When questioned about his soft stance or lack of clampdown on Muslim communalism juxtaposed to Hindu nationalism, a euphemism for Hindu communalism, Nehru succinctly expressed that the communalism of the...Read more

For any democracy to survive, it needs a free and fair election mechanism. Indians are increasingly of the belief that their vote does not count because of the widespread electoral corruption. However, there...Read more

‘Congress Mukt Bharat’ was an impactful, ambitious, and outrageous promise made by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) before the 2014 general elections. With the 2019 elections around the corner, the slogan...Read more

The skepticism of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) over Iran’s use of its nuclear programme led to the Iran nuclear deal signed in 2015. Iran agreed to reduce its stock of nuclear weapons by 90% until...Read more

Media is a dangerous weapon of mass distraction. The most convenient yet effective way to communicate information to a large population is through media. The information so conveyed is not necessarily true...Read more

Asking a fundamental question as a precursor: what makes a democracy? The answer relevant to the context of this article is ‘the freedom to practice dissent; the power to question power’. A word from...Read more

“Hum kya chahtey? Aazadi!”...Read more

The previous part of this article described the history of Kashmir before its accession to India. However, a series of events took place in Kashmir after this accession which changes the political environment...Read more

The article aims at exploring the diverse kind of relationship that Nepal shares with India-China and the impact it created in the trade and negotiations of Nepal, particularly regarding fuel and other...Read more

“If there is heaven on earth, it is here, it is here, it is here.”...Read more

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” George Orwell in his renowned book, 1984, successfully managed to capture a powerful force within this statement....Read more

Darjeeling, a small city in the rolling hills of the northern half of the Bengal bottleneck, is limping back to normalcy in the wake of a 104 day almost total shut down that had left it crippled. 104...Read more