India should follow a policy of three Cs as a mantra with its relations China – compete, cooperate and confront, said former Indian Army chief General Shankar Roychoudhury
From Farm Chickens to Cockroaches: Why South Asia’s Gen Z Is So Restive
Until the region’s economies produce jobs, and its ministers produce respect, at the pace they produce graduates, South Asia’s Gen Z will keep finding new, and increasingly desperate, ways to be heard
Bridging the Policy Gap: Why Northeast India Cannot Tap Bangladesh Pharma Market Across the Border?
The real question is simpler: do Indian states want to use a resource that is geographically closer, internationally certified, available already, or would they prefer to continue to suffer from a yearly deficit on the other side of the Corridor?
Green AI? The Global South Cannot Afford the Wrong Kind of Digital Growth
In the case of the Global South, this would mean designing AI according to the demands of that particular place and within the bounds of its available power. It would mean opting for small language models, frugality, and less energy-intensive infrastructure over costly mimicry of Silicon Valley.
Inside India's Modern Counter-Terrorism Strategy: The Zero-Tolerance Mandate
The government is also engaging doctors, psychologists, lawyers, civil society organisations, NGOs, religious leaders and community representatives to facilitate de-radicalisation and reintegration. Young people are encouraged to participate in constructive social activities that promote communal harmony and reduce the appeal of extremist ideologies.
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Theoretical precepts of an army’s will to fight: Implications for the Indian armed forces
Assessing morale and will to fight (adversary and own) is crucial to the science and art of war (Warcraft)
The Heart is Large - and Gracious
Does the Heart have eyes
‘Inappropriate time’ to hold EU-Pakistan strategic dialogue, says EICC
Noting that it was the most “inappropriate time” for the European Union (EU) to hold the EU-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue keeping in view the violent anti-French and anti-European demonstrations in that country, the Europe India Chamber of Commerce (EICC), a Brussels-based non-profit organisation, has said that holding such dialogues are a “perfect example” of how some of EU’s policies have “boomeranged.”
A nail-biting US election show victory of democracy
Joe Biden has finally won the US presidency. This has been one of the most contentious US presidential elections in its history and a blot on a great democratic country
If Life was never-ending.....
For the Gods to receive my prayers
Let the Imagination run Wild
O, how pretty can barren be
US elections would be deemed irregular by standards of India, other nations
The way the United States conducts its presidential election would be considered irregular – and even illegal – in India and many countries
Affirmative action to help orphaned and abandoned kids become self-reliant
There are millions of orphan children across India, who lack the basic facilities required for survival. Having lost their parents at a very young age, they are not fortunate enough to receive encouragement or support and struggle to build their lives
Handling corona to tackling China, Modi has emerged as a global leader
It is only amidst critical hours that the capability will power, patience and presence of the mind of a leader is tested. In fact, the eight months long COVID-19 pandemic as well as China’s multiple intrusions along the Indo-China border or the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in April 2020 and consequent on-going standoff between the two armies had indeed created a tense situation in India
India has ably handled COVID-19 crisis; credit goes to Modi
When COVID-19 started in Wuhan in China and Beijing did not immediately share the information for some months and WHO also did not raise an alarm, as alleged, in not warning the world about the impending disaster, no one thought that the virus would shake the world to the extent that it has done now
Embracing the New Reality
At the six month mark of forced isolation
The Paths I Once Walked
I have never forgotten the paths I walked
Bangladesh and Rwanda: Two economic success stories in two continents underpinned by women
As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its World Economic Outlook for 2020, the report has drawn heated, but detailed and significant, discussions in India
Interludes of Joy and Sadness
Just interludes of joy and happiness
