Modi – The Tilak Chronicle

In Sickness and In Health: Can the Coronavirus Pandemic Integrate South Asia?

by Gauri Noolkar-Oak17 March 20209 June 2020 4 min read

This rare display of solidarity by SAARC leaders, especially when SAARC has lost its teeth and holds no relevance for the common South Asian, makes a compelling statement. Optimists and those who believe in the possibility of an integrated South Asia are tempted to take this as a signal that there might be some hope for reviving SAARC after all.

India Politics

Re-Centering Delhi: Thinking Beyond JNU and Jamia

by Manishankar Prasad26 January 202015 June 2020 6 min read

The rarefied echelons of power such as the Lutyens based institutions in South Delhi as the above-mentioned India International Centre, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, India Habitat Centre, American and French Cultural Centres, Bikaner House in the proximity of Khan Market and the entire diplomatic establishment make this terrain of real estate one of the most concentrated social and cultural capital.

Foreign Policy Politics

It is High Time New Delhi Pays More Attention to Oman, a Deserving Partner in the Gulf

by Manishankar Prasad19 January 202015 June 2020 6 min read

Oman is an ethnically diverse country with Ibadhi Arabs, Sunni Baluchi’s, Zanzibari’s, Shia Ajmi’s, Hindu Bania’s among others making it a melting pot of tribes and cultures contrary to a linear identity anchored in Arab Bedouin narratives cultivated by its neighbours.

India Politics

The Idea of Modi: Magic, Method or Madness?

by Manishankar Prasad3 January 202015 June 2020 5 min read

A career political and social worker affiliated with the Sangh Parivar, he is a man well imbued in the theory and practice of the Hindu Nationalist Movement. But he is bigger than the party that he represents.

Society

Framing Desi-ness: Thinking Through Nationalism from the Diaspora

by Manishankar Prasad4 December 201919 June 2020 4 min read

The current dispensation, however, has broadened the envelope for partaking in an inclusive nationalism in two ways. For the affluent diaspora, it is the Overseas Citizen of India scheme. For people who have faced religious persecution, such as Hindus from Pakistan and Afghanistan, it is the recent amendments to the Citizenship Act.

India Politics

Good Conduct in the House: Is a Daily Reminder the Key?

by S Raghavan28 November 20199 June 2020 4 min read

Noise and mayhem, can at best, bring disruptive elements in front of all,
however, they certainly cause the disrupters to lose respect as well as delay the expected response to the questions at hand.

Foreign Policy Politics

From Genghis to Buddhism to Defence, An Awaited Progress Between India and Mongolia!

by Sugandh Priya Ojha & Soumya De21 November 201910 June 2020 4 min read

A new phase of Indo-Mongol relations kicked off with Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting Mongolia in May 2014 right after his new government swore in.

Foreign Policy Politics

Indo-Pacific: A New Challenge and Opportunity for India – Part II

by Amb. Sudhir Devare19 August 20199 June 2020 3 min read

The emergence of the Indo-Pacific concept has brought together like-minded states in re-emphasizing the principles of freedom of navigation and open seas. The establishment
of QUAD of four states- the U.S, India, Japan and Australia – in 2017 marks, for the first time, India’s
association with three allies in the Indo-Pacific region.

India Politics

Election, New Government, a “Champion” and Environment! – Setting Expectations

by Dwaipayan Ghosh11 August 20197 June 2020 5 min read

Before elections, when all major political parties released their election manifestos, as a commentator on Natural History, I tried to analyse and narrate the promise and strategies of our political parties towards conserving the Environment of the Nation.

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