01 Oct SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND SECURITY Litigation Instead of Gratitude: Veterans in Court Against the MoD October 1, 2025 By Aritra Banerjee 0 comments Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin Odnoklassniki WhatsApp WhatsApp VK Telegram Viber When a soldier is wounded or succumbs to illness in service, a disability pension should not be dismissed as mere handout — it is the s...Continue reading
01 Oct SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND SECURITY Why India’s soldiers remain unheard in pay debates October 1, 2025 By Aritra Banerjee 0 comments Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin Odnoklassniki WhatsApp WhatsApp VK Telegram Viber In every democracy, different groups wield different kinds of influence. Farmers, workers, and regional blocs carry weight at the ballo...Continue reading
01 Oct SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND SECURITY The armed forces are India’s insurance policy. They must be treated that way October 1, 2025 By Aritra Banerjee 0 comments Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin Odnoklassniki WhatsApp WhatsApp VK Telegram Viber 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...Continue reading
29 Sep SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND SECURITY Broken Promises and Bitter Battles: Why India’s Veterans Feel Betrayed by New Disability Rules, a Frayed Health Net, and Endless Litigation September 29, 2025 By Aritra Banerjee 0 comments Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin Odnoklassniki WhatsApp WhatsApp VK Telegram Viber India’s armed forces serve in extremes that most citizens will never encounter—Siachen’s sub-zero altitudes, humid counter-insurgency g...Continue reading
21 Sep International Relations, International Law, SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND SECURITY Democracy in Exile vs Authoritarianism in Tibet September 21, 2025 By Aritra Banerjee 0 comments Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin Odnoklassniki WhatsApp WhatsApp VK Telegram Viber 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...Continue reading
19 Sep International Relations, SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND SECURITY China’s Assimilation Drive in Tibet Targets Children—and a Culture September 19, 2025 By Aritra Banerjee 0 comments Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin Odnoklassniki WhatsApp WhatsApp VK Telegram Viber Beijing calls it “bilingual education” and “national unity.” UN experts call it something else: a mass, mandatory programme that separa...Continue reading
19 Sep Military, SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND SECURITY Opacity in Pakistan navy’s acquisition deals leads to corruption, puts further burden on the people September 19, 2025 By Aritra Banerjee 0 comments Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin Odnoklassniki WhatsApp WhatsApp VK Telegram Viber 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...Continue reading
10 Sep SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND SECURITY Admirals And Acres: How Defence Housing Became Pakistan’s Urban Goldmine September 10, 2025 By Aritra Banerjee 0 comments Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin Odnoklassniki WhatsApp WhatsApp VK Telegram Viber Across Pakistan’s biggest cities, Defence Housing Authorities (DHAs) have turned military welfare into a premier urban real-estate ente...Continue reading
05 Sep Causes of Civil War, SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND SECURITY From Founders to Outcasts: How Pakistan Erased the Ahmadiyya Legacy September 5, 2025 By Aritra Banerjee 0 comments Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin Odnoklassniki WhatsApp WhatsApp VK Telegram Viber In March this year, in Gujranwala, police—accompanied by members of the hardline Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP)—tore down the minaret...Continue reading
02 Sep International Relations, International Law, SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND SECURITY Democracy Day as Advocacy Day: Tibet’s Call to the World September 21, 2025 By Aritra Banerjee 0 comments Facebook Twitter Email Pinterest linkedin Odnoklassniki WhatsApp WhatsApp VK Telegram Viber Every year on 2 September, Tibetan communities in exile gather to mark a remarkable milestone: the birth of their democracy. In 1960, b...Continue reading