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Why the Strait of Hormuz Remains Open for India While the World Is Shut Out

The year 2026 has turned the world’s most vital waterway into a silent, jagged canyon of steel and shadow. As the Strait of Hormuz constricts under the weight of modern war, the flags of a dozen nations have vanished from its surface. Yet, through the sulfurous haze of the Gulf, the Indian tricolor still moves – not as an intruder, but as a guest in a familiar house.