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Global Watch | Politics Of Opportunism: The Many Faces Of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

Global Watch | Politics Of Opportunism: The Many Faces Of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

The paradoxes in Jamaat’s political posturing are more prominent than ever as it constantly finds its old baggage unboxed while attempting political...

08.07.2026 20

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Right Word | Great Nicobar: Understanding India’s Most Strategic Infrastructure Project

Right Word | Great Nicobar: Understanding India’s Most Strategic Infrastructure Project

Given its location at one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints, the project carries strategic significance that extends well beyond the...

06.07.2026 10

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Opinion | Decoding Indus Waters Treaty (Part- 6): The Road Ahead

Opinion | Decoding Indus Waters Treaty (Part- 6): The Road Ahead

The next bargain, if one is to be reached, will reflect the realities of the twenty-first century rather than the optimism of the mid-twentieth

02.07.2026 60

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Global Watch | From Ram Statue Halt To Mob Violence: BNP Government’s Surrender To Islamists In Bangladesh

The BNP government needs to practise what it has been preaching and stop surrendering to the Islamist forces that pose an existential threat to...

01.07.2026 20

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Opinion | Decoding Indus Waters Treaty (Part- 5): Pahalgam And The Pause

The doctrinal scaffolding India had assembled over the preceding decade was now load-bearing

01.07.2026 50

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Opinion | Decoding Indus Waters Treaty (Part- 4): Weaponising The Treaty

Pakistan moved from raising legitimate technical objections to running a sustained legal warfare campaign against every Indian project on the western...

28.06.2026 60

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Opinion | Decoding Indus Waters Treaty (Part- 3): The Treaty That Survived Wars

Successive Indian governments, of widely varying ideological complexions, treated the treaty as a matter of national honour

27.06.2026 20

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Opinion | Decoding Indus Waters Treaty (Part- 2): The Making Of A Treaty, A Bargain India Made For Peace

Nehru would tell Parliament after signing that India had purchased a settlement. The phrase was carefully chosen

26.06.2026 50

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Opinion | Decoding Indus Waters Treaty (Part- 1): The Rivers That Shaped A Civilisation

How an intricate canal network became an ongoing geopolitical chessboard

24.06.2026 40

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Right Word | When Messenger Becomes The Message: Why Ladakh Needs Institutions, Not Personalities

A cause tethered to one person rises and falls with that person. A cause embedded in institutions endures.

22.06.2026 10

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Global Watch | Can Bangladesh’s Oldest Political Force Awami League Stage A Comeback?

With local elections likely to happen in September-October, anticipation is on the rise of Awami League’s resurgence

20.06.2026 20

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Right Word | Bloodshed In POJK: Dissent, Crackdown And Reality Of ‘Azad’ Kashmir

What is unfolding in PoK is not an isolated incident, but rather the latest manifestation of a structural problem that has existed since the territory...

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Global Watch | Why EU’s Kashmir-Ukraine Equivalence Is A Strategic Error

Strip away all the talk of values and shared democracy, and what is left is plain old realpolitik—and here the EU's conduct becomes very difficult...

10.06.2026 30

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Right Word | Growing Anti-Hindu Violence In Bangladesh And Its Strategic Fall-Out

The persistence of attacks under the newly elected BNP government suggests that communal violence is increasingly rooted in local impunity networks

01.06.2026 40

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Opinion | Why PoJK Is Boiling - And Islamabad Is Sweating?

The Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), the group spearheading the movement, has announced a territory-wide shut down on June 9.

30.05.2026 40

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Right Word | Mandate-Rejection Continuum: Cockroach Phase Of India’s Opposition Politics

After the 2014 mandate, the refusal took the form of doubt about Electronic Voting Machines. After the 2019 mandate, it became outright denial that...

25.05.2026 30

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Right Word | The Relic Route: How India Is Using Buddhism As A Bridge Across Asia

India has long understood, at least in theory, that its Buddhist heritage gives it a unique standing in Asia

21.05.2026 30

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Global Watch | What The Leaked Cipher Reveals About Power In Pakistan

The episode highlights how vulnerable Pakistan’s political order remains to unelected actors capable of translating external preferences into...

21.05.2026 30

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Global Watch: From Saaf Pani To Toshakhana, Pak Military’s Expanding Shadow Over Courts

The Saaf Pani and Toshakhana cases are not simply legal stories but windows into Pakistan’s evolving political order where justice is not blind, but...

17.05.2026 30

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Right Word | One Blood, One Civilisation: How Tribal India Is Reclaiming Its Civilisational Legacy

A large section of tribal society that continues to follow its original cultural traditions is still struggling for its rights

10.05.2026 40

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Global Watch | Operation Sindoor: A Case Study In Precision Warfare Vs Strategic Miscalculation

As the region moves forward, Operation Sindoor stands as a case study in the evolving nature of conflict in the subcontinent

07.05.2026 40

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Right Word: A Turning Point In Indian Politics: West Bengal And The Onset Of Modi 3.0

From polarisation to consolidation of Hindus behind Modi, this marks a new phase in Indian politics

05.05.2026 50

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Global Watch | Between Washington And Tehran: Pakistan’s Gamble With Its Own Stability

Pakistan under Asim Munir seeks to mediate between the United States and Iran to regain relevance, but faces high geopolitical, economic, and domestic...

30.04.2026 40

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Right Word | Ideology As The Glue: Why The BJP Retains While Others Lose Leaders

The core difference between the BJP and the other mainstream parties, when it comes to checking exodus, is ‘ideology’

26.04.2026 40

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Global Watch | Mapping The Chinese Cartographic Offensive: A Silent War In The Himalayas

Over time, a state that names, maps, and bureaucratically references a territory generates a documentary record of effective control, even if its...

