Posts by Aritra Banerjee
12
Aug
Bangladesh’s Interim Government: From Democratic Promise to Authoritarian Drift
When Muhammad Yunus assumed leadership of Bangladesh’s interim administration on August 8, 2024, following unprecedented student-led pr...
12
Aug
Destroyed Monasteries, Erased Identity: Beijing’s Long War on Tibetan Buddhism
For decades, China has done something few imagined possible in the high, windswept plateaus of Tibet — it has taken aim at the heart of...
05
Aug
Kashmir’s Truth vs Pakistan’s Lies: How Islamabad’s Propaganda Collapsed Against Kashmir’s Ground Realities
Since the Indian government revoked Article 370 in August 2019, effectively integrating Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) fully into the Indi...
30
Jul
Beyond the Archetype: Agency, Trauma, and Institutional Betrayal in the Narrative of Kagusthan Ariaratnam
The landscape of popular culture is populated by enduring archetypes—figures who, through repeated narrative deployment, become symboli...
30
Jul
Heavy Weapons, High Costs: Pakistan’s Military Operations Alienate Tirah Valley Civilians
Tirah Valley, located within Pakistan’s historically turbulent tribal belt, has become emblematic of the severe humanitarian consequenc...
30
Jul
Indian Navy Chief Undertakes Official Visit to Japan to Strengthen Maritime Ties
Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), embarked on a four-day official visit to Japan on Tuesday, as part of ongoin...
28
Jul
Pakistan’s Selective Diplomacy: Violating Ceasefire Agreements, Yet Demanding Compliance
On July 27, 1949, military representatives from India and Pakistan gathered in Karachi, hopeful that the freshly inked ceasefire agreem...
23
Jul
Bangladesh at a Crossroads: Yunus’s Rule Fuels Islamist Surge and Threatens Nation’s Future
The Chief Adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government, Muhammad Yunus, recently told The Economist that Islamic extremism will not domin...
21
Jul
Kargil War: How India’s Military Strategy Evolved from Crisis to Strength
The Kargil conflict of 1999, fought from May to July in the mountainous terrain of Ladakh’s Kargil district along the Line of Control (...