Introduction
India and Pakistan find themselves once again on the verge of a perilous clash. The rising tensions have propelled the subcontinent into unfamiliar territory, increasing the likelihood of a serious crisis as diplomatic channels are (...)
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The Uncharted Trajectory of India and Pakistan Conundrum | Ajay Kumar Mishra
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Victims of Hyper-Nationalism in India | Arup Kumar Sen
10 May, by Arup Kumar SenThe basic premise of hyper-nationalism being nurtured by the Indian state under the current BJP regime is creation of suspected enemies, both internal and external. This is clearly visible in the wake of recent killings of the tourists in Jammu (...) -
What Should India’s Approach to Pahalgam Terror Attack be? | Gouri Sankar Nag & Ajay Majumder
10 MayThe 2025 Pahalgam attack was an attack on tourists by five armed militants near Pahalgam, in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in which 26 civilians were killed on 22 April.
The country is no doubt deeply anguished by the Pahalgam (...) -
Post Pahalgam attack: How BJP has successfully subordinated diplomacy to the politics of communal polarization? | Sanjay Kumar Singh
10 MayPost-Pahalgam attack on 22 April 2025, BJP led NDA government has racheted up a war hysteria. A majority of the Parliamentary opposition has aquised by offering unconditional support to any steps that the government initiates to take to task the (...) -
Banality of dusk and dawn – the trials of the educated woman | Swaswati Borkataki
10 MayThe past few months have been emotionally and psychophysically draining – the burden of education and the apprehension of sinking into the clouds of oblivion can be disturbing beyond imagination. The paradox of being an educated ‘insignificant’ (...) -
Waqf In Transition: Reform, Resistance, And The Road Ahead | Lakshmi Karlekar, Tanishaa Pandey
10 MayABSTRACT
Waqf is a kind of charitable endowment whose assets are permanently set aside for philanthropic or religious reasons. On August 8, 2024, the “Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025” was introduced in Lok Sabha. By amending the “Waqf Act of 1995”, which (...) -
Cheena Bhavan and the Building of a New Human Civilization | Nandita Chaturvedi
10 MayCheena Bhavan in Shantiniketan has the rare quality of being an institution that is both historic and futuristic. It is futuristic not because of buildings of glass and metal, or an endowment, but because of the content of its project, its (...) -
Poem on War and Destruction | Rabindranath Tagore
10 MayPoem by Rabindranath Tagore on the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937
The war drums are sounded. Men force their features into frightfulness and gnash their teeth; and before they rush out to gather raw human flesh for death’s (...) -
Dissanayake’s NPP suffers shocking blow in Sri Lanka elections | M.R. Narayan Swamy
10 May, by M R Narayan SwamyJust six months after he led his party to an unprecedented two-third majority in Sri Lanka’s parliament, President Anura Dissanayake’s ruling NPP alliance has suffered a major setback in local government elections, an outcome that may put pressure (...) -
Israel’s Defiant Posture on UN Aid and Refugee Relief to Gaza and Palestinians: Can the International Court of Justice Make any Difference? | Gautam Sen
10 MayOn 28th April this year, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN`s top court and one of its principal organs, has begun hearings on Israel`s legal obligations to facilitate deliveries of relief material and life-sustaining goods to the (...)