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The Superpower & The Regime: New Relations between DPRK & U.S.A

With Joe Biden being elected as the President of the United States, the nuances of inter-state relations with North Korea are expected to...

Romanian Revolution and The Socialist Dictator Ceauşescu

History is a witness that nearly every monarchy, dictatorship or any autocratic regime met its ignominious end all over the world in the...

The Heavenly Nordic Countries: Analysing Success of the Nordic Nations

Guest Opinion In the world happiness report 2020 , Finland ranked 1st, Iceland 4th, Norway 5th, and Sweden 7th. In the democracy index...

The Crown Jewel: Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh

Upon entering the National Highway 1 (NH-1) which connects the Rest of India with Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh you might see a board...

Was There Ever a Cavewomxn? Mapping Art and Film in Contemporary Capitalism

Guest Submission A peculiarity that separates the core of art history as a profession between the 20th Century and the 16th Century is...

5 Challenges Facing the Contemporary World

Great Indian Poet Maithili Sharan Gupt has written, “Hum Kaun the, Kya Ho Gaye aur Kya Honge Abhi, Aao Vicharein aaj milkar, yeh...

Speeches & Silences: What Our Cultural Institutions Speak For and Remain Silent Over Today

Guest Opinion “It did initially feel like a little bit of a hollow statement to make, given the limited nature of our contracting with...

A Case for Affirmative Action in the World of Meritocracy

Guest Opinion Coined in 1958 by the sociologist Micheal Young in his book The Rise of the Meritocracy—describing a dystopian society in...

India's Sarvoch Nyayalaya

Guest Opinion The Supreme Court of India has come to occupy the spotlight in public discourse and consciousness. There is added scrutiny...

Assessing Ambedkar’s Controversial Manusmriti Dahan

Burning of Manusmriti on 25th December 1927 by Babasaheb Ambedkar inspired a new style of defiance of the Manusmriti. The Manusmriti,...

India-Vietnam Relations: A Geopolitical Analysis

In geopolitics, the closer your ally is to your common adversary, the better it is. The same goes for Vietnam and India. Vietnam is at a...

Freedom of Speech & Expression: The Golden Fruit in the Tree of Democracy

Guest Opinion It is two factors which makes democracy desirable even in its worst of times, something every citizen of a democratic setup...

Recounting Palkhivala’s Missed Opportunities on his Death Anniversary

Guest Opinion Hindustan Times I write this piece in memory of Nani Palkhivala, a courtroom genius, on his death anniversary. His...

Putting into Perspective: USA's 'Kungflu' Mastery

Guest Opinion Mike McQuade for The Atlantic It was not very long ago that I read about American hegemony in my Class 12th Political...

History of Kalidasa’s Works: Through a Marxist Lens

The ancient period of the Indian subcontinent was marked with the writing of rich Sanskrit literature which provides us with an in-depth ins

Regulating OTT Platforms – One Step Forward, and Two Steps Back

Guest Opinion Amidst a pandemic where enterprises are struggling to stay afloat, the business of various online streaming platforms is...

Periyar E. V. Ramasamy: The Exigency to Revive the Revolutionary Legacy of South Asia's Socrates

"If a larger country oppresses a smaller country, I'll stand with the smaller country. If the smaller country has majoritarian religion...

The Romans are Worried: Rise of China & Future of the West

Since the times of the Romans, Spaniards, Portuguese, the French, the British, the Germans, the Russians, and now the Americans - the...

The Price of Positioning Priorities: Recreating Demand for ‘Real Issues’ in Politics

Guest Opinion As the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) narrowly scraped through in what has been one of the most closely contested...

India’s Tryst with Panchayat Elections

A gram panchayat meeting in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh. Credit: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh A fervour of anxiety and enthusiasm all around,...

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