Nameless Policy
An analysis of Modi government’s foreign policy after ten years of Modi rule.
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The Dangers of Outsourcing Government Planning to Global Consulting Firms
A critical examination of the Union government’s engagement of Boston Consulting Group to finalise ‘Vision 2047’ for India.
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Apple Alert: Threat Notifications Strike at Heart of Indian Democracy – 3 Articles
Apar Gupta, the founding director of Internet Freedom Foundation calls for full government disclosure regarding its spyware purchases and deployments. Also: Review of book by Laurent Richard and Sandrine Rigaud, “Pegasus: The Story of the World’s Most Dangerous Spyware”.
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Sikkim Floods a Reminder of Why Locals Opposed Dams in the Himalayas for Years – 2 Articles
Those familiar with the region’s geography say merely raising questions about the lapses in dam and water governance isn’t enough. What we really need to ask is why do we have so many dams along the Teesta.
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Overpricing of Coal Imports by Adani Group Led to Higher Profits, Customers Overcharged for Fuel: FT
A detailed FT investigation points to Adani’s use of “offshore intermediaries” to import $5 billion worth of coal at prices that were at times more than double the market price. One of these firms is owned by a Taiwanese businessman who was named by FT as a hidden shareholder in Adani firms.
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How State-Backed Hindutva Rhetoric Is Fuelling the Ethnic Cleansing of Uttarakhand
India’s most populous hill state Uttarakhand is in unprecedented turmoil. It is the first State in India in which an influential and popular campaign for ethnic cleansing has gathered ominous momentum: a battle for the expulsion of all Muslims from the State.
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Fascistic Hostility to Evidence – 2 Articles
India has a robust and admired statistical system. But the government is suppressing data to suit its narrative. It is perilous not to know the reality of the governed.
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Culture | India | Online Blog
How Shiva First Appeared in Mumbai
The earliest images depicting stories of Shiva’s marriage and conflicts with demons such as Andhaka and Ravana were carved about 1,500 years ago at the Jogeshwari caves in North Mumbai and on the Elephanta island off South Mumbai.
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God’s Republics: Two-nation Theory and Two-state Solution
Pakistan failed to develop into a bourgeois nation state, and Israel has no intention of becoming one.
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Africa | China | India | Online Blog | Russia
The BRICS Have Changed the Balance of Forces; BRICS and India – Two Articles
“The BRICS Have Changed the Balance of Forces, But They Will Not by Themselves Change the World”; Also: “India, the Reluctant BRICS Traveller”.
