2025-08-16T11:44:58+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR, Geography|
From Curzon to the Northeast: How Colonial Borders Still Shape India In 1907, two years after retiring as Viceroy of India, George Nathaniel Curzon delivered the prestigious Romanes Lecture at Oxford. His chosen theme was Frontiers. Curzon argued that the idea of rigid, well-guarded national borders was essentially a European [...]
2025-08-09T01:23:02+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR|
“Operation Sindoor was a strike. But defeating the ‘Other Punjab’—Pakistan’s jihadi heartland—will require a war of patience, precision, and persistence.” To truly defeat terrorism, India must go beyond bombs. It must break the spine of Pakistan’s Punjab—the breeding ground of jihad.” From Pahalgam to Bahawalpur: On April 22, 2025, the [...]
2025-08-02T21:21:32+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Context : India’s first white tiger breeding center will be established in Govindgarh, Rewa district, Madhya Pradesh 🐅 Mohan: The White Tiger That Started It All Though white tigers have been documented in India since the 16th century, the tale of Mohan is what truly captured global attention. In 1951, [...]
2025-07-29T22:32:48+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Policy, Society|
A true story from Puspal village, Dantewada, Chhattisgarh The skies over Puspal, a small tribal village in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh, were dark and heavy. The roads were broken, schools were shut, and violence had become a part of everyday life. Most people had lost faith in the government. For them, development [...]
2025-07-25T14:57:11+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Society|
📰 What is the story? In July 2025, a wedding photo from Himachal Pradesh’s Shillai village went viral. Sunita Chauhan, dressed as a bride, was seen sitting between two grooms—brothers Pradeep and Kapil Negi. Their marriage wasn’t a gimmick or media stunt—it was a revival of an old tribal custom [...]
2025-07-21T22:21:44+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
🌳 The Sacred Groves: Where Faith Meets Forest In a world racing toward concrete skylines and digital dreams, there exist quiet sanctuaries of life—sacred groves. These are not just patches of greenery, but living temples, where nature and faith have coexisted for centuries. Piplantri Village, Rajasthan – A Model of [...]
2025-07-10T21:52:44+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Essays, Ethics|
We often fall into a dangerous trap: thinking life is split into two neat groups—those who struggle and those who don’t. Scroll through social media and it’s easy to believe some people are just lucky, living perfect, pain-free lives. But behind every smiling photo, there might be heartbreak, illness, loneliness, [...]
2025-07-05T14:39:54+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: FP & IR, History|
The global order today is in flux, caught between the collapse of the post–World War II liberal framework and the absence of a coherent replacement. As conflict spreads across continents and ideologies crumble, the world appears to be returning to an older, harsher logic of geopolitics—rooted not in shared values, [...]
2025-07-05T14:18:23+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Oil vs Environment: Deep in the heart of South America, a silent war is raging—between oil and the environment. The Amazon rainforest, often called the “lungs of the planet,” is now the epicenter of an oil rush. Beneath its emerald canopy lies immense wealth—nearly 20% of the world’s newly discovered [...]
2025-07-03T15:02:32+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Geography|
India’s 7,500 km-long coastline is more than just a scenic boundary—it’s a hub of biodiversity, economy, culture, and climate resilience. But today, our coasts are under siege—from erosion, pollution, habitat destruction, and climate extremes. 🌊 India’s Coast: Beauty on the Brink […]
