By: Shahjhan Mustafa Improved India-Pakistan relations will fundamentally stabilize South Asia's political setup, depreciate militant activities, augment economic prosperity and, more importantly, facilitate resolution of Kashmir issue. Pakistan's democracy is...

By: Happymon Jacob The Central government’s decision to decline offers of humanitarian aid from the United Arab Emirates and other concerned countries for Kerala, in the aftermath of the worst...

By: Anand Sahay The RSS-BJP had long desired to be in government in Jammu and Kashmir, India’s only Muslim-majority state, in order to try out its brand of politics there....

By: Mubarak Ali Asia and Europe are fundamentally different from each other in social, cultural and historical terms. Differences in the climate and environment of both continents have shaped their...

By: Christophe Jaffrelot Recently, among the parties which supported the NDA candidate for the post of Rajya Sabha deputy chairman, Harivansh Narayan Singh, were the Shiv Sena, BJD and JD(U)....

By: Mushtaq Hurra  Samar Albadwi is a famous human rights activist of Saudi Arabia who has become a media sensation, and the root cause of escalations and soaring temperatures between...

By: Naima Shafi Almost two months into the parting of ways of the Jammu and Kashmir government there is still no clear sign of the situation taking a discernible turn...

By: Ram Madhav After 51 years, Jammu & Kashmir got a politician as governor when Satya Pal Malik became the 13th governor of the state. The last time the state...

By: Abid Ahmad Shah India is the confluence of 29 states and 7 Union territories, with a diverse demography, languages, cultures, lifestyles, etc. Jammu and Kashmir forms the part of...

By: Puja Mehra The rupee’s depreciation to more than 70 to a dollar just ahead of Independence Day led to historical comparisons of the value of the rupee. These can...