The on-screen star can become a real-life hero if he withdraws from the tobacco ad, calls out paan masala as harmful to human health and triggers a movement within Bollywood to protect the health and rights of consumers
Rethinking Climate Security in South Asia - Through AI
South Asia’s climate risks are shared across countries. Rivers such as the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Indus do not respect national boundaries, and torrential rains in one country can lead to floods in another. Satellite data, flood forecasts and flood warnings could, therefore, be shared to enhance disaster preparedness across the region.
Transnational Education: Making International Skills Development Inclusive
The British Council's South Asia dialogue on TNE brought together policymakers, quality-assurance agencies, experts and higher education leaders from five South Asian countries and the United Kingdom. The discussions covered TNE policy, quality assurance, partnership management and mutual recognition of qualifications.
Better Opportunities for Youth can Transform Balochistan’s Future
The CMSPP can help Balochistan address one of the most pressing challenges it encounters today – youth unrest and militancy. The radical Islamic groups and terrorist organizations often utilize the discontent of the youth of Balochistan to further their own agendas.
The Cockroach Republic: Not just a Creature of Filth; it Signals a Survival Grammar
The power of the cockroach in the current viral moment of the CJP seems to resonate with something Kafkaesque that is crawling beneath: unwanted, impossible to eliminate. The apparent insult is meant to make someone feel unworthy. But when an insult is taken up by a community, it culminates in a “badge”, where shame becomes performance, humiliation becomes satire, and satire culminates in political self-recognition.
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Japan's silence on Rohingya Issue is puzzling
It is Japan’s vital responsibility to join and influence other key players in the region to play a visible and effective role to address major regional issues like the Rohingya crisis for peace and stability
A tale of two Modis and political doublespeak
PM Modi is trying to ace a fine balance between his domestic credentials and his global image
Draupadi, Dalit writers and Delhi University: Inconvenient truths as politics rules
This is not the first time that political considerations will determine what universities in India should teach, or which books may be banned
Pakistan needs a vibrant people’s movement that can marginalise Islamic extremism
A forward-looking government can certainly achieve this task of Pakistan remaining an Islamic country while simultaneously emerging as a progressive and peaceful nation
India needs a People’s Charter - a referendum of the type of India people want
An apolitical mass movement is imperative, given that India’s secular democracy and constitutional freedoms are facing an existential threat
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's governance is on the right track
The central theme of Modi’s governance - both as Chief Minister of Gujarat and Prime Minister of India - is his undiluted focus on poverty alleviation, industrial and economic development and social progress
The taboos that are pulling India down
No society can progress if it does not muster the courage to question taboos, particularly those which trample on human rights, dignity, and liberal values
China must help in resolving the vexed Rohingya issue that has overburdened Bangladesh
China must become the region's new peacemaker, with its approach to resolving the Rohingya situation bringing out the hesitancy of the western powers to take a decisive stand on the vexed issue
Rural Media Network Pakistan rejects proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority; says it is 'unconstitutional' and against press freedom
The Rural Media Network Pakistan (RMNP ) board meeting held under the chairmanship of its president Ehsan Ahmed Sehar has turned down the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) unanimously
Afghanistan sliding towards its worst humanitarian crisis
It is the core responsibility of the Muslim Ummah to rescue Afghans from the clutches of an impending civil war
Commemorating 9/11 and aftermath: The South Asian experience
As we honor the legacies of those lives lost on September 11, 2001, we also reflect on the dramatic impact that day had on our nation and communities like ours
Now a world-class sports school in India that balances sports and academic schedules
As India’s first integrated school for sports and academics, TSS is a potential winner model balancing between the needs of budding athletes to excel at their chosen sport and the kind of academic pursuits they also prefer
Who will fund the new Taliban government?
The squeeze of western donations would make it difficult for the Taliban government to pay salaries to its employees, continue welfare schemes that were started by the previous government, and contain high inflation
Remembering Hal Gould, a friend of South Asia
When some of us launched a South Asia initiative earlier this year, Hal Gould came to mind
