Oct 2 CJP protests in Mumbai

The Cockroach's Evolution: Acquiring a Life Beyond the Insult

The CJP’s journey, however, is no longer confined to the politics of examination failures and youth precarity. Its School Thik Karo campaign has extended the movement’s work towards accountability for basic public-school infrastructure, while its latest mobilisation has turned to electoral accountability. 

‘Himalayasia’: Can a Mountain Range Give South Asia the Identity It Never Had?

Whether or not “Himalayasia” ever catches on as a name, the underlying question it poses is a serious one for a region that houses a quarter of the world’s population, spends tens of billions of dollars a year arming itself against its own neighbors, and still trades more easily with the far side of the globe than across its own borders

South Asia Needs Cross-Border Internships, Not Only Degrees Abroad

South Asia often discusses youth mobility after a student has already decided to leave the region. A stronger regional system would give students another option before that point: international experience that is close enough to be practical, but different enough to change what they learn.

School Absenteeism and Growing Coaching Culture: Are we Compromising the Future of an Entire Generation?

If dummy admissions, prolonged school absenteeism, and an unregulated coaching culture continue unchecked, we may end up producing students who have spent enormous amounts of time and money on education without actually receiving the education they need.

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Have you heard the phrases, circadian rhythm and heliotropism? These phrases are the scientific terminologies to describe the behaviour of a sunflower on the farm

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Last week as the Intra-Afghan peace talks were being held in Doha, Taliban leaders, led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, suddenly decided to board a flight to Tehran

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Destiny, O Destiny, unveil thyself

China, Turkey fortifying Pakistan's military arsenal

China and Turkey are going all out to consolidate Pakistan's defence arsenal even as the country's external debt continues to accumulate and the Imran Khan government finds itself on a sticky wicket yet again ahead of this month's plenary meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog

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Life’s A Pantomime

Weather the storms for sunshine awaits you 

Can India’s grand old party revive itself?

India's main opposition Congress Party is currently in a sorry state and utterly confused over the issue of selecting a suitable leader who could match Prime Minister Narendra Modi and rejuvenate the party to bolster its electoral prospects in the upcoming assembly elections in five states later this year

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The so-called farmers, by indulging in unprecedented violent acts in Delhi, have made India’s 'enemies' happy

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No evil outside of that

Why former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe deserves India's second-highest civilian award

Indias decision to bestow the Padma Vibhushan, the country's second-highest civilian award on Shinzo Abe, is a befitting acknowledgement by the Narendra Modi administration of the former Japanese Prime Ministers unique role in elevating Japan-India ties to an unprecedented strategic level

Pakistan may find its US and China ties a difficult balancing act

With US President Joe Biden reversing several measures put in place by the former Donald Trump administration within hours of taking charge of the White House, Pakistan is hoping to reset its equation with Washington