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Integrating Ladakh's Traditional Wisdom into Local Policies for Holistic Development
From earthen homes to dry toilets and community-led tourism, place-based policies rooted in Ladakhi wisdom offer a sustainable alternative to concrete-heavy, gr...
Election results in 5 Indian states reveal strong North-South divide
Traveling through the heart of India, from bustling North India to the serene landscapes of South India, one embarks on a journey that transcends geographical d...
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire
By Gwynne Dyer* There are really three parties to the ‘pause’ – nobody is officially using the word ‘ceasefire’ – that brings at least a temporary end to the fi...
Signs Of the Times
Humra Quraishi The World Human Rights Day is soon to arrive – December 10, but are we able to even think in terms of observing the day, when a full-fledged geno...
LGBTQ rights and our hypocritic society in India
Honey Sharma* Can multicoloured flowers blossom in a multicultural land? Can the moon of love gleam in a religious country? Can Ardhnarishwar live in a nation o...
Kashmir and Palestine: Is another pressure cooker waiting to burst?
From revoked autonomy to silenced dissent, Kashmir’s trajectory mirrors Palestinian dispossession, fuelling anxiety that a new flashpoint may erupt without time...
Khaled Meshal: The Most Unlikely Gandhi Fan
Sandeep Pandey* There was much hullabaloo about former Hamas chief Khaled Meshal addressing an online meeting in Kerala during the ongoing Israeli war on Palest...
A Balance Sheet Of Israel-Palestine Conflict
Chaitanya Pandey & Sandeep Pandey* In this article without taking sides we’ll present a balance sheet of gains and losses of both sides in close to century long...
Argentine Election
Gwynne Dyer* Bertolt Brecht lived in Germany, not in Argentina, and he has been dead longer than he was alive, but his famous question applies to the Argentine ...
Signs of the Times
From the stuffy haze of Delhi, a helpless cry for Gaza Humra Quraishi* The killer haze continues, unabated and uncontrolled, in and around the Delhi-NCR regions...
Dissent Mukut Bharat – Mahua Moitra Case
Syed Ali Mujtaba* The case of the outspoken Trina Mool Congress MP (TMC) Mahua Moitra from West Bengal is yet another example of “dissent mukut Bharat” launched...
Chilly winter awaits thousands of homeless households following Himalayan disasters
By Bharat Dogra*Starting from Delhi on a hot afternoon, I could feel the first chill of cold weather on reaching the lower hills of Himachal Pradesh in the even...
India taking ‘devastating’ route as Sri Lanka regrets walking on slippery palm oil path
By Bharat Dogra* The Indian government first made a big mistake by getting highly dependent on imported palm oil to meet its edible oil needs, despite having a ...
Easing eco-norms? Uttarakhand havoc result of Govt of India development ‘model’
By Dr Gurinder Kaur & Dr Arjun Kumar* Recent havoc in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, where a large part of the Nanda Devi Glacier fell into the Alaknanda ...
APEC faces up to the China challenge
By Aravind Yelery, Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi Superpower rivalry at APEC with China and the US vying for influence in the Pacific expected to put ...
Why the APEC Summit in San Francisco is significant
By Bharat Bhushan, Associate Editor, 360info All eyes are on the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the US from 26 October. Wang Yi’s visit, ostensi...
Ghulam Nabi Khayal: The multi-faceted personality
In Ghulam Nabi Khayal’s death earlier this month, Kashmir lost a multi-faceted personality who made a mark as a journalist, writer, poet and a social activist. ...
Lessons from Palestine and Kashmir Drive India-Israel Security Partnership
Rooted in early Zionist–Hindu nationalist affinities, the India-Israel partnership has evolved into an expansive security and intelligence network, exporting Is...
The Middle East Crisis: A Blot on Humanity
By Bill K Koul The ruins and rubble of Gaza reflect a spectacular failure of international diplomacy and years of neglect of people of Gaza. Diplomacy may be li...
Resurgence of Palestinian issue in Middle East diplomacy
Hamas’ surprise attack exposes Israel’s vulnerabilities and revives need for addressingPalestinian issue for sake of stability and peace in region When U.S.-bor...