AI's Hidden Appetite: Power, Cooling and the New Geography of Infrastructure

New Delhi, June 24 -- There is an old saying that necessity is the mother of invention. When the phrase was coined, concepts such as artificial intelligence, hyperscale computing, and floating data ce... Read More

Foreign Funds, Civil Society Freedoms, National Security and India-US Friction

New Delhi, June 23 -- Two months ago I wrote an article, Regulating Foreign Funds: A Necessary Tightrope Walk, about the proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026. I argued that ... Read More

Bangladesh's Lord Ram Statue Controversy fuels Renewed Debate over Religious Freedom and Social Cohesion

New Delhi, June 23 -- The suspension of construction work on what was planned to be Bangladesh's tallest statue of Lord Ram has sparked a nationwide debate about religious freedom, minority rights, co... Read More

Electoral Revision and the Crisis of Citizenship in India: Democracy is Measured by its Protection of the Vulnerable, not by Exclusion

New Delhi, June 23 -- Modern democracies rarely deteriorate through abrupt constitutional collapse. More often, democratic erosion proceeds through administrative procedures that appear neutral, techn... Read More

Is South Asia the Next Front in the U.S.-China Rivalry?

New Delhi, June 23 -- South Asia has long been viewed through a narrow lens of poverty, political instability and the ongoing rivalry of India and Pakistan. That perception is quickly changing today. ... Read More

From Protectorates to Partners: The US Resets Security Expectations in Asia

New Delhi, June 22 -- The recently concluded Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore reaffirmed a new shift in power calculations and strategic intent in the region, with various messages and narratives rein... Read More

India's Push-In Policy on Suspected Illegal Immigrants: Need to Mitigate Human Suffering

New Delhi, June 22 -- Humanitarian concerns do not always align neatly with legal and political boundaries. However, recent developments along the India-Bangladesh border have raised serious humanitar... Read More

When Poison Enters the System: Impunity, Vigilantism and South Asia's Internal Security Failure

New Delhi, June 22 -- 'Main Vaapas Aunga' (MVA) is an emotionally poignant film centred around the cataclysmic 1947 partition of the erstwhile Punjab province and it explores the trauma and horror of ... Read More

Will the Cockroach Eventually Take to the Streets? Defining Political Question Haunts World's Largest Democracy

New Delhi, June 22 -- There is something almost poetic about the fact that it took a senior judge of the Supreme Court of India, the highest temple of constitutional democracy, to accidentally spark o... Read More

Pakistan Takes Indus Water Issue to Brussels: Internationalising Dispute has Implications Beyond South Asia

New Delhi, June 21 -- Pakistan is trying to get European policymakers, legal scholars, and climate institutions to see the Indus river water-sharing dispute as a humanitarian issue, a climate adaptati... Read More

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