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• JVP disowns earlier ideological anathema for India | M.R. Narayan Swamy

  8 March, by M R Narayan Swamy

  A top leader of Sri Lanka

• Nepal

  8 March

  A political shift driven by youth aspirations, anti-corruption sentiment, and the search for accountable governance in Nepal

• Peace without Justice is a Fragile Calm in Manipur | Kham Sian Muan, Thangmoi Haokip, Stephen Khammuonlal

  8 March

  Today, Manipur looks calm! President

• What’s common between Trump, Modi and Netanyahu | Faraz Ahmad

  8 March, by Faraz Ahmad

  If there is one thing common between US President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netyanyahu and our very dear Prime Minister Narendrabhai Damodardas Modi it is megalomania.
  The Oxford English dictionary describes a megalomaniac as a person with an inflated sense of self-importance, power, and grandiosity, often believing himself to be superior, with extraordinary abilities, and an obsessive need for control, stemming from psychological condition like narcissistic (…)

• On Writing and not Writing as a Matter of Practice | Sreedeep Bhattacharya

  8 March

  Anti-adda as an Academic Stance
  Recently, Professor Surinder Singh Jodhka officially ‘retired’ from Jawaharlal Nehru University—an event that academia likes to treat as both real and entirely fictional. After all, we are trained early on to believe that a ‘true scholar’ never retires; they simply stop drawing salary for doing the same amount of work or more.
  If that cliché must be invoked, it might as well be in Jodhka’s case. Few in the discipline have matched his propensity to keep (…)

• AIPF National Seminar on

  8 March, by Anil Rajimwale

  All India Progressive Forum (AIPF) held its 16th annual national seminar-cum-workshop on

• Rising Hate: Rays of Hope |

  8 March, by Ram Puniyani

  Communal Hate is the most divisive tool. Roughly the degree of violence is proportional to the prevalence and accentuation of

• Ageing with Dignity: Public Policy, Intergenerational Equity, and the Political Economy of Elder Care in India | Aneesh K A, Mishthi Chanana and Arya Joshi

  8 March

  Population ageing is emerging as a significant demographic and policy challenge worldwide, affecting both developed and developing economies (United Nations, 2023). Older people constitute a notable yet under-recognised repository of social and experiential capital. Yet, this population often stands among the most vulnerable, facing conjoined challenges of health access, social exclusion, and legal protection.
  The psychosocial implications of ageing can be interpreted through Erik (…)

• Governance not Matter less than Finance in Rural Development | Mahi Pal

  8 March, by Mahi Pal Singh

  Strengthening grassroots governance is a buzz word today. Over a period of time, it has been in fashion to refer to local governance in decentralised development discourse assuming it as panacea for all ills affecting locality and its residents ranging from womb to tomb. Various attempts have been made to measure local level development by using a numerous ways in different parts of the country. However, there was a demand on the part of the researchers and policy makers to have access to (…)

• The Black Day Delusion: How Political Opportunism Is Cannibalising the Tamil Future | Aruliniyan Mahalingam

  8 March

  The Ritual of Self-Defeat
  Once again, on February 4th, as Sri Lanka marked its 78th year of independence from British rule, a familiar theatre of political spectacle unfolded across the North and East. Black flags were hoisted. Placards were raised. Slogans denouncing the Sri Lankan state echoed through the streets of Kilinochchi, Batticaloa, and Jaffna. Tamil political figures