Posts by Aritra Banerjee
19
Sep
Opacity in Pakistan navy’s acquisition deals leads to corruption, puts further burden on the people
It is no secret that Pakistan is run by its military, not the civilian government, unlike in India. Hence, it is not surprising that th...
18
Sep
Pakistan’s Patronage of Lashkar-e-Taiba: Protected Leadership, Perpetual Threat
The terrorist attack on the Indian Army camp at Uri on 18 September 2025 once again highlighted a grim reality: Pakistan remains both a...
10
Sep
Admirals And Acres: How Defence Housing Became Pakistan’s Urban Goldmine
Across Pakistan’s biggest cities, Defence Housing Authorities (DHAs) have turned military welfare into a premier urban real-estate ente...
05
Sep
From Founders to Outcasts: How Pakistan Erased the Ahmadiyya Legacy
In March this year, in Gujranwala, police—accompanied by members of the hardline Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP)—tore down the minaret...
02
Sep
Democracy Day as Advocacy Day: Tibet’s Call to the World
Every year on 2 September, Tibetan communities in exile gather to mark a remarkable milestone: the birth of their democracy. In 1960, b...
01
Sep
No Longer Held Hostage: Kashmir After Geelani
Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s death in September 2021 closed a chapter in Kashmir’s separatist politics. For decades, the veteran leader of t...
01
Sep
Tibet’s Democratic Voice and the Indo-Pacific Security Order
For most readers in the Indo-Pacific, Tibet often enters the news cycle through border clashes — Doklam in 2017, Galwan in 2020, the PL...
31
Aug
Water, Internet, Startups: How Abrogation of Article 370 Reshaped Kashmir’s Social Landscape
When New Delhi revoked Article 370 in August 2019, the move triggered heated debate across India and beyond. Six years later, the Union...
31
Aug
The False-Equivalence Trap: How Bureaucratic Parity Erodes Military Dignity
When India introduced Non-Functional Upgradation (NFU) after the Sixth Central Pay Commission, the idea was simple: if career progressi...