TOP NEWSMAKERS OF MAY 2025

Earlier this year on 29th March, world entered the Pisach Yog wherein it was predicted that all kinds of instabilities including diseases, calamity and wars would happen. And, we've seen one after another big 'negative' event happening; one which even culminated into the 4 day Indo-Pak mini war after the ghastly Pahalgam terrorist attack. And the entire month of May revolved around only that.

Indo-Pak War Operation Sindoor - Just to refresh the memory ( not that we will ever forget it ), after Pahalgam terrorist attacks of April22nd'25 the Govt was under intense pressure to act against the terrorists. So, on 7th May after alerting the public of a mock drill, at midnight, Indian armed forces struck at 9 terrorist locations including 2 in Pakistan terrority and the rest in POK - surprising all Indians. It was the first time Indian army had crossed the border since 1965. They struck terror locations at Bahawalpur and Muridke that saw Pakistan army officials attending the funeral of some of these terrorists killed exposing to the world the nexus between the Pak army and terror groups. While in beginning the Indian strikes were against terror hubs only, Pakistan then started sending swarms of Turkey and Chinese made drones targetting civilians near the border towns that included attacks in temples, gurdwaras etc. These attacks were foiled by the impressive russian-made S400. India then decided to wipe off Pak air bases at 11 places, several inside the International border. However, on the fourth day of the conflict, suddently Trump who had said it was none of USA's business to intervene earlier, announced a sudden ceasefire. While speculations are rife as to what led to this announcement, including a possible nuclear leak in Pak's Kirana Hiils; the actual reasons are still unknown. Patriotic Indians are feeling let down for the sudden halt, while Pakistan is celebrating a ( non-existant ) victory. Modi said India has only halted its operations and that any further terror incident will be considered an act of war. In midst of this Pak got another loan appoved by IMF. Was it the reason they called for a ceasefire? Or because they were hit big they went running to USA to intervene? And, since USA needs those Pak air bases to eventually target Iran, Trump co-erced Pak to dial India for a ceasefire?

Pak DM Khawaja Asif - The only ( semi ) truthful guy in Pak ( rest are pathological liars ) embarrassing his own country and leaving them red-faced with statements like ...'We've been doing this dirty work for US and the west, including Britain for the past three decades,' when asked about harbouring and training terrorists in Pak soil
In another statement he mentioned that - 'Pakistan didn't intercept Indian drones and missiles as they didnt want to reveal their locations.' Next, he says..'indians used some stealth technology type device thats why they were not detected'. Its like a thief came but you hide your pistol instead of attacking him.
There were also claims he made like Pak had shot down 5 jets. When asked for evidence, the DM simply said that its all over social media - he specifically mentioned - indian social media. So, a defence minister gets war news from indian social media like whatsapp, instagram and facebook etc? Howlarious. When again asked evidence for his claims by another news channel - he only kept repeating 'Can't hear, can you speak bit louder.'
In another statement he mentioned that madrassa students were Pakistan's second line of defence. And he threatened that Pakistan will deploy these madreassa students if they ran out of soldiers.
He even threated to use nukes if there is a threat to Pak's very existance. A direct threat to the whole world that if Pakistan didn't survive, no body would. 'If we cease to exist, we wont let the world to exist too.' Talk about lunatics on the loose.

He further adds ( to everyone's amusement ), that Paki hackers hacked lights of IPL stadium and stopped the game, and switched on the Indus dam gates to release water.

Last but not the least he very blatantly drops the ultimate truth bomb by saying - America generates wars around the world and profits from it. They make countries fight and sells weapons to both sides, its commerce for them and they alone have fought over 200 wars around the globe

Balochistan Declares Its Own Independence - While Operation Sindoor was going on in full swing, during the four days war, Balochistan must've declared its independence from Pakistan umpteeth number of times - urging UN to recognise it and also for India to allow its Embassy in Delhi. Its quite saddening how Pakistan has been treating Balochis while trying to wrest Kashmir from India. Balochis don't consider themselves Pakistanis and has been up in arms against the Pak army since its annexation for last 70+ years. While Paks takes off its rich resources, balochis themselves have never prospered or profited from it. They remain in poverty; and that has resulted in the bloody arms struggle. As of now, Balochis claim that 80% of its territory is no longer controlled by the Pak army, keeping them ( aka the pak army ) restricted only around Quetta. Will Balochis really gain full independence remains to be seen, as merely announcing it doesn't necessarily mean it. There are certain criteria for it to happen. And India should not get involved in any manner ( except raising humanitarian concerns regarding their plight ) in this matter inspite of so many pleas for it's support by the Balochis, as it could severely jeopardise its strategic, diplomatic and geopolitical considerations.

