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Taslima Nasrin's Return and the Politics of Selective Protection

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- On July 31, after nearly 19 years, Taslima Nasrin returned to Kolkata. The following day, she appeared at an anti-fundamentalism programme at Rabindra Sadan, where West Bengal Ch... Read More


Why the Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Keeps Burning: Keys to Peace Lies With Group Whose Loyalties Answer to No One

New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- In Chaman, the Pakistani town on the border with Spin Boldak, traders complained that their earnings nearly ran down to zero on a daily basis. By the Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of ... Read More


India and Australia Enhance Strategic Relationship, Prioritise Maritime Domain Awareness to Secure Indo-Pacific

New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles co-chaired the second edition of the India-Australia Defence ... Read More


The Reopening of Nathu La and a Pragmatic India-China Compact: Opportunity for Both Countries to Move Beyond Symbolism

New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- If India and China are seeking a place to test whether cautious normalisation can evolve into durable cooperation, Nathu La is almost perfectly suited to the experiment. Reopened... Read More


Indian Students, Techies Look Eastward as Ties with East/Southeast Asia Grow

New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- Economic ties between India and Southeast and East Asia have grown over the past three decades. In a changing geopolitical and economic environment, several ASEAN member states a... Read More


From Hashtags to Handcuffs: When Digital Democracy Becomes Digital Surveillance

New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- "The future of democracy will not be decided only in Parliament or at the ballot box. It will increasingly be decided in the invisible architecture of algorithms, data and artific... Read More


The Arctic Shortcut: China's Northern Sea Route and the Rewiring of Global Maritime Trade

New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- For over 150 years, the Suez Canal has served as one of the world's most critical maritime arteries, connecting Asia with Europe through the Mediterranean. Nearly 12-15 percent of... Read More


The Expanding Space Frontier: Can India Live Up to Its Challenges?

New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- If there is a measure of the difficulty of living and working on the Moon, it would be that the challenge is extreme, yet possibly achievable. Human beings would be highly vulner... Read More


Fast Fashion Geopolitics and Unequal Sustainability of a Discarded T-Shirt

New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- "The next geopolitical contest may not begin over oil, semiconductors or rare earth minerals. It may begin with your old T-shirt." A sweater dropped into a donation bin in Berlin... Read More


Hasina's December Gamble: Will it Become a Moment of Confrontation or Reconciliation?

New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- Sheikh Hasina has chosen an unusually loaded month for her proposed return to Bangladesh. December is not merely another page on the calendar. It is Victory Month, culminating in ... Read More