India-EU Summit: A Significant Step Forward
byThe success of the India-EU summit comes from the decision to promote multilateralism.
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Oil Spills & The Arctic
byA 20,000-tonne oil spill is contaminating the Arctic – it could take decades to clean up.
Did Nehru Reject The Offer Of A Permanent Seat In The UN Security Council?
byDid the United States offer a Permanent membership to India in the UN Security Council? If so, did Nehru reject it? Why?
Why The World’s Powers Are Jostling for Djibouti
byAs China tries to control the seas, Djibouti becomes a very important player in India’s strategic interests.
Remembering Childhood
byWhen you look back at your childhood, are you reminded that you lived your life burdened by expectations?
History Tells Us That Ideological “Purity Spirals” Rarely End Well
byAs polarisation intensifies, people are increasingly loath to consider opinions that don’t reinforce their own.
Everton Forever
byEverton “was a great man and a great batsman — one of the best, indeed.”
Crisis On The Nile
byThe current impasse over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile is the biggest crisis looming over Northeast Africa.
What The Village From My Childhood Drawing Book Looks Like Now
byPoets have the uncanny ability to paint brushstrokes in time with their words. Here’s a poem that does precisely that.
It’s Immoral To Use The Army & The Police To Crush Civilian Protests
byA state that suppresses dissent by the disproportionate use of force on its citizens cannot claim to be a democracy.
Coronavirus & The Crisis Of Meaning
byThe Coronavirus pandemic has created substantial ruptures in the fabric of our society & triggered a crisis of meaning.
The Modi Government Is Diluting India’s Environmental Laws
byThe quest to score a better rank in the ‘ease of doing business’ index is permanently degrading the environment.
Off-Balance
bySaranya Subramanian’s charming verse tells you what it feels like to wake up to an earth that is a bit off-balance.
The Problematic Etymology Of The Word “Aurat”
byAurat, the Urdu word for a woman, originates from the Arabic “awrat,” meaning “genitalia,” “defectiveness,” & “nudity.”
How Physicians Used Contact Tracing 500 Years Ago
byContact tracing was probably more widespread in the 16th-century Europe than historians have been able to show.