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Free bus rides vs fancy bullet trains: What kind of development must India have

New Delhi, May 25 -- With the heat picking up in India's election season, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released a series of interviews to his chosen media houses, mostly in controlled environments... Read More


What the unrest in New Caledonia means for the Indo Pacific and China's looming presence

New Delhi, May 24 -- As the world watches the unfolding of new power dynamics in the South China Sea, a presumably less important South Pacific country has come under the grip of violent protests. New... Read More


Saving the Great Indian Bustard: Landmark judgement can be leveraged for stronger climate change legislation

New Delhi, May 24 -- Have you heard about the boiling frog syndrome? It comes from a fable and it aptly fits with a real-world problem of the present era i.e., climate change. It connotes the notion t... Read More


Manipur continues to bleed as political skullduggery continues

New Delhi, May 24 -- The ongoing ethnic cleansing experiment in Manipur, state support to Arambai Tengol, a well armed radical Meitei militia, taking control of Imphal with security forces nowhere in ... Read More


Are migration fears driving curbs on international education? Pent-up demand will create new student markets

New Delhi, May 22 -- Recent announcements and measures by certain Western governments to curtail the inflow of international students have raised eyebrows about its rationale and whether a rethink on ... Read More


Are Hindus in danger in India due to rising Muslim population?

New Delhi, May 20 -- As the election season is in full swing in India so is the divisive propaganda. The chief propagandist of the ruling BJP is Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself, whose narrative h... Read More


Sri Lanka's coming presidential election has implications for region; India better watch out

New Delhi, May 19 -- Recently, Maldivian President Muizzu, widely perceived as being pro-Chinese, won a landslide victory in the Indian Ocean archipelago's parliamentary elections. Muizzu's People's N... Read More


Quad and now the Squad: New power equations in the Indo-Pacific

New Delhi, May 18 -- The Defence Ministers from Japan, the United States, Australia and the Philippines on 2 May pledged to maintain the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region, where all four sh... Read More


Is the US finally realizing Bangladesh's importance in its Indo-Pacific strategy?

New Delhi, May 17 -- Donald Lu, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, embarked on a trip to India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh this month to enhance bilateral cooperation ... Read More


Three verdicts that upheld India's democracy

New Delhi, May 17 -- Will Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal gain electorally with his interim bail? Did Prime Minister Narendra Modi take the wrong step with the ill-timed arrest of Arvind Kejriwal... Read More