Basics of India -China divergence of approach on border
The boundary was art of the great game The border dispute between India and China persisted due to divergence of approach on the issue. They are the only known neighbours not separated…
Beginning of globalization and changes in Indian democracy
An opportunity was lost at independence It was the time for the Indian republic to choose between majoritarian principles and substantive democracy. In general the failure of post–colonial states to assure equal…
Beginning of language politics in Pakistan
The first step towards break-up Initially, with a view to fill the gap between the two wings of Pakistan, Jinnah declared in 1948 that Urdu would be the national language, but the…
The Partition Revisited
Pakistan started off without much industry With the creation of Pakistan it was hoped that once the Hindus had India and the Muslims Pakistan, they would live happily ever after. But the…
Secularism and the Indian Constitution
A look at the original debate The word ‘secular’ is not written in the Constitution, but that does not mean that the founding fathers of the Constitution had any doubt about the…
Changing views on Indian State System
State-centric or society-centric? Like others, the postcolonial state in India, its nature and role have been interpreted in different ways. In India’s case, the liberals consider the active intervention of the state…
Initial developments of Centre-State relations in India
How India balanced a strong centre with states’ rights The demand for restructuring Centre-State relations is as old as the adoption of the Constitution of India in 1950. The Founding Fathers of…
Inside story of Kashmir’s accession in India
The Maharaja and the Muslim Conference wanted independence Maharaja Hari Singh, the ruler of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, failed to take any decision before 15 August 1947. What reasons prompted…
British education and Muslim alienation
Adjusting to the new reality As a result of the new education policy introduced by the British in united India, a new middle class took birth in the traditional society in the…
Socio-political development of modern Pakistan
In the pre-Independence period, the All-India Muslim League leadership argued that the Indian Muslims were a ‘separate nation’ of 100 million people, divided from the Indian Hindus by culture, history and values. …
Initiation of a nuclearised South Asia
India went for a test after the Chinese test made it panic Since the early 1960s the environment stands nuclearised. Both China and Pakistan possess nuclear weapons and delivery systems to pose…
Socio-political bases of the Two-Nation Theory
The British and the Congress helped the Two-Nation Theory get traction In fact Quadi-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah wanted to make his Two-Nation Theory recognised by the Congress, which would pave the way…
Indo-US agreement on nuclear power
The USA needed India against China, India wanted to burst its bounds Put simply, nuclear energy is a vast power that we get when its different elements react among themselves. As a…
Strategic dimensions of close China-Pakistan relations
A relationship started by a joint distrust of India, has burgeoned Despite establishment of diplomatic relations and recognizing the People’s Republic of China in 1951, Pakistan was not attached to Beijing strategically…
Impact of Covid-19 on the global health system
In today’s context, globalization is both good and bad. It carries infectious diseases with the flow of information, goods, capital, and people across political and geographic boundaries. The old connection and new…
Indo-US mutual understanding and Modi government
How relations developed after the fall of the USSR In recent decades, the USA has proved itself as a dependable friend of India and on the basis of the present, more gestures…
Dimensions of social media use in pandemics
It both entertains and raises awareness Means of social media are more in use than in normal days. Its uses and values are considered justified for nations which are the hot spots…
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