South Asia doesn’t suffer from multiple Deep States. That would imply competition, borders, and paperwork. What it has is one Deep State, regionally networked, professionally mobile,...
Pakistan has always punched above its weight—not in economics, governance, or human development, but in the global sport of geopolitical scapegoating. And in this long Olympic...
Hezbollah: From Militant Birth to Political Power — Lebanon’s Paradox and the Region’s Pressure Point Few forces have shaped modern Lebanon — and unsettled the Middle...
IDEOLOGY AND INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS: THE MAKING OF THE RSS WORLDVIEW The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was not born as an outgrowth of politics but as a response...
In the turbulent theatre of the Middle East, few relationships have undergone a transformation as dramatic and consequential as that between Iran and Israel. What today...
When Vladimir Putin stepped onto Indian soil for a full-scale state visit, the world waited for the usual Western spectacle — the stern statements, podium anger,...
In the grand theatre of global geopolitics—where every handshake hides a dagger and every alliance smells faintly of petroleum—the world is often forced to choose not...
How the Humblest Vegetable Exposes the Grandest Political Illusions in Bangladesh and South Asia In a region where politics is performed like theatre and power often...
CBSE’s Competency Revolution As the education system prepares to transition toward competency-based assessment, we mark the symbolic end of an era dominated by Rote Learning—once a...
The Central Board of Secondary Education’s recent decision to redesign the assessment structure by making 50 percent of board examination questions competency-based from 2026 onward marks...
