Friday, November 7, 2025

COMMENTARY

New Dawn for Politics in New York: What Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Can Teach the World

Victory Beyond Ballots Zohran Mamdani’s election as the winner of the mayoral race of 2025 in New York City sent ripples of joy and meaning...

“November 7, 1975 — A Day of Reckoning

November 7, 1975, a day that evokes memories of sadness, rejuvenation, and ecstasy — a turning point that changed the course of a nation. The...

Evangelicals to the rescue

Evangelicals to the rescue. That may seem an oxymoron in the case of Gaza and Palestine. Yet, the ground is shifting under a core, traditionally...

The Mirage of Strength, the Reality of Instability

India’s recent political and military maneuvers reflect a troubling convergence of internal manipulation and external militarization. From the last-minute reshuffling of hundreds of bureaucratic...

Changing Geopolitical Configurations and Imperative of Energy Security

The imperative of energy security is becoming more critical to a country’s foreign policy. Prolonged wars in Europe and Asia and great powers' intervention...

Dynasty Politics and Meritocracy: The Twin Threats to Democracy

On 31st of October, 2025, erudite scholar and seasoned insider of international diplomacy and Indian politics, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, wrote an opinion piece titled...

Two peas in a pod

Donald Trump and Binyamin Netanyahu are two peas in a pod. They both crave others’ land. They are ethno-nationalists with a particular dislike for Muslims. They blur...

Misreporting Grooming Gangs: Why Facts Must Trump Prejudice

On 23 October 2025, The Telegraph published an article by Hardeep Singh titled “The Grooming Gangs Rapists Are Mainly Pakistani Muslims, Not ‘Asian’.” The...

A New Chapter in India’s Strategic Posture

India’s recent military statements and nuclear readiness declarations mark a disturbing shift in South Asia’s security calculus. General Anil Chauhan’s comments on “radiological preparedness”...

Exile, Echo & The Indian Stage: Sheikh Hasina’s Media Offensive & The Battle for Bangladesh’s Political Soul

Voice from Exile Exile, in the political soap opera that is South Asia's politics of uncertainty, is not meek; it is its opposite. When...

BLOG

At Mamdani victory party, a broad coalition of faith communities cheers Muslim mayor-elect

NEW YORK (RNS) — From prominent Muslim community leaders to members of Jews for Zohran, Hindus for Zohran and Shias for Zohran, the campaign’s...

India’s Bihar goes to the polls in contest seen as key to 2026 elections

Rahul Gandhi of the Indian National Congress, right, has slammed Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, center, as being remote-controlled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...

As talks collapse, BPDB now set to face Adani in int’l arbitration

Shazzad Hossen Bangladesh is preparing to face an international arbitration as India's Adani Power Limited moves against the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) over disputes...

Bangladesh’s accession to the UN Water Convention has a ripple effect that could cause problems with India

Pintu Kumar Mahla When Bangladesh became the first country in South Asia to join the U.N.’s Water Convention earlier this year, it was presented as a win-win. Signing up...

Another India-US Defence Agreement, Same Old Obstacles

A military mock drill in India. Photo: Ministry of Defence <https://data.gov.in/sites/default/files/Gazette_Notification_OGDL.pdf>, via Wikimedia Commons Despite the fanfare of headlines and exuberant television debates surrounding the recent...

The myth of “soft- liners” in Myanmar’s military governments

ANDREW SELTH In the lead-up to the ASEAN Summit in Malaysia last week, there were calls for ASEAN to pay greater attention to Myanmar’s long-running polycrisis. Implicit...

Pakistan eyes 2026 launch for 1st Chinese submarine in $5bn arms deal

A nuclear-powered Type 094A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy navigates during a military display in the South China...

Afghan Women, Girls ‘Bear Brunt’ Of Earthquake Amid Taliban Restrictions

A massive earthquake this week that killed more than 1,400 people in Afghanistan has left women, already struggling under the strict rules of the...

India’s distressed farmers limit Modi’s leeway in Trump trade talks

SOUMYAJIT SAHA KADWALI BUZURG, India -- Anjabai slogged through ankle-deep mud, trying to salvage as many soybean plants as she could from creeping rot and...

Pakistan Says Peace Talks With Afghan Taliban Fail To Find ‘Workable Solution’

Negotiations for a lasting truce between Afghanistan and Pakistan have broken down, Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on October 29 after four days...

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