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Mumbai's Civic Engagement Initiative: Who is it Meant to Serve?

New Delhi, Oct. 30 -- Geographically, Mumbai is a peninsular city that faces significant environmental challenges throughout the year such as urban flooding, deteriorating air quality index, and now t... Read More


Can South Asia Build a Microfinance System That Protects the Poor?

New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- e cycle, or when the lender's incentives favour disbursement over suitability. The fourth group, households genuinely ready for investment may need not only capital but training... Read More


Divided Growth in South Asia: Need for Regional Economic Architecture

New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- The projections in the October 2026 World Economic Outlook (WEO), published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), indicate differing economic growth prospects among South Asi... Read More


Beyond GDP: Economic Growth, Social Wellbeing, and Lessons From the Bhutan Model

Https, Oct. 29 -- I recently came across a simple yet psychologically challenging film, The Lunchbox (2013), in which Ila, a married woman disillusioned with the complexities of her life and her husba... Read More


India's Strongarm Government Faces its Toughest Challenge From the Street

New Delhi, Oct. 28 -- It is interesting that the Indian government is choosing to raise the bogey of Bangladesh "regime change," and not, for example, last year's Nepal narrative, to caution against w... Read More


Muizzu's Pakistan Visit: From Diplomatic Promises to Strategic Outcomes

New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu's three-day visit to Pakistan in October 2026 marks an important development in the evolving diplomatic landscape of the Indian Ocean Region. T... Read More


India's 'Refining Superpower': Key Role in Energy Security Amid Geopolitical Uncertainty

New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to Reliance Industries' Jamnagar refinery, a coastal city in India's western state of Gujarat on the Gulf of Kutch, on 21 October has ra... Read More


When the Vote is in Question, Indian Democracy is on Trial

New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- The current controversy over the voter rolls revision - called Special Intensive Revision (SIR) - and the protests in India raises precisely the question of how healthy our democ... Read More


Lessons from Dhaka: Power, Policy Choices and the Existential Dilemma Facing Small States

New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- As the world enters a period of mounting geopolitical uncertainty, policymakers, scholars, and strategists are increasingly grappling with fundamental questions about the future ... Read More


From Barracks to Embassies: Munir's Expanding Military Footprint in Pakistan's Foreign Policy

New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- The appointment of nine retired senior military officers to Pakistan's diplomatic missions abroad is unlikely to be dismissed as a routine administrative decision. The disclosure... Read More