Modi drags his feet over Indo-Nepal report on improving ti...
September 2 ,2020
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By: Probir Pramanik
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba during ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan...
Sri Lanka’s new constitution to usher in ‘one country-one...
August 31 ,2020
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It is now 25 days since the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) recorded its landmark two-third victory in Sri Lanka in the August 5 p...
Hindutva’s rise in West Bengal could threaten neighborhood
August 23 ,2020
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By: Probir Pramanik
Bhaskar Choudhury ‘Arup’ from Sylhet and Md. Muzammel Hossain from Madhupur in Tangail in Bangladesh have been keenly fol...
Is Kashmir emerging as a bigger geopolitical flashpoint a...
August 7 ,2020
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By: Suvojit Bagchi, Kolkata
The worried faces of Kashmir. Photo: Suvojit Bagchi
Exactly a year after the abrogation of Article 370, the article which had ensu...
Proposed Indian road through wildlife sanctuary could spar...
July 28 ,2020
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By: Probir Pramanik
Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary
Up in the wind-swept highlands of Bhutan-Land of the Thunder Dragon-a mythological ape-like creature ca...
Electoral odds are stacked against Mamata, but she might r...
July 20 ,2020
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By: Suvojit Bagchi, Kolkata
The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) is one of the very few Indian political parties to keep combating the Bharatiya Janata Party (B...
Nepal: Stunning electoral victory does not guarantee polit...
July 16 ,2020
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By: Yubaraj Ghimire
The Nepalese people gave a resounding mandate --almost a two-third majority--in the Lower House of the Nepalese Parliament in the gener...
Hostility to China helps Modi divert attention from the do...
July 12 ,2020
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By: Cheng Xizhong
In the past six months India has been creating trouble for China both intensively and extensively. Bilateral relations have been pushed...
Covid, corruption and connection
July 10 ,2020
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By: Afsan Chowdhury
Bangladesh isn't exactly a role model in the management of the corona crisis but it is throwing up excellent examples on how to fake te...
As Oli goes downhill, so does India’s clout in Nepal
July 4 ,2020
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By: Yubaraj Ghimire
Nepal-India relations can be taken as a case of “familiarity breeding contempt.” The ties between the two countries are mul...
War of the waves over Himalayas
June 28 ,2020
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By: Probir Pramanik
Joseph Goebbels, who masterminded Nazi propaganda, may be smiling in his grave as three Asian neighbors, caught in bitter border tussle...
Chinese academic warns India against falling into the well...
June 26 ,2020
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By: Cheng Xizhong
On June 22, China and India held the second round of Corps Commanders’-level meeting. This was the first military-level meeting a...
Time for India to drop its ‘border obsession’ and review i...
June 21 ,2020
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By: Zhan Sheng
The most recent border clash between the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the Indian Army at the GalwanValley was unexpected ne...
India needs to introspect on why it is friendless in its o...
June 19 ,2020
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By: Afsan Chowdhury
The violent physical confrontation between India and China on the Sino-Indian border has been an odd one. Arms were not used but violen...
China’s influence on Nepali politics grows as Delhi and Ka...
June 8 ,2020
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By: Yubaraj Ghimire
Chinese President Xi Jinping holds talks with Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli in Kathmandu, Nepal, Oct. 13, 2019
There was i...
Modi loses his way in the neighborhood
June 6 ,2020
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By: Probir Pramanik
Narendra Modi
There is trouble for India in the Himalayas. A tense military face-off with China high up in the cold, wind-swept mo...
How is Sino-US tension affecting South Asia?
June 2 ,2020
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By: Afsan Chowdhury
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his American counterpart Donald Trump
The US and its allies in general had expected China to be d...
Indian Army's 'Tour of Duty' proposal is both wasteful and...
May 31 ,2020
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By: Subir Bhaumik
I saw three episodes of the 'Tour of Duty', an American military television drama series based on events in the Vietnam War,...
India’s economic revival package is an uncommon mix lackin...
May 28 ,2020
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By: Ajitava Raychaudhuri
Covid-19 will be remembered in the history of mankind as an unprecedented pandemic which not only has a health contagion dimension but...
India has to change its anti-Taliban stance in its own int...
May 21 ,2020
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Jaishankar and Khalilzad
Zalmay Khalilzad’s recent visit to New Delhi has put the spotlight on India as a potential pl...
Thirst for freedom in Sikkim
May 19 ,2020
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By: Probir Pramanik
Emperor Choygal Palden Thondup Namgyal (left) of Sikkim and Queen Hope Cooke. Photo: SCMP
India’s boundary dispute with Nepa...
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