By: Cyril Almeida FIVE weeks into a five-year term, but this past week could prove to be the most consequential of them all. Three big things and all spelling some...

By: G. Sampath In a move that took many by surprise, the Uttar Pradesh government recently released Chandrasekhar Azad, the founder of the Bhim Army Bharat Ekta Mission, from jail....

By: Muhammad Amir Rana A DELEGATION of Afghanistan’s Islamic scholars is expected to arrive in Islamabad in the coming weeks to support ongoing confidence-building measures between the two countries. The...

By: Showkat ali On many fronts, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are working to deepen and formalize ties that have historically been determined by the quality of relationships between kings and...

By: Qasim A. Moini DESPITE Islam’s lofty ideals, in many Muslim societies, including Pakistan, we often fail to see these beliefs put into practice. Perhaps that is why, by divine...

By: Azim Zahir It has been 10 years since the Maldivians shook off a three-decade-long dictatorship and chose to walk down the path of democracy. In October 2008, long-term Maldivian...

By: Hamid Dabashi On the Gregorian calendar (so named after Pope Gregory XIII) this September, two of the holiest Jewish and Islamic high holidays coincide. On September 10, Jews around...

By: Ajay Vir Jakhar With elections around the corner, it’s too late for a course correction of the farm sector, but it’s an opportune time to document the unintended consequences...

By: Christophe Jaffrelot L‘Affaire Mallya is revealing of the different facets of the Indian version of crony capitalism. First, cronies have no political party; to be more precise, they shift...

By: Vasundhara Sirnate Drennan One of the main things that the 21st century will be known for is the formation of what Bruns and Burgess call “ad hoc issue publics”...