Following attacks in Quetta, the question is whether Pakistan can implement a security policy that makes a break with its past policies. On April 24, militants targeted Pakistani security forces in twin attacks in the troubled province of...
When representative democracy represents only an imaginary majority. Writing in The Economist, Indian historian Mukul Kesavan describes the trend in South Asia toward “majoritarian nationalism as a sad if natural outcome of the awkward struggle to...
When it comes to its treatment of women, India’s entertainment industry needs a reality check. “We can’t cast her, she’s too fat.” “What am I going to do with an actress who can act but doesn’t look good?” I lapped up these...
There is hardly any reason for India to not prioritize its partnership with Israel over Palestine in pursuit of its strategic interests. On various occasions, India’s diffidence, indecisiveness and a highly constrained foreign policy have...
What does the Left Front’s recent defeat spell for the wider political process in India? The February defeat of a communist coalition after 25 years in power in Tripura, a tiny state in northeastern India, is widely seen as the demise of...
