India is the largest democracy in the world, boasting a diverse population, gender diversity, a wide range of religions, and languages. India, a nation often described as a rising global power, finds itself encircled by a ring of instability. From the political and violent upheavals in Bangladeshi streets and in Nepal to the quiet unease rippling across the turquoise waters of the Maldives, South Asia is in flux. Political loyalties are shifting, protests are turning violent, and economic tremors—like those sparked by Trump’s aggressive tariff war—are shaking livelihoods across borders. It’s not just headlines anymore; it’s real people caught in the crossfire of power struggles, political turmoil, and global pressure.
And as India watches these storms gather at its doorstep, another question begins to surface—one that’s harder to ignore: Is this just a series of unfortunate events, or is there a calculated push to weaken India’s foundations, both from outside and within?
Every time, we can see only a single agenda: ‘to break India and its internal stability’. For the last 2000 years, India was under attack by Arabs, Mongols, Mughals, Afghans, Europeans, including the UK, and the Chinese. No one succeeded.
Let’s dive into the reasons behind political unrest in neighbouring India. Internal Unrest and Political Instability: Is it natural or a conspiracy?
Bangladesh: From Ally to Uncertainty
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Bangladesh, once considered a stable partner in India’s eastern flank, has plunged into chaos. A mass protest created by students finally took deadly shape against Shaikh Hasina, Hindus and India. Finally, Shaikh Hasina had to leave the post and flee to India.
The dismissal of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024 marked a significant shift in Dhaka’s political landscape. What began as student-led demonstrations against job quotas escalated into a nationwide agitation against Shaikh Haseena, Hindus, and India.
Later, the protest turned violent. Jihadists’ mentalists took over the students’ protest, sidelining them. The real agenda began. Violent mentalities vandalized hundreds of Hindu temples, insulting and abusing the Hindu deities. Over 300 lives were lost, and Hasina fled to India for asylum. There are no authorized figures for rapes, abuse, and killings.
Slowly, all pretests turned into anti-India and anti-Hindu campaigns. As soon as Shaikh Hasina ran out of the country, Yunus Khan took over the chair. He then joined hands with Pakistanis, and they vandalized an idol of Mujibur Rehman, who was the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh. They wanted to erase the deadly and crushing defeat from India, which liberated East Pakistan, and Bangladesh gained its independence.
Ungrateful Bangladeshi joined hands with terrorists. Yunus then set the imprisoned, deadly terrorists free, who were behind bars for serious crimes.
Now, the blind public by religion, and the terrorists of jihadist mentality, who joined hands together, only to intensify the issues.
Then Yunus and his allies started giving vague and provocative statements. One of the statements took root in India – “Bangladesh will cut off the Chicken neck of India in the north-east region (Siliguri Corridor) with the help of China.”
The comment on the Siliguri Corridor posed a significant threat, as it also offered China the opportunity to build a military airbase just 20 to 30 kilometers away from the corridor.
The Facts –
- As per Shaikh Hassina, PM of Bangladesh, a white man came and asked for St. Martin’s island to build their separate country for only Christians. This island has a significant strategic location very close to the Strait of Malacca. This island is also very near the Indian naval base in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- This white man is believed to be Joe Biden, as per internet crack downs. However, we cannot confirm the same.
- As soon as the PM of Bangladesh refused the proposal, these riots and unrest began. It exploited the spark that had already ignited students’ riots.
- Pakistan took advantage of this and entered its territory to support the pro-Pakistan and anti-India government.
- Slowly, the riots also turned into anti-Hindu sentiments.
- No human rights, no international media covered it. Was it deliberate because of the involvement of the most significant powers?
- There was hardly any condemnation even in international forums like the UN.
- The same Bangladeshis suffered a deadly era from 1960 to 1970 with loot, rapes, killings, force migration, forceful conversions, slavery, etc. A reported figure says that nearly a million died, and half a million suffered rapes.
- When people started entering India, the Indian army stopped them. Later, Indian ex-PM Indira Gandhi, with the help of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, entered into a war escalated by Pakistan. India liberated Bangladesh, and the Late Mr. Mujibur Rehman was the first PM of liberated Bangladesh.
- But recent incidents forced the Bangladeshi to deliberately forget all these sufferings and India’s role in healing their wounds. No doubt the scars will always be there, but they should not forget who gave them these scars.
- India also provides monetary aid to all neighbours. Bangladesh is a beneficiary of the same.
The rise of the interim government under General Waker-Uz-Zaman, Chief of Army Staff, Bangladesh, and the release of opposition leader Khaleda Zia—known for her pro-Pakistan and anti-India stance—has raised alarms in New Delhi. The resurgence of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its historical ties to Islamabad and Beijing could alter South Asia’s peace and strategic balance. Recent clashes in Gopalganj, Hasina’s stronghold, left four dead and dozens injured, underscoring the volatility that persists.
India now faces a dilemma: intervene diplomatically to preserve its influence or risk losing a key ally to rival powers.
