If trade and cultural relations between Bangladesh and Northeast India improve, the picture of the entire region will change.
Trump’s lunch with Pakistan’s army chief is imbued with deeper meaning
The optics of the lunch are certainly not to India’s liking, but its consequences may not turn out to be as unsettling as might be apprehended in certain quarters. It surely gives Pakistan a profile in Washington that it was craving to have.
After Eliminating Extreme Poverty, India Should Focus On Livelihoods and Jobs
India will soon need to focus on reducing relative poverty and inequality too since the spoils of high economic growth cannot be cornered by a small few at the top. The elimination of extreme poverty in the next five years is a good shot in the arm, but in the journey toward a developed nation India has much work to do.
India Needs A National Comprehensive Narrative Strategy To Shape Global Opinion
While New Delhi was responding to Islamabad’s military provocation, Pakistan’s narrative machinery moved with sophistication, especially within Western media ecosystems. Coordinated messaging from Pakistani Foreign, Defence and Information Ministers, amplified by diaspora networks and international broadcasters, often outpaced India’s more formal communication approach. Moreover, several Western media outlets, operating on incomplete information, questioned the legitimacy and proportionality of India’s actions
Western double standards over the rise of extremism in Bangladesh
On the streets of Dhaka, terror reigns, as well as across the country. Anti-establishment students are roughed up for speaking out. Extremist mobs roam with impunity. Police stations are besieged and overrun, as in the shocking Shahbag incident. Women are threatened into silence. Hindu families are forced to cancel weddings under threat of religious violence.
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Biden’s putdown of Pakistan: More to it than meets the eye
The fact that the bulk of whatever aid goes to Pakistan is grabbed by the military and used for terrorism is of little consequence to the US, as is the fact that it was Pakistan that engineered the humiliating withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
Canada on a suicidal course: Giving a free run to South Asian separatists and terrorists could boomerang
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The population myth, prejudice and dangers of a misguided policy
It is possible to use the numbers to argue in many ways but what should be reasonable to note is that there is no conspiracy among a certain set of people to grow their numbers. Demographics tells us that as the level of education (particularly of the woman) and the standard of living of the family moves up, the number of children per woman generally comes down.
How the battle against insurgency was won in Tripura
A mere look at the map of Tripura showed that the insurgents were operating from the hills where there was no police presence as all the police stations and posts were on the main roads. I was convinced that we should move into the hills.
