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Category: South Asia

In January… 160 Years Ago!!!

“Please read and answer this letter as though I was not President, but only a friend….” wrote Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), the 16th President of […]

Indian Foreign Policy Needs A Rejig

India and the Neighbourhood: Case Studies, the recently published book co-edited by Suranjan Das and Santanu Chakraborty, is a much-needed addition to the analysis of South Asian politics. This publication […]

On Privacy, Secrecy & Confidentiality

K S Puttaswamy (February 8, 1926 – October 28, 2024), the former Judge of the Karnataka High Court (India), recently passed away at the age of 98. However, the Indian […]

A Greek Spy In Ancient India!

Greek Spy in Ancient India in 300 BC? Book reveals Secrets! Imagine a Greek diplomat living in India centuries ago, secretly sending reports back home about this amazing civilisation! That […]

Why Some Nations Thrive While Others Struggle

Kamer Daron Acemoğlu and Simon Johnson of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and James Alan Robinson of University of Chicago shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their […]

The Year 2025: Prospects & Perplexities

One may use the geological term Tectonic Change to describe the year 2024 that saw the Russia-Ukraine War, the destruction of Palestine, an armed conflict between Iran and Israel, the […]