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• Perspective

  Fewer troops in the Kashmiri heartland

  A socio-political process has to start from the population centres in the state under the guidance of the political leadership of the state—with a substantially reduced role for the army.

  Sushant K Singh & Rohit Pradhan
• In Depth

  Foreign policy challenges for UPA 2.0

  The top foreign policy challenges and priorities for the new government.

  Dhruva Jaishankar
• In Depth

  A twist in the Asian tale

  The potential exists for India to outperform a stagnant China in the near-term—with a range of potential consequences and reactions.

  V Anantha Nageswaran
• Roundup

  Liberation of Lalgarh

  And so Lalgarh remains on boil caught in a ceaseless cycle of Maoist terror and retributive violence by state police with a part of the state spiralling down into anarchy in the near future looking to be a very real possibility.. Bengal bleeds different shades of red as a result. But then again, what’s new?

  Arnab Ray
• Roundup

  Are electronic voting machines tamper-proof?

  What is most saddening about the discussions surrounding this non-issue is that…highly educated people compare Indian EVMs to American ones and conclude—without bothering to note the differences between them—that since the American EVMs are flawed, the Indian ones must also be so.

  K Vidur
• Roundup

  Defeating the Taliban: one joke at a time

  Mockery and humour must be a central tenet of any long term information and communication strategy against the Taliban. Being mocked is what the Taliban are deathly afraid of (not death).

  Sohail Inayatullah

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• Perspective

  Battleground cyberspace

  The Indian government must ensure that adequate measures are in place to govern the use of information technology, and provide protection to the nation’s information assets.

  Rohan Joshi
• Perspective

  Fewer troops in the Kashmiri heartland

  A socio-political process has to start from the population centres in the state under the guidance of the political leadership of the state—with a substantially reduced role for the army.

  Sushant K Singh & Rohit Pradhan
• Perspective

  The politics of reservations

  It is becoming increasingly difficult to claim with a straight face that reservations are in fact the right remedy that will uplift the condition of the depressed classes.

  Ravikiran Rao
• In Depth

  Foreign policy challenges for UPA 2.0

  The top foreign policy challenges and priorities for the new government.

  Dhruva Jaishankar
• In Depth

  A twist in the Asian tale

  The potential exists for India to outperform a stagnant China in the near-term—with a range of potential consequences and reactions.

  V Anantha Nageswaran
• In Depth

  Military moves and reactions

  Looking at some recent developments on their own could signify that India was upping the ante with China. However in this war of words, there is a need to underscore the growing Indian concerns about Chinese military build up in Tibet which provides China with four glaring strategic advantages.

  Arun Sahgal
• Roundup

  Liberation of Lalgarh

  And so Lalgarh remains on boil caught in a ceaseless cycle of Maoist terror and retributive violence by state police with a part of the state spiralling down into anarchy in the near future looking to be a very real possibility.. Bengal bleeds different shades of red as a result. But then again, what’s new?

  Arnab Ray
• Roundup

  Are electronic voting machines tamper-proof?

  What is most saddening about the discussions surrounding this non-issue is that…highly educated people compare Indian EVMs to American ones and conclude—without bothering to note the differences between them—that since the American EVMs are flawed, the Indian ones must also be so.

  K Vidur
• Roundup

  Return of the meddler

  t was largely due to pressure from India that two parties in the governing coalition—the CPN-UML and the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF)—withdrew support to the Maoists. India was also instrumental in bringing together an array of 22 parties led by the CPN-UML to lead the new government. This is, in the words of an Indian diplomat, “a course correction.”

  Aditya Adhikari
• Roundup

  Defeating the Taliban: one joke at a time

  Mockery and humour must be a central tenet of any long term information and communication strategy against the Taliban. Being mocked is what the Taliban are deathly afraid of (not death).

  Sohail Inayatullah

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