The democracy uprisings in the Arab world hold a lesson for New Delhi, says Meenakshi Ganguly: the need for a foreign-policy stance that matches India's global ambitions.
A land whose citizens suffer injustice and cruelty without protection from law or state needs attention, says Delwar Hussain.
The women party activists who applied for nominations to stand in next week's local elections in Sri Lanka found themselves blocked by a system of entrenched patron-client relationships. As one of them said, " for how long will the men decide where the wells should be, even though it is the women
The emergence of India, Brazil and China as economic powerhouses will have a dramatic impact on resources, environment, manufacturing goods and income distributions. It will also increase the resources devoted to R&D that might abate some of the tensions created. But the so-called "structural adju
The resignation of a host of pro-Western, anti-Taliban officials from the Afghan government bodes badly for peace talks with the Taliban, argues Farhad Arian
Sufism is under attack across the Muslim world. Ehsan Azari Stanizai traces the troubled but inspiring history of Islamic mysticism.
This is a question that may be as interesting for people in Egypt as it is for those in India. The answer also has some implications for activists in the much-vaunted western democracies
That the guardians of women's virtue should present a direct threat to it, encapsulates the essential paradox of popular opinion about the Taliban movement in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, says Sana Haroon.
The operational resemblance of aspects of the Afghan insurgency to the guerrilla campaigns against French and American forces in Vietnam is ominous for Washington.
North Korea makes direct appeal for food aid, highlighting worsening food security situation. Tensions ease on Thai-Cambodian border as refugees return hom. India-Pakistani peace talks to resume, say sources. All this and more in today’s briefing…
The Afghan perspective is about incorporating a moderate version of Islam. There is still time to bring Afghanistan back onto the right course.
Real change can only be achieved by responsible civic actors inhabiting the centre and reclaiming lost psychological and physical space for the public realm
