Why no one can own history
In order to narrate and organize the past in a systematic manner, a discipline emerged that came to be known as history.
In order to narrate and organize the past in a systematic manner, a discipline emerged that came to be known as history.
The present trend in examinations reflects a shift toward digital platforms and computerised evaluation.
India’s recent trade diplomacy has produced an unusual paradox. New Delhi is negotiating or concluding trade agreements with a range of partners even as questions persist about what earlier agreements have actually delivered.
The geopolitical shock created by the Iran conflict is forcing countries far beyond West Asia to confront an uncomfortable reality: energy security can no longer be built around a single region, a single route or a single set of political assumptions.
It was in 1982 that Dr Grace McCann Morley was bestowed the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award by the Government of India for her stellar contributions to the establishment of the National Museum in New Delhi.
The Chinese famously play the long game. The high priest of realpolitik, Henry Kissinger, coldly noted, “China’s leaders avoid direct confrontation and prefer to achieve their objectives indirectly.”
A powerful shift is underway in the global understanding of child marriage. What was long treated as a social or cultural issue is now increasingly recognized for what it truly is: a grave violation of children’s rights and a form of sexual violence.
As we celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March, the global landscape remains a stark reminder that for millions of women ‘equality’ is not a corporate slogan, but a matter of literal survival.
Pakistan has only itself to blame for its current imbroglio. While the world was aware of the intent of the US and Israel over Iran and braced for deployment of the second carrier group for hostilities to commence, the failed marshal assumed that this was the right time to teach Afghanistan a lesson.
Wars in West Asia rarely remain distant events for India. The ongoing confrontation involving Iran, Israel and the United States is a reminder that instability in the Persian Gulf can travel quickly into the Indian economy ~ sometimes all the way into household kitchens.
