Why Is Jammu and Kashmir Facing a Hidden Water Crisis?
by Ajmal Shah
Despite abundant glacial rivers, Jammu and Kashmir faces a severe water crisis caused by infrastructure collapse, pesticide contamination, administrative apathy, and unsustainable...
What Would It Mean to Build an Economy on Imagination?
by Sri Varshith Kumar Reddy E
On the Orange Economy, India's creative capital, and why Jammu & Kashmir may hold more on its balance sheets...
How did Kashmiri Pandits Contribute to the Evolution and Preservation of the Persian Language?
by Iqbal Ahmad
This edited version refines language and structure while preserving original intent, highlighting Kashmir’s deep Persian-Sanskrit literary connections and the pivotal role of...
Is Easing Sanctions on Iranian Oil a Pragmatic Move?
by Asad Mirza
The US decision to ease sanctions on Iranian oil may stabilise global supply and benefit India, but raises strategic contradictions and could...
Is the “Smart Dumb Machine” Helping Us or Slowly Killing Our Humanity?
by Sammah Masoodi
AI enhances media and creativity but erodes ethics, authenticity, and human touch, risking misinformation, manipulation, and dependence that may gradually diminish our...
When Death Becomes a Plea: Can Letting Go Be an Act of Dignity?
by Raqif Makhdoomi
A legal and emotional account of passive euthanasia in India, focusing on Harish Rana’s case, exploring dignity in death, law, and the...
Can a Country Aspire to Great Power Status Without Investing in Knowledge?
by Sri Varshith Kumar Reddy E
India’s Research and Development spending stagnates despite economic growth, with weak private investment and shallow innovation systems, raising concerns...
Is Qeshm Iran’s Hidden Missile Fortress Beneath a Tourist Paradise?
by Asad Mirza
Qeshm, once a tourist haven, is now central to Iran’s underground missile network, shaping regional conflict, threatening global oil flows, and redefining...
Was the Real-World Order Always About Money?
The realists argued about military power. The liberals debated cultural values. One man said both were looking at the wrong thing. Immanuel Wallerstein argued...
When Does the Right to Life Include the Right to Die with Dignity?
by Muazzam Khursheed
India’s Supreme Court advances euthanasia jurisprudence, recognising dignity in death by permitting withdrawal of life support, while balancing ethics, law, and constitutional...
Does America Still Have the Power to Attract, Or Has It Spent It?
Every other thinker in this series talks about hard power - armies, alliances, force. Joseph Nye asked something different. What about the power that...
How Did Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Transform Revolutionary Authority into a Durable Political Order?
by Mir Tariq Rasool
Ali Khamenei transformed uncertain revolutionary leadership into a durable Iranian political order through institutional consolidation, philosophical framing, and sustained ideological, administrative,...
The Man Who Watched Civilisation Fail: What Did He Conclude?
Before Mearsheimer, before Huntington, before Allison, there was one man who looked at the wreckage of two world wars, the Holocaust, and the collapse...
What Price Does an Oil-Dependent Economy Pay for Someone Else’s War?
by Sri Varshith Kumar Reddy E
West Asia's escalating conflict is moving through global energy markets faster than diplomacy can respond. For oil-dependent economies, the...
Are America and China Destined for War?
History has a pattern that almost nobody wants to acknowledge. When a rising power challenges a ruling one, the result is war, not always,...
