<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Indian Exceptionalism</title><description>Essays examining India as a civilisation, its institutions, character, and long arc.</description><link>https://indianexceptionalism.org/</link><language>en</language><item><title>A Soldier&apos;s View from the Frontier</title><link>https://indianexceptionalism.org/essays/a-soldiers-view-from-the-frontier/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://indianexceptionalism.org/essays/a-soldiers-view-from-the-frontier/</guid><description>Four decades on India&apos;s most sensitive borders taught me that a civilization proves itself most clearly at the edge of the map.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Lt. Gen. K.T. Parnaik (Retd.)</author></item><item><title>The Foundation We Forgot</title><link>https://indianexceptionalism.org/essays/the-foundation-we-forgot/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://indianexceptionalism.org/essays/the-foundation-we-forgot/</guid><description>India has built great institutions. It has yet to build great citizens.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><author>Rajinder Pal Devgan</author></item></channel></rss>