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Mumbai's infamous shantytown: Can Dharavi's 'Heart' Survive Its Makeover?

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- Located between Mumbai's Western and Central Railway lines, Dharavi shantytown is home to a dense population of over one million people in India's commercial and entertainment ca... Read More


Internationalisation Of Higher Education In India Is Key To India's Social Progress And National Strength

New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- Today, internationalisation of higher education in India can become one of the most decisive drivers in bringing academia and industry closer together in a structured, sustainabl... Read More


Even As Ruling BJP Grows Politically Stronger, Question Marks On Indian Democracy

New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- The last year has been a year of consolidation of power for the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India after its reduced majority in the 2024 national el... Read More


Trump's Tariff Gambit: Will It Deepen Cohension Among Global South?

New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- There are wars that begin with missiles and those that begin with memos. Donald Trump's latest economic offensive belongs firmly to the second category. A 500 percent tariff thre... Read More


Chasing Oil While Losing The Future: America's Strategic Error In Venezuela

Latin America, Jan. 12 -- The President of the country with the world's largest proven oil reserves, Venezuela, has effectively been cornered by the coercive power of the United States. Yet the Presid... Read More


Stop Suffocating Childhood In The Name of Education

New Delhi, Jan. 12 -- Every child has a natural right to play, to rest, and to grow at his or her own pace. Unfortunately, this right is quietly snatched away when excessive homework replaces play and... Read More


India Will Remain Immune To Protest Waves Engulfing Neighbourhoo

New Delhi, Jan. 12 -- When the Arab Spring erupted in 2010, it was not just a wave of protests; it swept from Tunisia to Egypt, from Libya to Yemen. Ordinary people armed with little more than convict... Read More


Violence Against Hindus: Is Bangladesh Burying Its Founding Ideals Of Secularism And Pluralism?

New Delhi, Jan. 11 -- They were not militants. They were not criminals. They were workers, traders, shopkeepers - ordinary Hindu citizens of Bangladesh whose only "crime" was their faith. Beaten to de... Read More


Why Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalists Adore Israel? An Alternative Reading

New Delhi, Jan. 11 -- The explicit support demonstrated by sections of Sri Lanka's Sinhalese Buddhist community for Israel during the war in Gaza stands in stark contrast to the anti-Israeli rallies o... Read More


Nepal's Use Of Lethal Force And South Asia's Enforcement Vacuum

New Delhi, Jan. 10 -- When Nepal's security forces opened fire on demonstrators in September 2025, killing at least 75 people, they exposed a fundamental flaw in how international human rights law ope... Read More