December 2013
Privilege and the Power Elite

In this essay Vasundhara Sirnate situates the uproar over the arrest of former Indian Deputy Consul General in New York, Devyani Khobragade, in a matr

The Advantages of Bottom-up Diplomacy

The tale of the two Punjabs - in India and Pakistan - is one that evokes strong emotions on both sides of the border. Yet, a fresh ground initiative,

Massacres, Protests and Impasses: Elections in India’s Northeast

Unresolved debates on autonomy, ethnic rights and identity have over time degenerated into appalling prospects of raging violence in India’s Northeast

Civil-Military Relations: Opportunities and Challenges

The time has come for the individual services of the Indian armed forces to close ranks and get collectively concerned about the major threats and for

The not-quite ‘semi-final’ and what it portends

Everything now points to the BJP emerging as the single largest party, by some distance, in the sixteenth Lok Sabha. But the Modi-led alliance will no

Sri Lanka: Chidambaram’s Brave Bid to Clear Congress of anti-Tamil Image

Seeking to deconstruct a much-laboured criticism against the Congress in Tamil Nadu and at the national level for being 'anti-Tamil' in its approach t

The Third Front: Why Skeptics and Proponents are Both Wrong

As opinion polls predict fluctuating fortunes for the two major national parties, the BJP and the Congress, in the 2014 polls, Tridivesh Singh Maini,

From insurgency to electoral democracy

Accommodative politics, combined with political incentives, helped pave the way for the Mizo National Front to turn into a mainstream political party.