What’s going on in Manipur?
A dive into one of the worst outbreaks of violence in India in the last couple of decades I refrained from commenting on the situation in Manipur for the last several weeks for a...
Category: India & Its Neighbours
On China, Pakistan and countries in the neighbourhood
Worrying about Afghanistan – and AfPak..
Things are not looking good in the neighbourhood…Power-sharing talks between the 2 rival presidential candidates in Afghanistan appear to be on the verge of collapse, raising the real possibility of a return to chaos...
At NaMo’s swearing-in, Chanakya’s Raja-Mandala on display
For students of statecraft and history, the invitations to SAARC leaders for the swearing in ceremony of PM-designate provide a fascinating example of Acharya Chanakya’s Raja-Mandala doctrine at work.  In Kautilya’s Artha-Shastra, in Book VI,...
What happened to my wonderful kaleidoscope?
The official website of the “Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner†of India mentions that, “Religion returns in Indian census provide a wonderful kaleidoscope of the country s rich social composition..”. It...
In the heart of New Delhi, 2500 “refugees” who came in from the cold*
First, some “facts”. “Facts” within quotes because no one quite appears to know the “truth”. I am therefore relying on emails, first-person (albeit unverified) accounts, news-reports and of course, the wonderful world of internet..As...
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