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Is an Islamic security bloc in the making post Saudi-Pakistan defense pact?

New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday welcomed the defense pact between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia as the beginning of a "comprehensive regional security system" in wha... Read More


Autumn is in the air: Smell Is Intimate To Our Memories And Emotions

New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- There is something in the smell of autumn. Often subtle or possibly overpowering at times and perhaps imaginably serendipitous in its own enigmatic way, occasionally. A couple ... Read More


The $100K Question: Can the U.S. H-1B Setback Spark India's Next Tech Boom?

New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- In the short term, President Donald Trump's bombshell decision to impose an additional $100,000 annual cost on new H-1B work visa applications to the US may feel like a punch in... Read More


Sports as a Bridge to Peace and Recovery in Kashmir

New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- More than 100 km from Srinagar, in one of the remote corners of North Kashmir, I was finishing my evening workout when a sudden noise outside the window caught my attention. It ... Read More


Imagining A New South Asia - and Its Unrealised Freedoms

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The recent earthquake in Afghanistan with its ensuing loss of lives and property has sent tremors through the region. From faraway India, many of us send solidarity and good wis... Read More


Pillorying Those Who Visited Israel: Sri Lankans Should Not Be Denied Alternative Perspectives

New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- The unwarranted frenzy stirred up from some sections in Sri Lankan society targeting journalists and others who visited the State of Israel, including myself, labelling the dele... Read More


We Cannot Veto Our Children's Future: How Our Collective Inaction On Climate Change Is The World's Most Devastating Veto

New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- A single hand rises in the United Nations Security Council. That was on 18 September 2025. With that gesture, a call for a ceasefire is silenced. That image is now seared into o... Read More


Dealing With China: Negotiation, Deterrence And Strategic Choices for India

New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- The Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China remains one of the most sensitive borders in Asia, embodying both the unresolved legacies of history and the geopolitica... Read More


Saudi Arabia-Pakistan Security Pact Has Strategic And Economic Ramifications

New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- History rarely offers neat repetitions, but the Saudi-Pakistan defence pact announced this week bears an uncanny resemblance to another turning point: Britain and France's humil... Read More


Saudi-Pakistan defense pact has profound implications for India, Middle East

New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- The Saudi Arabia-Pakistan defense pact, with the possibility of Islamabad guaranteeing Riyadh nuclear protection, is fraught with profound implications not just for India and th... Read More