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Why Dhaka and Delhi Must Find Common Ground - and Their Shared Space

New Delhi, Sept. 29 -- The old political bargain has run its course. The most important question in the current Bangladesh-India relationship is perhaps not simply whether India will send Sheikh Hasin... Read More


From Infrastructure to Investment: Building West Bengal's Next Growth Cycle

New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- For years, the economic debate in West Bengal has returned to the same prescription: better roads, stronger ports, reliable power, industrial parks and improved logistics. Infra... Read More


Pakistan's Endless Afghan Question: Refugees, Rivalries and Strategic Distrust

New Delhi, Sept. 27 -- After returning to power in Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban's relations with Pakistan underwent a significant deterioration. The reason being deep-seated grievances among the T... Read More


'The Election Commission Expose': A Seminal Moment for Indian Journalism

New Delhi, Sept. 27 -- India's news media consuming public hopped up on the propagandist drivel dished out day in and day out by the brazenly pro-establishment vacuous superstar TV anchors is suddenly... Read More


PLA's Partial Pullbacks from Arunachal Pradesh Frontier: More Tactical Than Operational Move by China

New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- Following the Chinese People's Liberation Army's (PLA) attacks on the Indian Army in Eastern Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), using crude weapons such as spiked/ba... Read More


China-US: Rivalry, Restraint, a New Equilibrium - and an Emerging Geopolitical Order

The Summit, Sept. 26 -- China and the United States are fundamentally different in their political and ideological systems. Yet, economically, technologically and strategically, neither can afford to ... Read More


PLA's Partial Pullbacks from Ladakh Frontier: More Tactical Than Operational Move by China

New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- Following the Chinese People's Liberation Army's (PLA) attacks on the Indian Army in Eastern Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), using crude weapons such as spiked/ba... Read More


Xi JInping's China: A Scholarly Look at a Nation Driven by a Sense of Destiny

New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- Plato, the ancient Greek philosopher, was passionate about promoting education and the importance of illustrative storytelling in shaping cultures, promoting desirable behaviour... Read More


Livelihoods, Employment and Environmental Management in South Asia's Hilly Regions: Lessons from ADB's New Investment in Bangladesh

New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The Asian Development Bank's latest investment proposal in Bangladesh's Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) offers a useful lens through which to examine a wider development challenge ... Read More


AI: Aid to the Mind, Not a Substitute for the Mind

But, Sept. 25 -- AI can write, calculate, research, summarise and even generate ideas in seconds. What once required considerable time and effort can now be done almost instantly. This is undoubtedly ... Read More