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Tarun Basu

Tarun Basu

An Ilish Fest Becomes a Test of Diplomacy in Strained India-Bangladesh Ties

Oct 04, 2026
Xi Jinping's China: A Scholarly Look at a Nation Driven by a Sense of Destiny

Sep 25, 2026
India's Youth Eruption and Ham-Handed Governmental Response: Demeaning Student Power Can Prove Costly

Jul 25, 2026

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Col Anil Bhat (Retd.)

Col Anil Bhat (Retd.)

PLA’s Partial Pullbacks from Ladakh Frontier: More Tactical Than Operational Move by China

Sep 26, 2026
India-China Eight-Point Agreement: A Tactical Thaw, but Trust Remains Elusive

Sep 14, 2026
The New Economic-Military Architecture of India-Japan Ties

Sep 01, 2026

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Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (Retd.)

Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (Retd.)

Women’s Day: Cause for despondency?

Mar 08, 2025
Indian Navy conducts twin-carrier exercise in vaunted 'power projection'; but fund scarcity hobbles full combat potential

Jun 17, 2023
India@75 : Much to be proud of, amid some worrisome trends

Aug 14, 2022

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Brig Anil Gupta (retd)

Brig Anil Gupta (retd)

India needs to brace for another lockdown

Apr 11, 2020
Kashmiri youth being misled: Myth about 'demographic changes'

Apr 07, 2020
The lockdown is India’s only hope

Mar 27, 2020

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Amb Sarvajit Chakravarti (Retd.)

Amb Sarvajit Chakravarti (Retd.)

Education as a Game Changer for South Asia: India can Become an Educational Leader

Sep 06, 2026
West Bengal's Economic Transformation: A Blueprint for Growth

Jun 17, 2026
Renewing Ties with Bangladesh: An Agenda for the new Indian High Commissioner

May 11, 2026

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Nilova Roy Chaudhury

Nilova Roy Chaudhury

Hasina's Return Proclamation Throws a Spanner in India-Bangladesh Ties

Aug 14, 2026
The West Asia Conflict: Challenging Times for Indian Economy

May 20, 2026
Putin's India Visit Outcomes Will Have Global Resonance

Dec 03, 2025

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Mayank Chhaya

Mayank Chhaya

'The Election Commission Expose': A Seminal Moment for Indian Journalism

Sep 27, 2026
Can India's Student Protests Spur Reform in its Broken Education System? A View From Afar

Jul 22, 2026
Robert A.F. Thurman, an academic with a Buddhist monk’s soul

Jun 17, 2026

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Piyush Chaudhary

Piyush Chaudhary

Capital Crime - and the Anatomy of Impunity in India

Sep 30, 2026
When Development Uproots the Roots: Reimagining India's Development Policy

Sep 09, 2026
Changing Architecture of the Indian State: Public Trust can Neither be Legislated nor Certified

Aug 05, 2026

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Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

Bangladesh Skips BRICS 2026: The Diplomatic Opportunity That Left Dhaka behind

Sep 21, 2026
Bangladesh's Bid to Clear a US-Wanted Terror Fugitive Raises Troubling Questions

Aug 06, 2026
Is Hamas Expanding Footprint into South Asian Nations, Including Pakistan and Bangladesh?

Jul 10, 2026

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Prof Sreeradha Datta

Prof Sreeradha Datta

China and the Emerging Scenario in the Bay of Bengal

Jul 01, 2026
Myanmar Election: Lack of Consolidated Initiative Leads to Return of Military Rule

Apr 08, 2026
The Bengal(i) Dilemma: Between Hope and Despair

Jul 17, 2025

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Nawab Khan

EU and India Should Cooperate Strategically on Middle East Stability

Oct 06, 2026
EU Fast-Tracks FTA with India as BRICS Summit Signals Shifting Geopolitical Dynamics

Sep 13, 2026
Belgium and India: Building a Strategic Partnership Beyond Economics and Trade

Sep 07, 2026

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Collins Chong Yew Keat

Collins Chong Yew Keat

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Arul Louis

Arul Louis

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E.D. Mathew

E.D. Mathew

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Rayees Masroor

Rayees Masroor

School Absenteeism and Growing Coaching Culture: Are we Compromising the Future of an Entire Generation?

