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India’s Strategic Autonomy And Lessons For World Politics

India’s experience shows that strategic autonomy, strong institutions, and long-term thinking remain the most effective tools for safeguarding national interest in an unequal global system, where power is concentrated in the hands of a few states and pressure on independent countries is a constant reality.

Podcast featuring Ashok Sawhny "Sahil"

In this exclusive conversation, Mehran Shah sits down with Ashok Sawhny Sahil, a renowned businessman and celebrated poet.

Tanhayi

Jagaiyo Na Mujhe Yaan̈
Bohot Andhera Hai

Let’s Think Again

Let’s Think Again Impatience they say,
now holds sway Impatience will bring forth gains,

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When The Curtain Falls

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All You Own are Your Words

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The Magic of Music

Rock ‘n Roll or Twist away

The unhealthy ordinance of 'Love Jihad'

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O, Mother

I cried like a child

Alone, But Connected

Not superior nor inferior

Renunciation

Is that the answer to life’s puzzle

The Ballad of the Sea

The voice I heard came from the seas

Till the end of Time

Till the stars in the sky

Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose

Primordial are all impulses

India’s controversial farm bills: Will it benefit farmers or destroy agriculture?

The farmers' agitation in India against three controversial farming reforms has put the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the dock as it appears to be groping in the dark to find an amicable solution to defuse the crisis that could potentially have far-reaching implications as the country’s economy that is largely dependent on agriculture

The Enigma Called Sleep

Sleep

Me and My Destiny

Between the dreams of old