Sectarian violence surges in Pakistan and Afghanistan
Abdul Basit | Nov 01, 2016 After a decline in scale and casualties, the anti-Shia sectarian violence is once again resurging in Pakistan. In the last two...
Dummies’ Guide to Pakistani Politics
What is happening in Pakistan? Why its happening the way it is happening and how can Pakistan change and become a genuinely democratic polity?...
India And Nepal Must Build On Their Unique Political, Social And Economic Ties
C. Raja Mohan | As the first Indian president to visit Nepal in nearly two decades, Pranab Mukherjeewould want to bring the healing touch to a...
BRICS And Walls
Christophe Jaffrelot | With the benefit of hindsight, one can learn several lessons from the BRICS summit in Goa. Before this event, close observers of India’s...
Revitalising CSS Performance
Aishaa Ghumman | Oct 31, 2016 THE first competitive examination under the newly revised Central Superior Services (CSS) subject syllabi was held earlier this year....
Analysing The Trade Relationship Between Pakistan And India
Aadil Nakhoda | Oct 31, 2016 The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) consists of eight South Asian nations, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,...
Shy of fighting causes
V. SUDARSHAN | Oct 29, 2016 What good is a declaration wherein BRICS nations pledge to counter international terrorism and yet stand so far apart...
It’s The Eurostar Test: A Sure Way To Tell If We’re Heading For Exile In Europe
By Andrew Martin | 28 Oct, 2016 Eurostar and its terminus at St Pancras in London exemplify a communautaire spirit that now seems to belong...
The Dead Begin To Speak Up In India
Arundhati Roy | Oct 28, 2016 Kashmir is in the process of being isolated, cut off from the outside world by two concentric rings of...
Kashmir: Seeking Solutions; Investing In Peace
Rustam Shah Mohmand | Oct 26, 2016 The events unfolding in the wake of the killing of Burhan Wani, a Kasmiri freedom fighter about three...
Decline Of Political Parties – By I.A. Rehman
I.A. Rehman | Oct 27, 2016 THE apparent consensus among the major political parties against the democratic structuring of their organisations is one of the...
Heaven Can Wait – By Owen Bennett-Jones
OWEN BENNETT-JONES | Oct 26, 2016 JUST two years ago, it was said the jihadis could conquer Baghdad. Today they are on the run. When...