Relics of Arahant Mahamogallana and Arahant Sariputta being received in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbataar on May 30, 2026 after they were brought from India

India-Mongolia Buddhist Partnership: A Civilisational Bridge Linking India’s Buddhist Heritage with Mongolia’s Contemporary Revival

The profound emotional connection was vividly evident in 2022 when, as the Indian delegation accompanying the relics entered the Gandan monastery, members of the crowd reached out to touch them, expressing their reverence for those who had come "from the land of the Buddha".

In the Undying Quest for Peace and Harmony in South Asia: Reflections of a Veteran 'Peacemonger'

One idea which both young and senior activists are exploring is about the possibility of a series of visits by youth teams to the South Asian capitals to meet with the leadership. They want to explain how deeply young people are affected and committed to address the crisis of climate change, global warming, and especially the fragility of the mountain regions as witnessed in the recent devastation in Nepal.

When the Machinery of Terror Becomes Television Spectacle: Taliban's War Museum Reporting Needs Broader Contextualisation

The Taliban may curate the museum. The newsroom must curate the context. Without that context, international television risks giving an extremist movement something it has always sought, not necessarily agreement, but attention; not necessarily legitimacy, but spectacle. 

Three Young Karachi Rappers: And a Working-Class Neighborhood Becomes its Own Historian

 

For an Indian audience, the most meaningful response to W.R.A.P. is not the comforting declaration that Indians and Pakistanis are identical. Such a claim can erase real histories and differences as readily as nationalism exaggerates them. 

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