Nepal is frantically getting wooed by two opposing suitors, the historical partner in India and the proverbial ‘option’, China. Landlocked and...

Arguably, the three most violent conflict zones in the world are the ISIS-led Syrian-Iraqi swathes, the unforgiving terrain of the Taliban-led Af-Pak...

Armed militancy, growing religious extremism and cross-border firing have hijacked the headlines of the state of Jammu & Kashmir, since the early...

The Caribbean islands of Grenada, Bahamas, and Jamaica are among the top three countries in terms of “Medals per Capita”, whereas India was 86th or...

There is an interesting parallel in the electoral culture of the two largest democracies of the world, the rival political parties in both India and...

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the United States of America, his first pit stop of symbolic diplomacy was to invoke the American conscience...

As Kashmir valley remained on the edge with the neutralisation of the Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, the various stakeholders played to the...

Reports of the Islamic State’s apparent retreat from the previously held-swathes in Syria, Iraq, and Libya have to be treated with caution. The terror...

Drone wars typify the intrigues and the cloak and dagger nature of the war by the Af-Pak-US protagonists, to take on the militants on both sides of...

International diplomacy is a visible tool of governance – the long-term direction and intents are usually invisible and masked in palatable...

Political correctness in the West necessitates the term “New Religious Movements” (NRM) instead of “cults” to define movements that are rooted in...

Hassanpur is a nondescript state constituency in Haryana Vidhan Sabha that has the notoriety of adding a deliciously nimble-footed term in Indian...