbourhood, particularly Bangladesh. Our resolve remains unshaken. However, the government must decisively address core national issues: implementation of the NRC, a Uniform Civil Code, population control measures, and above all, the return and dignified rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits to their homeland, as envisioned in the Margdarshan Resolution.

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Courtesy:  Maharaj Shah and Koshur Samachar- January-2026