The Pahalgam Attack – Pakistani connections: Terror in Deadly Form Reloaded
Jammu and Kashmir has always been cursed by terrorism. Thanks to the locals who deliberately support terrorism. They want money from Indian tourists but do not want to be part of India. On April 22, 2025, the Baisaran Valley in Pahalgam, Jammu & Kashmir, became the site of one of the deadliest civilian massacres since the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Armed militants from The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, targeted Hindu tourists, killing 26 people in a brutal, religiously motivated assault.
In honest words, the terrorists asked tourists what their religion was. If they are not Islamists, give them a headshot, and if they are following Islam, then they must chant the Kalma, an Islamic religious prayer. If they can speak Kalma even, then take off their pants to check the Circumcision. See how violent that was, and it’s even deadlier.
India responded with Operation Sindoor, launching precision strikes on nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, reportedly eliminating over 100 militants.
When Pakistan retaliated, it faced an even more deadly attack by India. India hit the nuclear arms holder Nurkhan airbase, after which Pakistan called for a ceasefire, cowardly.
India retaliated for the first time in a deadly way since the 1998 Kargil war. All the Indian governments after 2003 were either supporting Pakistan or could not retaliate, or the agenda was to declare Hinduism as ‘Hindu terror / Saffron Terror’. However, people in India had carried a spark for the last 20 years, which the Modi government finally extinguished.
The SCO Summit 2025 in Tianjin later backed India’s stance, condemning Pakistan’s role in cross-border terrorism.
The mastermind, Saifullah Kasuri, was photographed embracing Pakistani army officers, further implicating Islamabad in the attack. Despite Pakistan’s denials, the evidence points to a coordinated effort to reignite militancy in Kashmir and destabilize India’s internal security. Yet no country in the world criticized Pakistan.
Please read my blogs to understand who provides strength to terrorism.
- Where do Terrorists get their strength from – Part 1? – PolyBlogger.com
- Where do Terrorists get their strength from? – Part 2 – PolyBlogger.com
Nepal: Gen Z’s Revolt and the Fall of KP Oli
Nepal’s political crisis began in November 2019 over the territorial issues with India. All these issues started just after meeting the Chinese representatives.
The question is how suddenly everything changed after the visit of the Chinese representative to Nepal?
After that, the Galwan Valley stand-off and clash with Chinese soldiers incident happened.
A nationwide unrest erupted in September 2025 when Gen Z-led protests over a controversial ban on 26 social media platforms spiralled into a full-blown revolution.
The government took a panicked move to ban the media as soon as the videos, photos, and articles went viral on how the nepo-kids (kids of nepotism) are enjoying the luxurious lifestyle in foreign countries, lavish hotel stays and acquiring such luxury hotels and properties, how such politicians and their families are enjoying an abundance of money. But the economically weaker are suffering from floods, hunger, unemployment, and other hardships. The government is least bothered about generating employment, trades, and even farming activities. These incidents raised a question of why the country even needs this government. Why can’t they have a capable government? Why only a few have access to the country’s resources, and why not for the common good?
Immediately, a mass protest started because many Gen-Z were earning through social media, connecting people through it, and studying through it. They were fed up with corruption and nepotism. Protest reached to such a level that civilians entered Parliament, the Supreme Court, luxury hotels and burned them all. Even people entered the private houses of the ministers. People chased off and kicked the politician to the curb.
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned after demonstrators torched Parliament and government buildings, leaving over 300 Gen-Zs dead. KP Oli showed an absolute dictatorship. If someone speaks against the government officials’ acts, ban the media entirely. Try to control and even show brutality, or eliminate the civilians.
Now, K.P. Sharma Oli has resigned and run away to safeguard his family and himself.
The protests were not just about digital rights—they reflected deep-rooted frustrations over corruption, unemployment, and political dysfunction. With 13 governments in less than two decades, Nepal’s instability poses a direct threat to India, which shares an open border with the Himalayan nation.
Speculation about foreign interference—particularly from Western powers seeking to encircle India—has gained traction on social media. Whether organic or engineered, the unrest in Nepal adds another layer of complexity to India’s regional calculus.
Maldives: From ‘India Out’ to Strategic Realignment
The Maldives are an island group in the Indian Ocean, southwest of India. Although it does not directly border India, the Maldives’ closest countries are India and Sri Lanka. But India was its trading, tourism, and defense partner. India provided medical assistance, Oil and gas, maritime defense, maritime patrolling helicopters, fighter jets support, food grains and everything a big brother does to its smaller one.
The Maldives, once a reliable partner, saw a dramatic shift in 2023 when President Mohamed Muizzu rode to power on the back of the “India Out” campaign. His early calls for the withdrawal of Indian military personnel strained bilateral ties.
This ‘India-out’ was probably because of a religious difference. Being an Islamic country, the ‘India out’ campaign, which resembles the ‘Hindus out’ campaign, took stronger roots.
Result? A Massive drop in tourism from India by about 50 to 60%. Many cancelled trips to the Maldives and took the route to Lakshadweep Island and Mauritius. Indian soldiers withdrew from the Maldives. India withdrew from maritime patrolling participation.
