Parag Gilada

#Analysis Space sovereignty is national security In my latest for @TheDailyPioneer, I argue that global partnerships must strengthen India’s capabilities, not create strategic dependencies. #ISRO must remain the bedrock; private enterprise, the force multiplier. The door is ours, and so is the key. 🔗 dailypioneer.com/analysis/in… #SpaceSovereignty #NationalSecurity

#Opinion In my latest article for @TheDailyPioneer on #Nepal, I examine the country’s political evolution, the democratic legacy of the #NepaliCongress, and the public discourse around generational change in leadership. Can generational change come at the cost of democratic memory? A political party’s future is bigger than any leader or faction. The challenge is to renew democracy without erasing the history that shaped it and to question how digital narratives influence public perceptions of political accountability. Virality is not constitutional legitimacy. dailypioneer.com/opinion/nep… #Nepal #NepaliCongress #democracy

Namaste @ashajadeja ji You have strongly supported PM Modi’s vision for India’s economic growth and nation-building. Having placed your trust in India’s institutions and generously contributed to building its capabilities (Rajeev Motwani Building at IITK), would you now doubt India’s judgement simply because an American entrepreneur’s commercial interests face scrutiny on national security and sovereignty? Trusting India means trusting its sovereign institutions to put national interest first. In my view, true nation-building is not about who can operate beyond a government’s control, but who contributes to building a nation’s enduring capabilities. India welcomes innovation, but its institutions and national security are not negotiable. 🙏🌹🙏

#IndiaFirst #Starlink versus #NationalSecurity India should welcome innovation and foreign investment but on India’s terms, under India’s laws, and with India’s national security protected. Connectivity is an economic necessity. Sovereign control of critical communications infrastructure is a national-security necessity. I commend Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji’s 25 years of national leadership, founded on the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat and a steadfast commitment to national security. One remains assured that remarks by foreign entrepreneurs that undermine India’s laws, sovereignty and national ethos have no place in India’s public discourse. No foreign entrepreneur, however influential, should be allowed to redefine India’s sovereign regulatory decisions as a “crime against the people” merely because one’s commercial interests are affected. @PMOIndia @HMOIndia @PiyushGoyal @AshwiniVaishnaw

#Nepal #BrandNepal Privileged and honoured to be part of “Brand Nepal”, an important initiative launched by the Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Nepal. At its core, Brand Nepal is a strategic policy initiative built around three powerful objectives: Protecting Identity, Projecting Influence, and Creating Strategic Opportunities. It is about how Nepal defines and communicates its identity, strengthens its voice and agency in the international system, and creates opportunities that advance its national interests. For me, Brand Nepal also carries a deeper meaning for #India–#Nepal relations. A confident and globally positioned Nepal strengthens the relationship not as a buffer, but as a sovereign, trusted and equal partner, building upon deep civilisational ties, people-to-people connections, economic interdependence and shared regional interests. My sincere thanks to Mrs Rojina Tamrakar, Executive Director, IFA, for having me on board these vital conversations and for acknowledging my contributions over the years towards promoting Nepal and strengthening the India–Nepal relationship. Deeply appreciate the engaging and enriching conversations with Hon. MP Sumnima Udas, Foreign Secretary Mr Amrit Rai, former Foreign Secretary Mr Durga Bhattarai, and other senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. #BrandNepal is ultimately about Nepal telling its own story with confidence, clarity and strategic agency. 🇳🇵 And for India, it is about listening to that story, respecting Nepal’s sovereign choices, and finding pathways to build the future together. 🇮🇳🤝🇳🇵 I congratulate the Government of Nepal for this timely and relevant policy intervention, as Nepal engages with the world in the aftermath of the #Bhotekoshi_Trishuli flash floods. @amritrai555 @VikramMisri @rojina68

#India-#Nepal From #Kota to #Kathmandu! 🌊 The success of the #ChambalRiverfront in #Rajasthan offers a powerful blueprint for an India-Nepal partnership. Massive tourism & urban renewal potential waiting to be unlocked in Nepal’s urban rivers: 🔹 Bagmati 🔹 Bishnumati 🔹 Seti Gandaki 🔹 Manohara #UrbanPlanning #Tourism #Nepal

#Nepal-#India #SecurityConversations #NationalSecuriry An engaging and thought-provoking conversation with Shri Shanker Das Bairagi ji, Chairman of the Institute for Strategic and Socio-Economic Research (ISSR), and former National Security Advisor, Chief Secretary and Foreign Secretary of Nepal. Our discussion ranged across #India–#Nepal relations, regional security and stability, and the critical role of human capital in strengthening both. Security today depends not only on institutions and technology, but also on investing in people; their knowledge, skills, resilience and capacity to anticipate and respond to emerging challenges. The iconic “clock” table between us was entirely coincidental, but its symbolism was difficult to miss. Time moves; threats evolve; technologies transform; and the meaning of stability and security is constantly redefined. Perhaps the clock offered a quiet reminder: the future of India–Nepal security and stability will depend not only on how we manage change, but on how well we prepare people to lead through it. 🇮🇳🇳🇵 @VikramMisri @MEAIndia @chauhan_shokin

#OpEd #Nepal In my latest OpEd, “From Himalayan Tragedy to Global Accountability,” for @TheDailyPioneer, I examine how Nepal has taken the #Bhotekoshi-#Trishuli catastrophe from a national tragedy to a global case for climate justice, resilient development, accessible finance and Himalayan cooperation. From FM Shisir Khanal’s diplomatic groundwork to PM Balendra Shah’s #UNGA81 intervention, Nepal is asking a larger question: when climate disasters erase hard-won development gains, what must the international system do differently? And beyond infrastructure lies a deeper loss:- the #Trishuli civilisation, communities, cultural landscapes and ancestral memory that cannot simply be rebuilt. dailypioneer.com/news/from-h… Nepal has spoken from the mountains. The question now is whether the world will listen and act. @PM_nepal_