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The Baloch Conundrum
Exhausted by militancy, state repression and a distant dream of freedom, Balochistan can move forward by building a strong, cohesive political and civil society...
The Legal Blindspot within Indian Startup Law
Absence of a structural mechanism in the event of the sudden death of the founder leads to chaos and the organisation’s vulnerability which can be addressed wit...
Industrialisation in Kashmir: Reality Budgets Ignore
On the eve of the J&K Assembly budget, hard economic truths demand attention beyond fresh incentives and recycled frameworks
The Dragon's Shadow in South Asia and the Reconfiguration of Global Order
A new reality is being meticulously mapped in the strategic corridors of global power, from the Pentagon in Washington to the Zhongnanhai in Beijing
Why India’s Next Banking Crisis Won’t Start With Bad Loans
India's Banking System Faces New Challenges as Deposit Competition Intensifies
Vajpayee: The ‘Moderator’ or Facilitator of Extremism’
Book Review: Abhishek Choudhary’s ‘Believers Dilemma’ sketches a complex portrait of the former prime minister and the politics of his times
Book Review: The Wave Upon Us
In an uncertain tech landscape, the path forward isn't blind immersion or rejection, it's measured engagement with AI
Keep Jammu and Kashmir Whole, Not Carved Up
Calls to split regions and communities risk hardening divisions. A democratic, inclusive, and internationally backed path offers a better way forward
Kashmir: From Historic Crossroads to Single, Fragile Lifeline
Once linked westward, northward, and southward by geography and trade, Kashmir today relies on one fragile highway, a shift shaped less by terrain than by unres...
How Infants Are Being Poisoned by the Clothes They Wear
A global study shines new light, with lessons for J&K; Solution lies in banning the synthetic and toxic textiles for organic cotton and wool for new born infant...
Dr Manzoor Alam: A Life Devoted to Building Ideas, Institutions
Obituary: Thinker, intellectual Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam showed how thought, research, and institution-building could turn scarcity into strength and leave a le...
Perils of J&K’s Fragmentation: A Roadmap for Unity
Reorganisation by carving more administrative divisions and policy interventions is the way forward, ensuring better governance and unity
Beyond 'Smaller Men': The Dangerous Medical Gap Putting Women’s Lives at Risk
While women make up half the world, they represent less than 30% of clinical trial participants, leading to unsuitable drug dosages and a surge in dangerous sid...
Must Iran live in refeudalised era?
The seeds of disaffection were as much imperially sowed as they spurted within; Iran must resist solutions thrust from the West
A Region on the Brink: South Asia Must Choose Dialogue Before Disaster
As US threats become louder and Iran’s tensions cast an ominous shadow over rest of the globe, South Asia must move with pragmatism
The Slow Poison: Kashmir's apple orchards are killing their farmers - II
Chronic exposure to agricultural chemicals is triggering aggressive cancers in Kashmir through cellular damage that accumulates invisibly for decades
Bhushan Bazaz, Last Custodian of Kashmir’s Moral Dialogue
Son of Prem Nath Bazaz, the principled Pandit voice who kept faith with Kashmiriyat across exile, loss, and political rupture
Maduro Capture: A Legal Cloak for a Coercive Regime Change
As power continues to masquerade as law and dismantles sovereignty once again, international law is being weakened episode after episode
When power displaces law, South Asia moves closer to the brink
How United States unilateralism is reshaping global norms with potential to escalate tensions in South Asian region
Water as a weapon: How Kashmir’s rivers are narrowing space for peace
Hydropower push in Kashmir is turning into a volatile water-security crisis in the region, ignoring the fact that it is first and foremost the sovereign resourc...