Balochistan youth

Better Opportunities for Youth can Transform Balochistan’s Future

The CMSPP can help Balochistan address one of the most pressing challenges it encounters today – youth unrest and militancy. The radical Islamic groups and terrorist organizations often utilize the discontent of the youth of Balochistan to further their own agendas.

The Cockroach Republic: Not just a Creature of Filth; it Signals a Survival Grammar

The power of the cockroach in the current viral moment of the CJP seems to resonate with something Kafkaesque that is crawling beneath: unwanted, impossible to eliminate. The apparent insult is meant to make someone feel unworthy. But when an insult is taken up by a community, it culminates in a “badge”, where shame becomes performance, humiliation becomes satire, and satire culminates in political self-recognition.

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

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Relevance of SAARC: South Asian nations are tied by a common culture and a shared future

Today, with the overarching presence of China in South Asia, if India has to hold its ground as the paramount power, it is imperative to keep the bilateral differences aside

The Wasp and I

It buzzed around my ears and nose

Perennial, A Hapless Word

Perennials, things that last a long time

Blasphemously Yours

Fill the cup before you bring it

Is Sri Lanka falling into a Chinese trap like Pakistan?

While the world will view Tibet with sympathy as a victim of aggression, it will hold the rulers of Pakistan and Sri Lanka responsible for reducing the country to the level of willing tools in China’s hands

The Essence of Time

All things need time , we know

CHRI demands investigation into the death of UP teen

The Uttar Pradesh Police leadership must ensure a time-bound and impartial investigation into the reported custodial torture and death of Faisal Hussain, an 18-year old vegetable seller, at the hands of police in Unnao district, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) said today

When Green Turns to a Murky, Dusty,Brown

The sprawl of suburbia into the surrounding countryside

Sock Yourself (A Bit of Fun in Trying Times)

Yes, sock yourself, occasionally,

A Panegyric on the Pleasures of Solitude

When does the heart slow its beat

Armed insurgency in Assam may end soon

The COVID-19 disease, the second wave of which has ravaged India for the past two months, has had some unexpected ramifications

When the World around You is Bleak and More......

Let Hope not Die in the human Breast

The Eternal Quest for Answers

When Autumn says a tearful bye

Vendetta

More naked never the intention

Coax a Smile Out

Do conversations need speech