Bangladesh: India’s trump card to make Tripura a gateway to Southeast Asia
By: Sohail Arman There is a saying in the South Asian region that, If Bangladesh is India-locked, Tripura is Bangladesh-locked. So, the relationship between Bangladesh and Tripura is a long one; it is civilizational, historical, lingual, and cultural. From time immemorial, the people of Tripura and Bangladesh, have shared their problems and prosperity. Tripura and […]
Can Apprenticeship work in India?
Any discussion on apprenticeship in India invariably draws a comparison with Germany and such other developed economies.Apprenticeship has been credited for low unemployment rates and higher productivity of the industrial workforce in such developed countries. Even in developing countries like India, a study conducted by Dalberg for DFID (now FCDO) in March 2020 placed the […]
Namami Gange: A Nirmal and Aviral testimony of the country’s willpower
7th August, 2021 was a momentous occasion for India, A javelin from an athlete named Neeraj Chopra made us proud by fetching us the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics. A small act in the epilogue of this story didn’t make it to the headlines, that of the champion donating his javelin for the purpose […]
‘Empty Minds Make much noise’
By: Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit Poet Robert Frost once said that “two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.” Every year 31st December is celebrated as ‘Make Up Your Mind Day’ in order to encourage people to quit wavering, to take a side, […]
‘Keep your friends close and your enemies closer’
By: Dr. Satyawan Saurabh If we categorize the people around us outside the family ties then they can be classified into four categories. Friend, Enemy, Unknown, and Commander. In these four categories, friends and enemies play a huge role in molding our character, personality, behavior, etc. Everyone living on this holy planet deals with these […]
Expectations from newly appointed Japanese ambassador in Bangladesh
By: Tilottama Rani Charulata In the last 50 years, the two nations have been able to form an exemplary relationship defined with mutual trust, respect, affinity and cooperation. The official relation between the two countries was established on February 10, 1972, with the recognition of Bangladesh by Japan. The Japanese embassy in Dhaka and the […]
Bangladesh doesn’t need any country’s interference in its internal affairs
By: Mashrur Siddique Bhuiyan Foreign diplomats are becoming active day by day about the upcoming parliamentary elections. US Ambassador Peter Haas, British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson, German ambassador and other diplomats continue to talk about the election. They are going to the Election Commission. Meeting with various parties. Elections are internal affairs of the […]
Despite having enormous potential, why are we power-starved?
By: Peer Mohammad Amir Qureshi The UT of Jammu and Kashmir has enormous potential for producing electricity despite not being well known for its energy resources like coal, gas, or Petroleum. The UT is widely known for its numerous water resources in the shape of rivers and streams that burst down precipitous mountains. Both the […]
Why Western Human Rights Reporting Is flawed and Untrustworthy
By: Sufian Siddique Numerous western governments and west-funded NGOs produce reports on human rights conditions in countries all around the world. These reports typically share three characteristics: they identify developing nations as major human rights violators; present developed ones as the global defenders of those rights; and include nations that are strategic competitors or perceived […]
Sea acidification on rise, a major global concern
By: Vijay Kumar Since the start of the industrial revolution more than a century ago, human activity has led to an increase in the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide. The pH of surface sea waters has decreased by 0.1 pH units during this time. The pH scale is logarithmic, so even though this change might […]