23.04.2026 30

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Right Word | Congress, Women’s Reservation And A Troubled Democratic Record

The way the Congress is celebrating the failure of this bill may be viewed in the historical context of its relationship with Constitutional as well...

19.04.2026 40

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Right Word | How Ambedkar Examined Pakistan, Hindu-Muslim Unity, And Congress Politics

Dr BR Ambedkar approached these issues less as a politician and more as a rigorous thinker committed to the truth, however inconvenient

14.04.2026 50

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Global Watch | A Life In Whispers: The Quiet Fear Of Being A Minority In Pakistan

The tragedy is not only in the suffering itself but in how normalised it has become

10.04.2026 40

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Right Word | In An Age Of Doomsday Narratives, Vatsalya Gram Offers A Story Of Hope

Sadhvi Ritambhara, known more as a firebrand leader and one of the leading lights of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, has created a unique Bharatiya...

02.04.2026 50

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Right Word | From Harrow To Harvard: Confronting The Many Faces Of Hinduphobia In The West

To address Hinduphobia, it is important that global academic, media, and policy discourses approach Hindus and their faith with fairness, intellectual...

11.03.2026 40

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Global Watch | Operation Gazab Lil Haq: Pakistan's War Of Optics Amid A Crisis At Home

While 'Operation Gazab Lil Haq' may project strength, its very existence underscores a failure of foresight, policy and governance

08.03.2026 40

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Right Word | PM Modi’s Israel Visit And India’s Delicate Balance In West Asia

The PM’s visit reinforces India’s strategic autonomy, technological and defence preparedness, commitment to balanced West Asia engagement and...

04.03.2026 30

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Global Watch | PM Modi’s Strategic Israel Visit And The Politics Of Narrative Warfare

By strengthening ties with Israel while backing a two-state solution for Palestine, India shows an ability to balance strategic partnerships with...

27.02.2026 40

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Global Watch | How China Is Using The Epstein Files To Target The Dalai Lama

The underlying politics here is less about documentary facts and more about image, legitimacy and enduring geopolitical tensions

20.02.2026 60

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Right Word | Beyond Tariffs: The India-US Deal Is About Statecraft, Not Statistics

This deal is not about who won. It is about halting strategic drift, buying time in a fractured global order, restoring momentum.

17.02.2026 40

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Global Watch | Why Iran Should Be Wary Of Pakistan’s Double Game

Tehran’s safest bet should be to not rely on a neighbour whose ‘double game’ could prove as destabilising as any external adversary

15.02.2026 50

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Right Word | The Story Behind PM Modi’s Letter To Sadanandan Master

PM Modi’s letter to Rajya Sabha member C Sadanandan Master goes beyond personal sympathy to highlight enduring reality of political violence,...

12.02.2026 50

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Global Watch: Women Fighters And The New Face Of The Baloch Insurgency

Their presence signals a transformation of the Baloch insurgency from a predominantly male guerrilla movement into a broader societal revolt

07.02.2026 40

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Right Word | Union Budget 2026-27: Women, Youth And The Politics Of Aspirational Bharat

The Modi government's priorities are clear with consistency in its approach by focusing on aspirational sections of society who live in smaller...

02.02.2026 40

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Global Watch | How Pakistan Is Weaponising Borders To Strangle Afghanistan’s Economy

If Pakistan keeps closing borders, expelling refugees, and masking strategic failures with security rhetoric, it risks entrenching lasting hostility...

30.01.2026 30

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Right Word | Social Media And The Rise Of Digital Hinduphobia

There is an urgent need to document growing ‘Hinduphobia’ on digital media platforms, especially social media

29.01.2026 30

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Right Word | Beyond The False Binary: Hindutva, Hindu Dharma And The Spirit Of Indian Constitution

By placing law above individuals, the Constitution reiterates the age-old Hindu Dharmic notion that authority is legitimate only when it is righteous

22.01.2026 30

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Global Watch | From Newsrooms To Courtrooms: Pakistan’s Media Under Military Rule

Gen Asim Munir may currently hold all the levers of power, but history offers a sobering lesson: Authority sustained through repression rarely...

17.01.2026 40

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Right Word | Somnath After 1,000 Years: Time To Reassess Manipulated Cultural Narrative Of ‘Sufism’

The Somnath Swabhiman Parv, commemorating 1,000 years since Mahmud of Ghazni’s 1026 invasion and destruction of the Somnath temple, was more than a...

15.01.2026 50

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Global Watch | Moving The Goalposts: Western Double Standards On Venezuela And Pakistan

If the West wishes to reclaim credibility in its democracy agenda, it must confront this imbalance honestly.

11.01.2026 30

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Right Word | How RSS Defines Hindutva Today — And Why It Remains Relevant

RSS takes up issues that society is concerned about. It works on these issues from a contemporary perspective

09.01.2026 40

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Global Watch | Pakistan's Silent Coup: How The Army Formalised Its Grip On Power In 2025

History will likely judge 2025 as the year Pakistan’s democratic experiment was decisively rolled back—not by force alone, but by law.

03.01.2026 40

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Global Watch | Why Pakistan’s Security Outreach To Bangladesh Raises Red Flags For India

History suggests that trusting Pakistan’s security promises comes at a high price, one that the region can ill afford to pay again.

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Right Word | What Mohan Bhagwat Means By Hindu Rashtra—And What Critics Get Wrong

When Mohan Bhagwat or his predecessors speak of Bharat as a Hindu Rashtra, they aren't advocating a theocratic state, but invoking deeper...

25.12.2025 40

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Right Word | How Amit Shah Wrote A New Political Grammar By Reframing The RSS Debate

The deeper implication of Amit Shah’s statement is its rejection of a dynastic culture that reeks of inherited political entitlement

21.12.2025 40

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