Kashmir’s visible army presence once deterred protestors and mujahideen. Now, it hosts tourists from Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan alongside gun-wielding Rashtriya Rifles (RR) personnel.

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

As news of Noam Chomsky’s failing health makes the rounds, a journalist and peace activist from Pakistan shares some of her learnings from interactions with a trailblazing public intellectual whose moral compass has impacted the world

The people of India have rejected Narendra Modi’s majoritarian Hindu politics. Even if Modi’s coalition returns him to power, his message has to change.

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

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

A month before the voters punched their preference in the […]

The battle for India is being fought in the states as the general election turns local

Cinematic fiction has become the convenient way of ‘correcting’ historical frictions, especially where facts are inconvenient

The business elite funds political parties and elections in return for economic favours or for securing favourable policies for their industry