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The difference between riots and protests has more to do with who and where than what.
For Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, 'never again' was 'a prayer, a promise, a vow'. Unfortunately, this vow is all too often broken.
India's defence planners should have little doubt about the military threat that China's new multirole combat aircraft poses to the northeaster theatre.
Despite losing territories, the self-styled Islamic State (IS) continues to remain resilient by reinventing its propaganda. To counter violent extremism proponents should keep themselves abreast of the IS ‘post-territorial defeat narrative’.
By continuing to hold the nation-state sacrosanct, the contemporary Left is only strengthening the divisive, exclusionary politics of the right-wing.
The recent killing of five Bengali Hindus in Upper Assam must be seen in context of a resurgent wave of ethno-nationalism in the state.
The waning insurgent theatre in Northeast India proves that New Delhi has both the watches and the time in the ethnically sensitive region.
The India-Pakistan bilateral is ill with dithering diplomacy and disruptive agendas. Like always.
American indifference might have spurred Beijing to rapidly strengthen its military presence in the South China Sea.