Sep 15, 2026
India’s Education Report Card: Student Retention, not Enrolment is Key to Success

Aug 16, 2026
Empty Classrooms, Crowded Reading Rooms and a Growing Educational Concern

Aug 03, 2026

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Amb Bhaswati Mukherjee (retd)

Amb Bhaswati Mukherjee (retd)

India’s G 20 presidency: Unique oppportunity to place nation's narratives on global agenda

Nov 08, 2022
Is war an inevitability? How prepared should India be?

Sep 16, 2022
From Kingsway to Kartavya Path: India comes of age

Sep 10, 2022

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Partha Pratim Mitra

Partha Pratim Mitra

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Admiral Arun Prakash (retd)

Admiral Arun Prakash (retd)

Need for reinventing India’s aeronautical industry

Feb 19, 2021
Netaji Subhas Bose: A nationalist, a pragmatist, a military icon

Jan 27, 2021
India beefs up air force with indigenous fighter jets: Dawn of a new era in military self-reliance

Jan 20, 2021

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Lt Gen Prakash Katoch (Retd.)

Lt Gen Prakash Katoch (Retd.)

Continuing Kuki-Naga Conflict is a Threat to Northeast India's Security

Oct 05, 2026
China-Pakistan Boundary Commission Activation has Grave Regional Implications

Sep 23, 2026
India-China Ties: Modi-Xi Meeting Signals Limited Thaw

Sep 13, 2026

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Anil K. Rajvanshi

Anil K. Rajvanshi

Earth has Spoken! But are we Listening?

Sep 17, 2026
AI Evolution and Consequences: Is Mankind Playing With Fire?

Sep 14, 2026
Does the Human Brain Produce Penetrative Laser-Like Thoughts?

Sep 01, 2026

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Meda Parameswara Reddy

Meda Parameswara Reddy

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Swadesh Roy

Swadesh Roy

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Dr. Golam Rasul

Dr. Golam Rasul

The Real Test for BRICS: More Choices for South Asia, or Just New Dependencies?

Sep 13, 2026
Dhaka's Delhi Test: Firmness Without Rigidity

Aug 22, 2026
Two Years After Bangladesh's Youth Revolt: South Asia's Student Upsurge not a Passing Wave

Aug 05, 2026

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Dr Rajendra Shende

Dr Rajendra Shende

AI at the Crossroads: Who Is Driving Humanity?

Sep 21, 2026
From Paper Leaks to Climate Breakthroughs: Giving Gen Z the Campus to Build Its Future

Aug 13, 2026
Beyond Earth Overshoot Day: Why Humanity Needs an Earth Budget Framework

Jul 30, 2026

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Dr Nalinda Somasiri

Dr Nalinda Somasiri

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Prof. Sudhanshu Tripathi

Prof. Sudhanshu Tripathi

Indian Foreign Policy: Rooted In Moral Conviction In Strategic Autonomy And Multilateralism

Nov 03, 2025
India's foreign policy a saga of commitment to universal moral values

Oct 27, 2021
Global efforts, moral discourses and educational awareness must for combating terrorism

Oct 01, 2021

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Md. Saiful Islam Shanto

Md. Saiful Islam Shanto

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Col KL Viswanathan (Retd.)

Col KL Viswanathan (Retd.)

Indian Artillery: Speed of Acquisition Is as Important for Readiness as Technology

Sep 30, 2026
AI: Aid to the Mind, Not a Substitute for the Mind

Sep 30, 2026
China-US: Rivalry, Restraint, a New Equilibrium - and an Emerging Geopolitical Order

Sep 26, 2026

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Jai Kumar Verma

Jai Kumar Verma

Is China manipulating Nepal?

Aug 10, 2020
India should extend wholehearted assistance to Maldives government

Jul 15, 2020
India of 2020 is different from the India of 1962

Jun 27, 2020

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Mahendra Ved

Mahendra Ved

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Vinay Shukla

Vinay Shukla

Amid Geopolitical Realignment, Russia's Outreach to Islamic World: Putin Underscores Importance of Islam in Russian Society

May 28, 2026

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