“Hormuz Trap: Four Technology Deficiencies Stand In The Way Of India’s Energy Independence”, Swarajya, July 06, 2026

“In the spring of 2026, the United States and Iran went to war, and the Strait of Hormuz was shut for three-and-a-half months. This is the channel that carries about a fifth of the world’s oil and most of India’s cooking gas, and yet India kept the lights on and the stoves lit. 

There was no petrol rationing, and cooking-gas cylinders kept arriving. The crude basket spiked to $157 a barrel and then came back down; the rupee touched a record low and recovered. A decade of adding new suppliers meant cargoes could be re-sourced from the Americas and West Africa within weeks, the navy escorted tankers through the Gulf of Oman, and the government moved fast to shield consumers. 

By mid-June the strait reopened. It was a crisis handled well, and the country is right to take the credit……..” 

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