India, Aug. 15 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 103-minute address from the Red Fort on the #79thIndependenceDay marked a watershed moment in India's political communication - not only for its record-breaking length but for its sweeping articulation of a self-reliant, strategically autonomous, and technologically empowered nation.

Framed as a roadmap to a #ViksitBharat by 2047, the speech blended policy announcements with ideological clarity, underscoring India's transformation from dependence to global confidence.

PM Modi's assertion that "India will no longer accept nuclear blackmail" came in the context of Operation Sindoor - a retaliatory strike following the #Pahalgam attack - executed entirely with indigenous weaponry.

His remar...