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Nepal: Reality check behind the Euphoria
Nepal should prioritize fostering genuine inner-party democracy within existing political parties to develop capable mid-level leadership while maintaining equi...
Crown on Your Head, Thorn on Public
An open letter to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on the betrayal of Kashmir’s mandate.
Whitewashing War Crimes Under Cloak of Objectivity
A new report on Kashmir mass graves misrepresents the truth and undermines years of credible documentation.
‘Sin’, Crime and the City: Is Donald Trump’s ‘control’ of Washington DC warranted?
Donald Trump's Justification for Control Amid Rising Crime Concerns may not be misplaced.
Of Faith and Power: The Quiet Takeover of Kashmir’s Religious Heart
The road to the present Hazratbal crisis was paved in 2003 when the Waqf Board was created to centralise authority in the name of weeding out corruption.
Mo-i-Muqaddas' Expropiation to the Ashoka Emblem's Misuse: A Chronicle of Sacred & Secular Betrayals
The placing of the Ashoka emblem in Hazratbal is another step in the long process of appropriating Kashmiri spaces, silencing Kashmiri voices, and redefining Ka...
If Hitler was a Jew, He Would be Benjamin Netanyahu
Global Inaction Fuels Escalating Crisis in Gaza as Journalists and Civilians Suffer
Modi as Architect of 370 Revocation: Half-truths & Misleading Narratives
That the RSS was not kept in the loop is a lie as Article 370 revocation was a brainchild of the RSS for decades.
The Shared Deluge: When Water Washes Away Borders, But Not Divisions
Floods don’t recognize man-made borders. So, if the crisis is shared, the response needs to be one of co-operation across South Asia.
History Repeats Itself First as Tragedy, Then as Farce
The Himalayan region reeling under an onslaught of repetitive, dramatic and increasing disasters despite several warnings exemplifies this Marxian assertion.
India’s Uneasy Pivot: Between Trump’s Pressure And Beijing’s Patience
After years of anchoring its foreign policy to Washington’s strategic designs in the Asia-Pacific, India finds itself recalibrating between Trump’s transactiona...
The K-Resolution: South Asia's Perpetual Crisis in the Multipolar Vortex
The SCO, with its foundational principles of “non-interference” and “settling disputes through peaceful means,” provides a unique platform for a world in chaos ...
Notes on Art of War, War (making) and Peace in the 21st century
Great Power Politics Resurfaces: The Philosophical Underpinnings of 21st Century Warfare.
The Hindutva agenda: The Electoral rolls gambit
Instead of hollowing out Universal Adult Franchise which enriches democracy, can be undermined by mass disfranchisement of those entitled to vote.
Cooperate or Collapse: Case for Joint Climate Roadmap for Kashmir-II
Floods of 2025 demonstrated that divided responses to shared rivers multiply human suffering and call for a coordinated strategy across the LoC.
When Himalayas Roared: Kashmir’s Summer of Floods and Fury-I
Cloudbursts of July–August 2025 reveal the fragility of the Western Himalayas and high and highlight that the region can no longer afford to deny climate disast...
Rousseau, Herder and Trump: Between the troika lies the secret of Trumpism
Exploring the Ideological Roots of Trumpism: A Blend of Rousseau, Herder, and Modern Liberalism
Data, RAM, and Linguistic Absurdities: When we become the wordplay
A grand project to assert timeless Indic ownership by deliberately creating the absurd impression that Sanskrit texts anticipated all modern science.
The Global Economic Benefit from the Genocide of Palestinians
UN Report Exposes Corporate Profiteering from Palestinian Genocide
Myself XYZ: The Multiple Lives of Indian English
The Colonial language has not just stayed in this geographical space; it has evolved like a living entity as a language in translation.