Posts by Aritra Banerjee
01
Oct
Why India’s soldiers remain unheard in pay debates
In every democracy, different groups wield different kinds of influence. Farmers, workers, and regional blocs carry weight at the ballo...
01
Oct
The armed forces are India’s insurance policy. They must be treated that way
Every nation pays premiums for the future it seeks to protect. In India’s case, that premium is not financial—it is human. The armed fo...
30
Sep
Importing Risk at Sea: Somalia’s Bet on Pakistan’s Navy is Self-Defeating
On August 28, 2025, Somalia’s cabinet approved a five-year defence cooperation MoU with Pakistan, covering training from basic to staff...
29
Sep
Tibet’s Culture Under Siege: India’s Pluralism as a Counterpoint
China’s forced assimilation policies in Tibet have entered a new and darker phase. As Beijing closes Tibetan schools and pushes over a ...
29
Sep
Pattern of Stonewalling: From Xinjiang Camps to Hong Kong Courts
In October 2022, the chamber of the UN Human Rights Council erupted in applause. The occasion was not a human rights breakthrough but t...
29
Sep
Broken Promises and Bitter Battles: Why India’s Veterans Feel Betrayed by New Disability Rules, a Frayed Health Net, and Endless Litigation
India’s armed forces serve in extremes that most citizens will never encounter—Siachen’s sub-zero altitudes, humid counter-insurgency g...
27
Sep
Turkey-Pakistan-China: Power Play at Sea with Somalia as Bait
Somalia’s coastline is fast becoming the hinge on which bigger powers test ideas about influence in the western Indian Ocean. Taken tog...
21
Sep
Democracy in Exile vs Authoritarianism in Tibet
In 1959, as the Dalai Lama crossed the Himalayas into India, Tibet entered a new chapter — one marked by exile for its spiritual and po...
19
Sep
China’s Assimilation Drive in Tibet Targets Children—and a Culture
Beijing calls it “bilingual education” and “national unity.” UN experts call it something else: a mass, mandatory programme that separa...