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Changing Equations at the Indo-China Border

by Dr Anant Bhagwat14 July 202011 July 2020 5 min read

In the bigger picture, China also tried to bully India to test India’s resolve, identify who supports India against itself and set an intimidating example to its smaller neighbours.

HeadlinePoliticsSouth Asia

Surgical and Other Strikes – Extending the Olive Branch to Ordinary Pakistanis?

by Group Capt. Anant Bewoor VM (Gallantry)11 July 20209 July 2020 5 min read

Many media interactions do reveal that ordinary Pakistanis actually love our culture, art, and literature, and therefore we must distinguish between the ‘lovers’ and ‘haters’.

Foreign PolicyPolitics

China’s Inconsistent Borders and Unidentified Intentions

by Mark Kinra4 July 20207 July 2020 6 min read

It is astonishing that despite living side-by-side since centuries, India and China have failed to demarcate their boundaries in the modern world.

PoliticsSouth Asia

Engaging with the Diaspora: Narrating a Fuller Baluch Story in the Khaleej

by Manishankar Prasad26 June 20204 July 2020 5 min read

That the Gulf is a site of Baluch nationalist imagination is an open secret – books and literature on Baloch independence are found in routine bookstores of Muscat. The former chief of Dubai Police tweeted calling for an independent Baluchistan.

Defence & SecurityPolitics

Boundary Battles: China’s Attempts to Drive India Away from an Impending ‘Chip War’?

by Dr Anant Bhagwat25 June 202030 June 2020 4 min read

China has sensed an inevitable conflict with Taiwan and a ‘Chip War’ with the US, and it wants India to stay neutral in such a conflict.

Society

Celebrating Our Defeat – A Visit to Bhima-Koregaon

by Dr Yogesh Sharma16 June 202016 June 2020 4 min read

Who were defeated at Bhima-Koregaon? The Indians. Who were the 1st Regiment of Bombay Infantry, the Mahars, fighting against, under the British East India Company? The Indians.

Defence & SecurityPolitics

The Dragon is in a ‘Tailspin’

by Dr Anant Bhagwat8 June 202010 June 2020 5 min read

The CPC has miserably failed to comprehend that there is enough space for a peaceful rise of China along with other Asian powers such as Japan, South Korea and India.

Foreign PolicyPolitics

Through Pandemic, China Threatens with War – It’s Time Hong Kong, Taiwan, India and US Revert!

by Sugandh Priya Ojha7 June 20209 June 2020 4 min read

Amidst the uncertain situation, China’s only way out is its military might and vague war threats that target India, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, for different reasons.

Defence & SecurityPolitics

Military Training – A Compulsory Blessing

by Bala Senthil Kumar22 May 20209 June 2020 5 min read

Compulsory military training will impart a wholly different value system.

PoliticsSouth Asia

“Pakistan inviting China in Balochistan is like a thief inviting a dacoit to loot.”

by Mark Kinra9 May 202011 June 2020 5 min read

Hyrbyair Marri is the founder of Free Balochistan Movement (FBM), a political party working towards the goal of an Independent Balochistan. In an online interview, I spoke to him about Balochistan’s freedom struggle, the BLA, China’s presence, expectations from India, and sovereignty and nationhood in South Asia.