Asim Munir - Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah, thats his full name. One look at his picture and one sees hordes of medals in his uniform; and one wonders which war has he really won? For that matter how many wars did Pakistan ever win? So, such medal display is kinda joke. He joins the list of delusional Pakistan army generals who inspite of so many defeats still believe that they could ever get Kashmir. He is 11th Chief of Army staff which is considered the higest position in Pakistan. Like all his predecessors who has had one or two ( atleast ) terrorist attacks conducted in India ( to somehow find legitimacy in Pakistan perhaps ) during their tenure by Pak trained jihadis, how could this fellow be left behind? It is seen the army generals during whose time India faced maximum terror attacks are the ones who held their posts the longest. So, to secure his position too, Asim Munir made the infamous provocative speech of 'how hindus were different from muslims, how they were entirely two different nations, and foundation of Pakistan was due to this very fact,' etc etc - and lo and behold within two-three days we had the Pahalgam terrorist attack with people killed if they were hindus. Planned co-incidence?

#BoycottTurkey Azerbaijan - I have done lots of travel blogging on my other blog as well as collaborations with Tourism board of various states as well as countries. I have even done a promotional campaign for Turkish Airlines and Turkey Tourism in the past. Tourism is a big contributor to a country's economy. Not only does it creates jobs in sectors like hotels, cabs, airlines and various destinations as well as logistics, it strengthens bond between countries as travellers encourage others to follow suit and word of mouth prevails as well as those enchanting instagram pictures/reels that lure the crowds in. Trade blooms between the nations. Turkey was of late a hot favourite with Indian tourists. We saw many iconic turkish ice-cream and shawarma outlets cropping up in various malls across India; so there was a healthy exchange of food and culture; including collaborations between universities/ insitutions from both the sides. When the deadly earthquake hit Turkey, India was amongst the first to send aid - food, medicines, water, doctors and nurses. So, when Turkey arms Pakistan with drones and missiles to hit the vary Indians who helped its economy grow, it is painful to say the least. Same goes for country of Azerbaijan. They see Pakistan as their muslim brotherhood or ummah, forgetting the fact that India has more muslims than entire Pakistan. So, the boycot-turkey calls are just appropriate for such ungrateful nations. Indian trader bodies has cancelled imports like apples, apricots, marbles etc while many flight agents cancelled their packages promoting these countries. Thus, hitting them back economically. In all these, meanwhile on a lighter note, Azharduddin the former Indian crickteer is having a hard time explaining to people threatening not to visit him that - he is simply 'azhar bhaijan' and not azerbaijan :D

Youtuber Arrested For Spying - #TravelwithJo ( Jyoti Malhotra ), I had watched couple of videos of this youtuber last year as she boarded a train from India to Lahore. I was like...'Wow, brave girl!' I always love to see what other travel bloggers are up to and I was kind of impressed with her videos, as going to Pakistan seems rather unthinkable if not impossible for many of us. To learn that this vlogger was arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan's ISI all this while was really disheartening. Why Oh why? How can anyone spy for an enemy country this way knowing fully well their nefarious activities against our citizen? For money? Is price of Indian lives worth that under the garb of 'aman ki asha'? Not just her, several others including a Student, Businessman, Guard etc 9 in total were also arrested. And all are Indians. While they have confessed to giving sentitive information to Pak ISI, hats off to our intelligence sleuths who discovered this filth operating in our own backyard.

Barkha Dutt, Owaisi, Shashi Tharoor - Normally seen as having a soft corner for the Pakis, and appeasing muslims unabashedly both Barkha Dutt And Asaduddin Owaisi surprised many Indians for their patriotic stand post Pahalgam as well as pre and post Operation Sindoor. It was sheer pleasure to see a Barkha putting a Hina Rabbani in place in a Piers Morgan debate, while Owaisi has been on a Pakistan bashing spree. Shashi Tharoor being a congressman openly supporting BJP's moves too have surprised many, since official position of congress has been 'criticise BJP while appreciating the armed forces'. Tharoor is praising both. Some now calling him a 'closet sanghi' even. Both Owaisi and Tharoor has seen been selected for the outreach delegation to put across India's position on terror and Pakistan in world stage. They'll go to various countries to unmask Pakistan for good.

