Now ‘undeclared’: Cong

Emergency Revisited By Dhurjati Mukherjee The BJP is marking the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, emphasising how power was misused by Late Indira Gandhi for personal...

New strategic paradigm

India-Pak Conflict By Piotr Opalinski (Former Diplomat, Centre for International Relations, Poland) The May crisis between India and Pakistan revealed the fragility of the security architecture in...

India fails its streedhan

Rape & Reality By Poonam I Kaushish India is at war with its girls and women. As terrifying tales of savagery, nightmarish rapes, domestic abuse and...

An Indian perspective

The Polish Presidency By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) On 1 January this year, Poland took over the rotating presidency of the...

Examining nda govt

State Of The Poor By Dhurjati Mukherjee Notwithstanding the BJP-led NDA government claiming various achievements, a detailed analysis reveals that development has primarily benefited the upper...

Pragmatic Push For Peace

By Inder Jit (Released on 29 December 1977) Quiet has once again descended over the historic and imposing headquarters of the United Nations in New York....

Munir laughs & lunches

Iran War Bleeds India By Shivaji Sarkar Indian economy is reaching a critical point. If the simmering tensions between Israel and Iran were to continue, the...

A new order in contracts

Trump In Middle East By Juliusz Gojto (Centre for International Relations, Poland) During his four-day visit to the Middle East in mid-May, US President Donald Trump concluded...

Making strategic moves

Modi In Cyprus & Canada By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Cyprus and Canada assumes considerable...

Ignites pvt vs public debate

AI Crash Jolts Global Aviation By Shivaji Sarkar In a single fiery instant over Ahmedabad, the confidence in civil aviation—India’s and the world’s—came crashing down with...

Here’s to women power!

Femme Fatale  By Poonam I Kaushish It seems a tall order, but possible. A stepping stone to gender equality with Prime Minister Modi announcing 33% reservation...

China’s model of stabilization or regional dominance?

Trilateral Dialogue in Beijing By Piotr Opalinski (Former Diplomat, Centre for International Relations, Poland) On May 21, 2025, an informal, tripartite meeting of the foreign ministers of China,...

New Delhi must reengage

The Ukraine War By Dr. D.K. Giri (Prof of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) The rivalry with Pakistan leading to a limited 88-hour war has deflected India’s...

People’s power asserts in Assam

By Inder Jit (Released on 24 December 1985) People’s power has again expressed itself decisively in Assam. The AASU, led ably and courageously by Mr Prafulla...

India’s new normal

Modi 3.0 By Poonam I Kaushish How does one begin an epitaph of one year of Modi 3.0? Uncork champagne on the wings of new hopes...

Rbi builds India first

Trump Can Wait By Shivaji Sarkar In an assertive policy pivot aimed at shielding the Indian economy from both internal slowdown and external headwinds, the Reserve...

New Delhi must react

China Weaponises Brahmaputra By Dr. D.K. Giri (Professor of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) China has apparently threatened to curtail the flow of Brahmaputra water to India....

Free India´s Great Failure

By Indar Jit (Released on 19 September 1978) Nature alone is not to blame for the floods which have savagely hit India this year. Man is...

India’s albatross

The Nowhere People By Poonam I Kaushish Circa 1975: Hundreds of thousands fled South Vietnam after Saigon’s fall for fear of political persecution, the largest mass...

A wake-up call

Pahalgam & Aftermath By Dr. D.K. Giri (Professor of Practice, NIIS Group of Institutions) A good deal of debate has been taking place since the launch of...