No doubt, India has not been sitting idle all this while. Besides QUAD, which is a formal strategic ‘partnership’, India has been forging strategic bilateral ‘partnerships’ with littoral democracies that are similarly under threat by an openly aggressive China, such as Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore, Mauritius, Seychelles, Malaysia etc.
In ever-evolving global generational dynamics, the spotlight has shifted to Generation Z, those born between 1997 and 2012.
As India gears up for another round of elections, the political landscape seems to be undergoing a subtle yet significant shift.
About three years ago, Asean leaders gathered in Jakarta for an emergency summit on Myanmar at which the FivePoint Consensus (5PC) – entailing the cessation of violence in the country, constructive dialogue among parties to the conflict
I was not familiar with the concept of “layoff” when I was in India. My father used to work in a jute mill and occasionally faced “lock outs” which meant that gates of the mill were locked by the company and no employee was allowed to enter the premises and work; they did not get paid either.
The rate of child drowning in Viet Nam has dropped compared to previous periods thanks to the direction of the Party, National Assembly and Government and joint efforts of ministries, sectors and localities.
Jagmohan Dalmiya, shaping Indian cricket commercially, had a thing for aphorisms. Not that he himself had too many of these, but using them sparingly, Dalmiya got by.
Though unveiled in the aftermath of the supposedly receding pandemic, there is an element of the decidedly disingenuous in the bifurcation of the English literature syllabus for ICSE (Class 10) and ISC (Class 12).
As the US House Select Committee prepares to begin public hearings on the 6 January 2021, insurrection, far-right groups including the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers are a prominent topic of discussion.
Bengal has historically been the abode of cultural harmony and liberal thought. In fact, the Bengal Renaissance of late nineteenth and early twentieth century had changed the intellectual landscape of not only this country but almost the entire Asia.
