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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


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


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


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


Sundarbans' Sand Mafia and its Sinking Delta: Illicit River Mining, Ecological Collapse, and Climate Migration in the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta

New Delhi, June 21 -- The Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, where the Sundarbans (the world's largest mangrove ecosystem) reside, is facing a confluence of environmental pressures more than just sea-level ris... Read More


In the Quiet Spaces Between Strangers, Sonia Bahl's Eighteen Inches Apart

New Delhi, June 21 -- In an age of relentless acceleration, contemporary fiction increasingly appears anxious about stillness. Many novels today arrive carrying the burden of urgency - geopolitical ca... Read More


A Mature Democracy Must be Confident Enough to Hear Youth Anger: Domestic Unrest can Become Global Politics in Hours

New Delhi, June 19 -- India's Cockroach Janta Party phenomenon should not be dismissed as a joke, nor should it be romanticised as a spontaneous revolution of the young. Its rise signals a deeper tran... Read More