This paper explores why civilisational states exhibit cooperative values in trade and exchange. It highlights an irony where the decline of liberal states might have been expected to weaken trade ties ...

In Arabian Nights, they hear how Khalifa Harun al-Rashid travelled in disguise to know the condition of ordinary people. Mahatma Gandhi also travelled in this way. Saints and monks have followed this ...

Judiciary in India faces unprecedented challenges. Its functioning is under constant scrutiny. The government is set to launch an impeachment proceeding against Justice Verma in whose outhouse burning ...

At the core of the discontent is the government’s admission, during an all-party meeting on April 24, that the Baisaran meadow—where the Pahalgam attack occurred—had been opened to tourists without ...

Recently, I attended a one-day programme on, “Bihar Policy Dialogue: The Adverse Impact of the New Education Policy (NEP2020) on Bihar’s Education System” and the need to explore an alternative State ...

Nowhere is this more evident than in India’s expanding metadata surveillance regime, which operates largely in legal opacity and bureaucratic silence. While traditional surveillance has always been a ...

This episode is emblematic of a broader shift in Indian diplomacy under the current regime — one that prioritizes spectacle over substance, unilateralism over consensus, and external validation over ...

Constitute an international war crime tribunal and put Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rabidly racist and bigoted ministers on trial for their abhorrent war crimes such as killing ...

The Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN, has condemned the United States’ illegal attack on Iran’s nuclear installations. The Executive Director of ICAN, ...

It is the Taliban’s second stint, they last ruled Afghanistan from 1996-2001. Though initially they were supported by the CIA and ISI against the Soviets, later the US toppled the Taliban’s government ...

This phenomenon, termed here as the "Ram"ification of identity, invites us to reflect on how vehicles are not just modes of transportation but mobile manifestos. Yet, these bold displays also carry ...