Consequences – Economic pressures and limited support from China and Gulf nations forced Muizzu to recalibrate. The Maldives’ economy slowed down due to a massive drop in tourism. China didn’t turn to them for defence or any trade. Muizzu then realized that India, being closest to him and a partner for a long time, had reversed his decision and invited PM Modi to the Maldives. Big bro forgot everything the minor brother did and joined hands again.
In July 2025, Prime Minister Modi was hosted as the guest of honour at the Maldives’ Independence Day celebrations, marking a strategic turnaround.
India extended a $554 million line of credit, donated defence equipment, and initiated free trade negotiations, again.
Yet, the episode serves as a cautionary tale: populist anti-India rhetoric can quickly morph into diplomatic crises, especially when amplified by foreign interests.
India must not forget that there is an anti-Indian majority that elected this government.
Trump’s Tariff War: Economic Pressure as Geopolitical Leverage
Please read my blogs on –
- What Is a Tariff War? – PolyBlogger.com
- TRUMP’S TARIFF WAR: IS “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” REALLY WORKING? – PolyBlogger.com
- Effects of the ‘Tariff War’ on the USA Itself – PolyBlogger.com
The aforementioned blogs will provide a clear and in-depth understanding of the tariff war and its effects.
President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff regime has added economic strain to India’s geopolitical challenges. In 2025, the US imposed 50% tariffs on Indian goods, penalizing New Delhi for purchasing Russian oil17. Trump accused India of “war profiteering” and threatened 100% tariffs unless Europe joined the pressure campaign.
The impact has been severe: textile exports to the US dropped by 40%, seafood and agricultural sectors suffered, and trade negotiations stalled.
While Trump later expressed optimism about resolving the impasse with Modi, the damage to India’s export-driven industries is undeniable.
Moreover, the tariff turned the friendship bitter.
By targeting India’s economic lifelines, Washington seeks to coerce New Delhi into aligning more closely with Western interests in the Ukraine conflict—a move that risks compromising India’s strategic autonomy.
Insider Threats: The Enemy Within
While external pressures mount, India faces a growing threat from within as well. Basically, it’s time to unite and retaliate. But traitors take advantage of such situations. According to a joint study by Microsoft and Protiviti, 63% of data breaches in India involve insider actors. With the rise of AI and GenAI, the potential for internal sabotage has increased exponentially.
Sectors like finance, healthcare, and IT are particularly vulnerable. Weak internal controls, lack of cross-functional oversight, and poor data governance have created fertile ground for insider manipulation. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) 2023 mandates stricter compliance, but enforcement remains patchy.
Insider threats are not limited to cyber sabotage—they extend to ideological subversion.
The most significant threats don’t always come from outside of the country—they come quietly from within. When individuals within trusted institutions align with divisive ideologies or foreign interests, internal unrest and political turmoil are inevitable. The damage isn’t always immediate or visible. But over time, their influence can quietly chip away at the very foundations of national unity and trust.
Communal Agenda: A Fractured Social Fabric
The rise of communalism further strains India’s internal unity. The opposition party, with the support of a particular community, is criticizing the newly introduced Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in January 2025, despite its constitutionality.
Opposition is spreading misinformation to threaten that particular community, targeting the religious rights of civilians.
It is all for exploiting the electoral gains. This undermines social harmony and weakens India’s democratic foundations.
Conclusion: Conspiracy or Convergence?
When we look around, we cannot ignore the signs that protests are erupting across borders, economies are buckling under pressure, whispers of betrayal are coming from within, and communities are growing more divided by the day. It’s not just politics anymore—it’s personal. It’s about livelihoods, identities, and the quiet fear that something deeper might be unravelling.
Is India caught in the crosswinds of global chaos, or is there a deliberate effort—both inside and out—to shake its foundations?
Not every crisis may be part of a grand design. But when so many fault lines begin to crack at once, it’s no longer just a coincidence—it’s a pattern. And patterns, if ignored, have a way of becoming permanent.
India stands at a crossroads. The choices it makes now—how it responds, unites, and protects its core—will shape not just its future, but the future of the region itself.
Strategic encirclement, ideological infiltration, and economic pressure are working in tandem to test India’s resilience.
The battle is not just on borders or trade routes—it is within minds, systems, and narratives.
For India to navigate this storm, it must be in alert mode, watching developments in its neighbours. Occasionally, India must raise its eyebrows to keep neighbours calm. It must provide monetary assistance only in case of demand and with specific terms like ‘refrain from speaking against India for no reason’, ‘resolution to any internal conflicts in that country’, ‘spaces on rent for research, patrolling’ or ‘simply stop taking advantage of India’s rivalry with other countries’, etc.’
Anyway, India never stops its neighbours from seeking assistance from Indian rivalries, and then lets them take monetary advantage of such rivalries. Once the neighbours understand the effects and consequences, like the Maldives did, they will automatically align with India and work in favour.
Internal unrest is unavoidable in any country, but how India manages it is a key to peace. India must suppress anti-national voices and deal strictly with traitors using stricter laws. The law should be more stringent in all such cases.
India’s future depends on its ability to see through the fog of unrest and emerge not just intact, but stronger.
