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The Architecture of Disruption: Structural Parallels Between Indira Gandhi and Donald Trump

New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- In an era often reduced to ideological labels, a structural lens can reveal how political power is actually seized and consolidated. The careers of Indira Gandhi and Donald Trump ... Read More


From Remittances to Investments: Why Every State Should Build a Stronger Partnership with Overseas Indians

New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- India's overseas Indian community is one of the country's greatest strategic assets. For decades, Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) have strengthen... Read More


81 Years After Hiroshima: Don't Normalize the Unthinkable

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- On August 6, 1945, a US military aircraft dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima at 8:15 AM in the morning. In 43 seconds, Hiroshima ceased to exist. Nagasaki was targeted on August... Read More


Jewish Footprints and Connections that Shaped Sri Lanka's History

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- The establishment of Chabad houses in Weligama and along the Sri Lankan East Coast sparked a mass agitation across the country, paving the way for many social media commentators t... Read More


Bangladesh's Bid to Clear a US-Wanted Terror Fugitive Raises Troubling Questions

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- The United States has spent more than two decades building an international coalition against jihadist terrorism, investing billions of dollars in intelligence sharing, law enforc... Read More


South Asia's Balance of Payments Challenge: The Changing Dynamics of External Balances in South Asia

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- In recent years the South Asian region has witnessed an unprecedented succession of external sector crises. Sri Lanka defaulted on its sovereign debt in 2022, Pakistan has repeate... Read More


Two Years After Bangladesh's Youth Revolt: South Asia's Student Upsurge not a Passing Wave

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- On 5 August, Bangladesh marks the second anniversary of the student-led uprising that toppled the Sheikh Hasina government-one of the most consequential turning points in its rece... Read More


Changing Architecture of the Indian State: Public Trust can Neither be Legislated nor Certified

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Democratic governments are expected to respond decisively when public institutions lose credibility. In recent years, India's response to governance failures has increasingly take... Read More


Mohenjo-daro's 'Dancing Girl': The Silence Surrounding Women in Public History

New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- I have visited both Mohenjo-daro and Harappa, two of the great urban centres of the Indus Civilisation, located in present-day Pakistan. Standing among their brick ruins, I was st... Read More


How Sri Lanka Missed the Opportunity to Become a 200-billion dollar economy

New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- For the first time in history, Sri Lankan economy surpassed the hundred billion dollar mark in 2025. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and GDP per capita reached USD 109 billion, and U... Read More