Trump Turns Rogue On india - From not blocking the IMF loan to Pakistan despite being aware of its terror activities to signing Crypto deal with Pakistan ( in the presence of Pak general Asim Munir ) of which Trump sons firm is 60% owner; selling 'amraam' missiles to turkey; including two ex LeT jihadists ( Hamas linked Ismail Royer, who apparantly even took part in attacks in Kashmir and who have been in prison ( for 13 years ) for several terror related charges and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf known for giving provocative speeches that influenced radicals and terrorists ), Trump has been taking many weird geo-political decisions of late especially after Operation Sindoor that has stunned not just India, but rest of the world. He has also decided to lift sanctions against Syria and stood shoulder to shoulder with a wanted ex militant and even complimented him as a 'handsome young man'. Whats in Trump's mind nobody knows. Is he practicing the saying 'keep enemies close to you'? Does he consider them as terrorists? Apart from passing IMF bailout to Pakistan, he has also approved loan to Bangladesh who recently was inviting China to set up airbase at Lalmohirat, very close to India's Siliguri corridor. Trump and his buddies exploring to engage with trade in raw earth minerals, oil, gas and real estate with Pak, Bangladesh and Turkey - all India's adversaries. Intentionally to irritate India or some other motive? Prevent India from progressing by keeping its borders vulnerable and purchase USA's F35? Something's definitely going on inside uncle Trump's mind. And oh...he even asked Apple not to make iphones in India. Go figure!

Pakistan Copy-Pasting India's Every Move - Pakistan has no originality, and, it has proved it again and again. India suspends Indus Water Treaty and asks all Pak citizens to leave the country; Pakistan threatens to cancel many treaties including the Shimla Agreement which anyways they have violated countless times. India bans Pakistan news channels and celebrity pages; Pakistan bans Indian youtubers and other Indian social media handles. India gives free hand to its armed forces to tackle Pakistan and its terrorists after the Pahalgam attack as they saw fit; Pak too declared to give similar free hand to its forces. India lines up all its three chiefs to give war briefings, Pakistan lines its three chiefs too in front of media. Modi visits Army Air base, poses pictures with the S400, Shariff visits his air bases and poses in front of a missile. India expels a Pak diplomat; Pakistan expels an Indian diplomat citing same reasons that India gave. India chairs its CSS; Pakistan chairs its NHS. India sends its delegation of MPs to put forth India's position regarding Operation Sindoor; Pakistan sends its own sets of MPs. Phew!

Operation Teesta Prahar - With Bangladesh of late proving to be a very ungrateful neighbour ( we had helped them in their liberation of '71, remember? ); and, trying to create further mischief with questionable statements that try to alienate North East from rest of India, and even inviting China to make a strategic air-base in its soil - Operation Teesta Prahar was necessary to send across the message that Big Bro India is aware and keeping a hawk eye on it's mischievous neighbours and will do whatever is required to protect its sovereignty. In an effort to display its war-readiness, Indian armed forces carried out large scale operations in the riverine territory of the Teesta. Co-ordination of various units seamlessly across different sections of the army that includes Infantry ( manual and mechanised ), Artillery, Para military, Army Aviation etc wherein next generation weapons and combat readiness were tested and explored. This kind of drill and battle rehearsals is surely set to send shivers down Bangladesh's spine for scheming to plot evil designs.

Rohingyas Dumped In The Seas - I found this bit of news quite amusing; although if true, maybe inhuman too. But how do we stop rohingyas who got expelled from Myanmaar from coming into our country in their thousands ( or lakhs perhaps already ). Rohingyas are of Bangladeshi origins, and as we already have tonnes of them ( illegal bangladeshis ) in our territory, we cannot afford to have more. Many of Myanmaar's neighbouring countries have shut their doors on them firmly, leaving only India which was forced to take them in - they'd get in anyways by hook or crook. As it is they have encroached many indian cities/towns. Worst thing about these rohingyas or bangladeshis are that they are a pure nuisance and creates law and order problems wherever they are increasing the crime rates of that area. They breed uncontrollably too, adding to the population. So, India in an extreme move recently packed 40+ of them, piled them on a boat and dumped them off Andaman and Nicobar islands with nothing but life-jackets and asked them to swim back to their country. Many human right activists have already made a huge hue and cry and filed petitions after petitions for their return. Like seriously? Secretly, ( I know I sound inhuman ) I'd love all of them to be deported in a similar way.

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