Category: Policy
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Art 1. Vol 4. 2026 On Nepal, Tibet and The South Asia’s Disaster Management Dilemma. When part of a glacier collapsed above the Lhende Khola on August 26, the debris flow it triggered was initially mistaken by the US Geological Survey’s automated network for a magnitude-4.4 earthquake. By August 31, the combined toll in Nepal…
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Art 4. Vol 3. 2026 Bangladesh is found to be in a peculiar state where it is surrounded by two regional powers, i.e., India and China respectively. With the former, the ties are that of shared history, culture, geography and trauma. In the case of China, the non-interference in the domestic matters of Dhaka along…
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Art 3. Vol 3. 2026 Urbanisation is growing at a fast-paced rate in India. Yet, Local self-governing bodies of India are amongst the weakest in the world regarding their ability to raise revenue independently as well as provide public services for urbanization and economic development. This raises serious challenges in addressing urban needs, environmental sustainability,…
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Art 1. Vol 3. 2026 A Guide to the Governance and Political Institutions in the Medieval Rajput States The medieval Rajput kingdoms occupied a significant place in the political landscape of northern and western India between the eighth and sixteenth centuries. While they are frequently remembered for their military traditions and resistance to external invasions,…
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Art 3. Vol 1. 2026 Here’s a number worth sitting with: at its peak, Afghanistan was producing over 90% of the world’s illicit opium. Not some of it. Most of it. By a distance. And yet, across twenty years of occupation, billions in aid, and the most sophisticated military apparatus in human history nobody really fixed it.…
