Storms of torment and great terror
BIMSTEC’s Strategic Challenge to Pakistan: Geopolitical Recasting or Regional Fracture?
Pakistan’s absence is not without costs. Diplomatic exclusion is only one facet of the spectre that looms over the country: limited transit access, reduced prospects for integration into Bay-centric supply networks and weakened soft-power influences across the Indian Ocean littoral.
Proxy Village Governance: The Pradhan Pati Problem in India's Democracy
It has been formally recognised in the Report of the Advisory Committee on Women Pradhans, Transforming Women’s Representation and Role in Panchayati Raj Institutions: Efforts to Eliminate Proxy Participation, which recorded that elected women representatives are often “represented by their husbands or male relatives” and recommended the imposition of stringent and exemplary penalties to curb such practices.
Students Must Study; But They Must Also Ask Questions and not Ignore Injustice
When the university community itself has not succeeded in resolving many serious problems confronting higher education, on what moral basis should students simply be asked to remain silent and trust the system?
The Ganga Water Treaty Needs More Than Renewal: It Needs Reinvention
The treaty that once symbolized diplomatic success should now become a model for climate-resilient hydro-diplomacy. The river has changed, the climate has changed, and the needs of both nations have changed. The treaty must change with them.
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Desiderata V
When Time itself, for each of us, comes with its limits clear
Desiderata IV, The Shepherd and the Flock
‘Tis for the Shepherd to lead the flock
Let’s Dissect this Thing called Laughter
Let’s dissect Laughter and see
A doc’s unconventional prescription for meeting a possible third Covid wave in India
The next Covid wave will be no less than a ‘war’ and India will have to make preparations similar to what armed forces all over the world do in war situations
Desiderata III
Yes, pre-eminence, surely, must belong to the one who leads
Violent attacks in Afghanistan and the Maldives threaten human rights and democracy
Only the harshest and most forceful terms would be fitting to describe terrorist attacks that specifically target children, no matter in which part of the world
Ending the 'forever war' in Afghanistan: Implications and options for India
Washington has formally started the process of withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, beginning the end of what President Joe Biden has famously called "the forever war"
My Banyan Tree and I, It’s not a Tea Party
There’s a Tree that I see in front of my home
Is Peace, Even Remotely, the Desired Objective
I think there is an enormous gap
Nonprofits in Kolkata and Bangalore named finalists in Global Environmental Contest
Solution Search, an effort by international environmental organization Rare’s Center for Behavior & the Environment recently announced the ten finalists in its ‘Water Pollution & Behavior Change’ contest that highlights local solutions to the world’s most challenging environmental problems
India must have international research team probe truth behind second Covid wave
The truth behind Covid 19 and its second wave in India should be thoroughly investigated, so that the world knows whether it is God-made or man-made
The Weight of the World on Your Shoulders, O Lord
The Weight of the Pandemic and the World
The Candle of Hope and Faith
The Candle that carries Hope throughout the nights, dark
The Inclement, English, Weather
Inclement is a funny word
