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Why India's 'confused' Tibet Policy needs reckoning

August 8, 2024
Over the past some time, writing commentary on foreign policies has been a delightful job of mine. On most if not all occasions, I have been praiseworthy of India’s foreign policy, which has been more assertive and proactive on most fronts. But, one policy area popped into my mind, where…
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Chabahar Port: Significance of deal and its challenges for India

August 2, 2024
In a significant strategic development, India, and Iran inked the Chabhar Port deal in May this year. Th deal which allows New Delhi to operate the strategically important port in Tehran holds great strategic importance for India, as it will provide Indian goods with a gateway to reach landlocked Afghanistan…
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How Maldives became new thorn in India's foreign policy

March 3, 2024
Who is India’s biggest ‘enemy’? Well, I know most of you would answer Pakistan or its iron brother China. But, if you have been following geopolitical developments lately, the newest entrant on the list is Maldives. Yes, a country which is one-tenth of the size of Goa and is not…
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How India pulled off diplomatic triumph with Qatar

February 25, 2024
Image source: Satyaagrah   The Narendra Modi-led government is known for having one of the most robust foreign policies in India’s history. Another feather was added to its cap when India pulled off something that seemed impossible. Eight Indian Navy personnel, who were detained and sentenced to death by Qatari…
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Pakistan elections: Imran Khan triumphs Army, highlights call for 'Revolution'

February 17, 2024
India’s neighbouring country, Pakistan went to polls on February 8. Although, the elections in Pakistan hold not much relevance as the public is deemed to elect the leader ‘selected’ by the “establishment” which actually refers to the military. But, this time, the Pakistani ‘awaam’ had other plans. Imran Khan, a…
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'Bland' Interim Budget shows Modi govt's confidence of returning to power

February 13, 2024
The Narendra Modi government presented the last budget of its second term on February 1. The sixth budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was one of the most bland and ‘dull’ budgets in a long long time. It also being Sitharaman’s shortest (58 minutes) further underscores this point. It…
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Narges Mohammadi and her fight against Islamist tyranny

January 14, 2024
Miles away in Tehran, she craves her children, whom she hasn’t seen for the last 8 years, as she continues to suffer ‘White Torture’ (intense psychological torture) inside the ‘notorious’ Evin Prison in Tehran. All this is for raising the cause of women’s rights in Iran and fighting against the…
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COP28: Major hits, misses from Summit; India's bid

December 13, 2023
COP or the Conference of the Parties, a summit that takes place annually to discuss the progress towards reducing carbon emissions and reaching the target of ‘Net Zero’. This year, the COP28 summit was held in Dubai, UAE — which actually looked quite ambitious in hosting it — but, the…
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Will thwarted murder attempt on Pannun hamper India-US ties?

December 3, 2023
In a shocking development, the United States Justice Department on November 29 unsealed an indictment which unveiled charges of a ‘thwarted’ attempt to kill Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun by an Indian national through a hire-for-murder scheme. This failed plot also has connections to the killing of Hardeep Singh…