Is India's Water Blockade the Death Knell Pakistan Doesn't See Coming?
While the world focuses on military tensions and diplomacy, India executed a more devastating strategy: turning off the water tap. A quiet, bloodless war that slowly starves a nation — not with bombs, but by drying its rivers. India's calculated steps have been designed to weaken Pakistan from the roots upward. However, as Pakistan-backed terror attacks continue, the global silence is louder than ever. The main question still remains: When terror has a return address, and everyone knows it, why does the world choose silence over action? Unfiltered and fearless, from politics to power games, every episode brings straight answers to sharp questions. Join Hindustan Times' Kumkum Chadha as she digs deeper.
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