An Empowered India: On Foreign Policy and Defence in the BJP and Congress Manifestos 2019
(This is the fourth article in a series of articles called #ManifestoMusings, based on the manifestos of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress for the Indian General Elections 2019) The Indian General Election season is here! Will it be ‘Abki baar...
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Manifestos 2019 Cracking the Economic Enigma(s)
(This is the third article in a series of articles called #ManifestoMusings, based on the manifestos of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress for the Indian General Elections 2019) The Indian General Election season is here! Will it be ‘Abki baar...
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Job-Packed Or Gobsmacked: On Employment In Manifestos 2019
(This is the second article in a series of articles called #ManifestoMusings, based on the manifestos of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress for the Indian General Elections 2019) The Indian General Election season is here! Will it be 'Abki baar...
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Being Infra-Specific For Mandate 2019
(This is part of a series of articles called #ManifestoMusings, my thoughts and views based on the manifestos of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress for the Indian General Elections 2019) The Indian General Election season is here! Will it be 'Abki...
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The Call of the Wren: Treasures of Trinity College — Cambridge
Trinity College and Christs College stand among the very best of colleges across the world when it comes to legacy, in terms of alumni, and the maintenance of standards even today. As I go from one (Christs, as a PhD scholar) to another (Trinity, as a postdoctoral...
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Oct 26th 1947, the day when the Jammu & Kashmir acceded to India
London: Voice of Dogras presents a Documentary on Oct 26th 1947, the day when the Princely State of Jammu & Kashmir acceded to India, upon the signing of the Instrument of Accession by Dogra Maharaja Hari Singh, making Jammu & Kashmir an integral and...
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Netaji’s March Continues
Narendra Modi’s critics always like to question him on what he has done or plans to do on each and every particular issue of national interest or relevance. This is not only because he is the Prime Minister but a decisive, strong one at that! Since Subhash Chandra...
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The Budget that has Sabka Saath
Cambridge (UK) : There have been some sixes that close a game of cricket that have become iconic. Bhuvan’s six in Lagaan, anticlimactic as it was after Captain Russell’s misplaced glee, was one. As was Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s six that earned India the cricket World Cup...
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Odisha – It’s time for Parivartana!
London: Aparajita Sarangi, former 1995 IAS cadre, has joined hands with BJP and entered the political arena of Odisha with a loud and clear message that it's time for Odisha to change and move beyond its associated tagline of poverty and backwardness. Her message...
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A Moral Vacuum stymies a RaGa
New Delhi : History can be cruel. Much like nature and the principle of natural selection therein when applied to individuals, seldom has history allowed a family or its scions to survive had it found them lacking in any way. Be it the fall of the Roman empire (with...
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