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Citizen’s Burden

When the government insists that an Indian passport is not proof of Indian citizenship, something more than a legal clarification is at stake.

War and Consent

The most enduring consequence of a war is often not what happens on the battlefield, but what it reveals about the institutions that authorise it.

Plutocracy gone crazy

At its zenith, England was known as a nation of shopkeepers, where trade followed the crown; this was however interchangeable ~ the East India Company accumulated an empire, many times the size of the mother country.

EC Appointments~II

The composition of the Selection Committee goes against the proposals so far mooted by different committees and commentators.

A plan for Africa

Italy’s ambitious plan to forge a new partnership with Africa, as unveiled by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, is a bold step towards economic collaboration, energy innovation, and addressing migration concerns.

Overseas funding

The Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) stands at the junction of financial accountability and security concerns within the voluntary sector.

At the stroke of the midnight hour

The Biblical “Doomsday” alludes to the end of the world in general. It isn’t exclusive to Christianity, either; the Mayan calendar, for instance, predicted that the world would end on 21 December 2012.