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What Khaleda Zia meant for Bangladesh politics

India, Dec. 30 -- Bangladesh's first woman prime minister Khaleda Zia, who has died at the age of 80 after prolonged illness, will perhaps be best remembered for her intense and decades-long rivalry w... Read More


Restoring trust in the judicial process

India, Dec. 30 -- The Supreme Court's decision to stop the release of former BJP lawmaker Kuldeep Singh Sengar from jail and stay an earlier order by the Delhi High Court, which had opened the door fo... Read More


Poll pressures force a reunion of Pawars

India, Dec. 29 -- Blood is thicker than ideology is a truism when it comes to Indian politics. So, it is no surprise that Sharad and Ajit Pawars have come together to fight municipal elections in Pune... Read More


The hills will stay alive, for now

India, Dec. 29 -- In a welcome course correction, the Supreme Court, revisiting its ruling on the definition of the Aravallis suo motu, decided to stay its November 20 order. The court's move to const... Read More


When the Kerala capital has a BJP mayor

India, Dec. 28 -- A BJP councillor, VV Rajesh, was sworn in as the mayor of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on Friday. This achievement is significant for both the BJP and Kerala politics. First, the symb... Read More


In Myanmar, a flawed election

India, Dec. 28 -- The three-phase elections that the Tatmadaw (the armed forces) announced to elect a civilian government in Myanmar began on Sunday. But with the principal political group in that cou... Read More


No place for faith vigilantes

India, Dec. 26 -- On Thursday, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi attended the morning Christmas service at the Cathedral Church of the Redemption in New Delhi, sending out a message of communal harmon... Read More


Addressing the political vacuum in Bangladesh

India, Dec. 25 -- The return of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Tarique Rehman to Dhaka after 17 years in exile in the UK is a development with significant ramifications for his party and th... Read More


The vanishing Indian Left

India, Dec. 25 -- The Communist Party of India (CPI), the oldest Communist party in the country, was born exactly 100 years ago on December 26 in Kanpur. Today, CPI - and, in fact, the entire family o... Read More


The victim has rights, even after death

India, Dec. 24 -- The Supreme Court's verdict expanding the definition of a "victim" under criminal law is a timely and necessary reaffirmation of the idea that justice cannot be allowed to collapse u... Read More