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The rustic India-Myanmar border starts closing off

India's decision to revoke the Free Movement Regime (FMR) with Myanmar and to introduce border fencing could roil tribal tensions and exacerbate problems.

On the India-Myanmar border
a fence too far?

GAUTAM MUKHOPADHAYA
NEW DELHI

Ending the Free Movement Regime with Myanmar could backfire on India and spark further tribal unrest. Why change a policy formalised over the years that has well served trade and tribal kinship ties over decades? more…

Manipur must dig deep to heal wounds

Manipur Kuki tribes stage protests against killing

Manipur Kuki tribes stage protests against killings, August 2023

RUPA CHINAI
MUMBAI

Manipur's tragedy will only be resolved when all communities come together to heal and stop looking to Delhi for solutions. more…

New opportunities for HK youth?

A Youth Blueprint hopes to engage more youngsters

Youth Blueprint hopes to engage more youngsters

VIJAY VERGHESE
HONG KONG

HK Youth Blueprint offers a fresh start. Whether this encourages dialogue or dogma depends on the execution. more…

From tomboy to feminist activist

The Brass Notebook - Devaki Jain

Devaki Jain's book is a refreshing insight into Indian feminism

DEVAKI JAIN
NEW DELHI

Reprint from The Brass Notebook by Devaki Jain, a no-holds-barred, often blushing, memoir of a free spirited woman. more…

Will India's defence deals change US ties?

Modi's 2023 visit to the US signals warmer ties

Does Modi's 2023 US visit signal a change in the relationship?

SHASHI THAROOR
NEW DELHI

Despite a growing strategic partnership with the US, India remains coy. But a volatile border is changing its stance. more…

Asia has two green thumbs

By late 2019, two surprise candidates at the forefront of the greening of the earth, were China and India. China accounts for 25% of global greening through forests and croplands. Read more

If the money's right

How much do world leaders get paid to shake hands and smile on TV? Quite a bit, it turns out, but not if you're at the helm of the world's most populated country. Read more

Weighty bad loans

Chinese and Indian banks have racked up weighty bad loans. China's Big Four had just under US$112 billion in bad loans - a climb of 4.6% year on year end June 2017. Read more

Whither freedom of speech in India?

Madan Lokur, former Justice of the Supreme Court, India

Madan Lokur delivered the 2020 BG Verghese Memorial Lecture

MADAN B LOKUR
NEW DELHI

India is on a dangerous slide into authoritarianism where people are arrested for sedition on the basis of made-up fairy tales. more…

Long term impact of Gaza attack on Israel

Consequences of Palestinian conflict and finger-pointing in the blame game ... See world opinion

Curse of curation

PR-speak is turning our conversations into outright gibberish... more…