The Mapmaker’s Dream - By a Citizen of the Stars.

I’m a mapmaker, sketching India’s victories with pride, but my pen stumbles. On July 28, 2025, our heroes triumphed in a valley—Operation Mahadev, named for a peak of ancient tales. Like the Moon’s Shiv Shakti Point from Chandrayaan-3 or Operation Sindoor, honoring Pahalgam’s widows, it shines for some stars but not mine. My Indian heart beats strong, yet these names feel far from the sky I gaze. Could names like  “Zabarwan” for the hills, “Vikram” for the lunar lander, or “Safar” for justice’s journey, bind us all? No one’s an outsider here. Let’s draw a map where every triumph’s name builds a bridge, holding every citizen under one wide sky.

- Rafiq Oulia