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Dalai Lama's much-anticipated announcement throws a challenge to China

New Delhi, July 2 -- In reaffirming that there will be a successor to him after his death, the 14th Dalai Lama has opted to preserve the centuries-old tradition of finding his reincarnation rather tha... Read More


Tharoor - caught between two stools

New Delhi, July 2 -- High-profile Indian Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor, a former UN diplomat, is in a weird political twilight zone where his own Congress Party may not fully reject him and the ... Read More


Bangladeshi Women Fight Back Patriarchal Backlash: Need For Regional Solidarity Stressed

New Delhi, July 1 -- The growing resistance to feminist causes in Bangladesh and its implications for the broader struggle for women's rights across South Asia, catalysing the need for greater solidar... Read More


Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka can lead a new chapter in Indian para-diplomacy

New Delhi, July 1 -- Para-diplomacy, the participation of states/provinces and other NCG's (non-central governments) in foreign policy to promote their economic, cultural, or political interests, has ... Read More


A Fragile Thaw: India-China Relations in Competitive Coexistence

Rare Earths, July 1 -- The most recent rounds of India-China engagement-via the SCO Security Council Secretaries' and Defence Ministers' meetings-offer a sharp illustration of the contradiction that d... Read More


The Dalai Lama: A Global Beacon of Peace and Compassion

New Delhi, June 30 -- His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the revered Tibetan Buddhist monk of unparalleled global stature, enters his 90th year-a life dedicated to peace, harmony, and universal goodwill. Si... Read More


Is the EU inching towards normalisation with the Taliban in Afghanistan?

New Delhi, June 29 -- In global politics, alliances are fluid, shaped by pragmatic interests that frequently drive shifts in relationships between nations. Seasoned EU observers know that the European... Read More


Across South Asia Slum Dwellers Are Deprived Of Their Human Rights

New Delhi, June 28 -- The expansion of slums has occurred in parallel with global urbanization. Sometimes, scholars have been dissuaded from using the term 'slum' for its negative associations to bein... Read More


Focus on Bangladesh and the patriarchal backlash: Women Speak Out

New Delhi, June 28 -- Across South Asia, as women contribute to social and political movements and make significant strides, they also face resistance. Women's voices often trigger the patriarchal po... Read More


Post Op Sindoor India Needs A Strategic Course Correction

New Delhi, June 25 -- A catalyst, by its nature, accelerates reactions-forward or backward. But if mishandled, it can be dangerous. That metaphor aptly describes the recent theatre of the absurd in th... Read More