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The Cockroach's Evolution: Acquiring a Life Beyond the Insult

New Delhi, Oct. 4 -- Political movements have always marched behind symbols. From the French liberty cap to the umbrella of Hong Kong, visual shortcuts collapse complex ideologies into immediate, phys... Read More


'Himalayasia': Can a Mountain Range Give South Asia the Identity It Never Had?

New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- South Asia, according to World Bank data, is home to roughly 1.7 billion people which is about a quarter of humanity. Yet it remains one of the world's least integrated regions. B... Read More


Mounting Instability in Pakistan: Consequences for Regional Security

New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- Pakistan is confronting a convergence of political instability, economic difficulties and worsening internal security. The resurgence of militant violence, deteriorating relations... Read More


When the Himalayas Warn Us: Balancing Ecology, Development and Human Security

New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- The Himalayas have always been more than mountains. They have been sacred landscapes, sources of rivers, centres of pilgrimage and spaces of spiritual contemplation. For generatio... Read More


Can India's Election Commission Pass the Gandhian Test of Public Integrity?

New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- The Election Commission of India is not an ordinary government department. It is a constitutional institution entrusted with something more fundamental than conducting elections: ... Read More


Manipur's Displaced Still Waiting for Home: Crisis Resolution Needs to Move From Relief to Restoration

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in India's northeastern border state of Manipur, thousands of people remain displaced from their homes. The numbers have fall... Read More


The Political Biography of a Former Chief Minister: A Life That Mirrors Mizoram

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- The Boy from Zarkawt, and the Making of Mizoram is ostensibly a political biography. In reality, it is something more ambitious: an account of how a society moved from insurgenc... Read More


Indian Artillery: Speed of Acquisition Is as Important for Readiness as Technology

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- At the DEFCON 2026 in New Delhi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that India has moved from "deterrence by denial" to "deterrence by punishment" - in other words, from primar... Read More


The Empty Chair at Islamabad: When Taliban Saw Women's Rights Subordinated by Islamic Law

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- Nearly 200 delegates gathered in Islamabad this July for the ninth Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ministerial Conference on Women. Among the fifty-seven flags on display, o... Read More


Capital Crime - and the Anatomy of Impunity in India

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- After almost every major episode of violence in India, we witness a familiar cycle. There is shock, followed by protest, television debates, political statements, and an enormou... Read More