Politics

History’s key role in students’ deadly protests

In their struggles against authoritarian rule, Bangladesh’s students have always relied on their history’s many artefacts.

4 months ago

Protests put Bangladesh on the edge of a precipice

Sheikh Hasina’s government is faced with the gravest threat to its existence in the face of sustained student agitation.

4 months ago

Budget 2024 Is the Sum Total of Many Pressures on the Government

Budget 2024 is more than numbers; it reflects political pressures and strategic alignments. Discover how Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget…

4 months ago

Kashmir’s new normal: tourists, turmoil, and rising militancy!

Kashmir's visible army presence once deterred protestors and mujahideen. Now, it hosts tourists from Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan alongside…

4 months ago

India’s arm sales to Israel during a war is a political statement

India must seek a broader regional engagement beyond bilateral immediacies in the Middle East.

4 months ago

What I’ve learned from Noam Chomsky

As news of Noam Chomsky's failing health makes the rounds, a journalist and peace activist from Pakistan shares some of…

5 months ago

Modi’s grip on power slips with resounding personal defeat

The people of India have rejected Narendra Modi's majoritarian Hindu politics. Even if Modi's coalition returns him to power, his…

6 months ago

Polls will test Modi’s politics of Muslim exclusion

Aspiration of an inclusive India has been under threat in the Modi regime.

6 months ago

Female voters are a growing force and the parties know it

India’s politicians recognise the growing influence of women at the ballot box but their schemes to win their votes come…

6 months ago

Is Hamas attack on Israel helping the BJP on the ground?

A month before the voters punched their preference in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) during the assembly elections in Rajasthan,…

6 months ago