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Bhutan Under China's Doklam Shadow: Delhi Needs to Move Away From Protector-Protected Dynamic With Thimpu

New Delhi, March 25 -- China's gradual expansion of territorial claims, infrastructure development, and village construction in Bhutan represents a shift in the strategic geography of the Eastern Hima... Read More


AI in Elder Care: Potential for Broader Social Transformation

New Delhi, March 25 -- The AI Impact Summit held in February 2026 in New Delhi showcased India's ambitious trajectory of technological evolution. AI driven digital infrastructure across the fields of ... Read More


Mental Health in Schools and Colleges: An Ignored Chapter in Bangladesh's Education System

New Delhi, March 25 -- There is a significant gap in mental health provision in Bangladesh's education system. At the university level, however, there exists a minimal safety net. Students can seek he... Read More


Sufi, Spirit and Resistance: A Layered Work Grounded in South Asian Storytelling Traditions

New Delhi, March 25 -- In The Sufi Storyteller, Faiqa Mansab crafts a narrative that operates simultaneously as a contemporary mystery and a metaphysical inquiry into the nature of story, memory, and ... Read More


South Asia's EdTech Moment: Centre of Gravity of Global Education is Shifting

New Delhi, March 24 -- There is a quiet but consequential shift underway in global education. The centre of gravity of EdTech in the AI era - the place where its most transformative ideas will be rese... Read More


Sri Lanka's 'Survival Balancing' is a Test of its Foreign Policy in This Gulf War

New Delhi, March 24 -- Sri Lanka's foreign policy has long resembled a careful tightrope walk, first between rising Asian giants, and now amid a far more volatile West Asian conflict. For the last thr... Read More


From Death to Immortality: The Mahabharata is Worth Reading - And Questioning

New Delhi, March 24 -- I am not sure what I expected walking into a book discussion on the Mahabharata, the ancient Indian epic, on a Sunday evening at the India International Centre in New Delhi, but... Read More


The Hormuz Lifeline: Why India's Energy Security Still Runs Through A 33-Km Strait

New Delhi, March 24 -- Global energy markets often appear vast and diversified, supported by complex networks of producers, shipping routes, and financial systems. In reality, a remarkable share of th... Read More


India Reopens Door to Chinese FDI-with Limits: A Missed Opportunity? Lessons from Vietnam

New Delhi, March 23 -- India has recently tweaked Press Note 3 (2026), reopening the door to Chinese investment despite persistent security concerns. This marks a significant shift from the restrictio... Read More


South Asia's Cities Are Growing - But May Not Remain Livable

New Delhi, March 22 -- In early 2026, a familiar yet more troubling pattern unfolded across South Asia. Delhi's winter air once again turned hazardous, Lahore shut schools due to smog, Dhaka continued... Read More