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India’s Distorted History: Was It Ever A Strong Democracy?
India, the world’s largest democracy, seems to be slowly but surely falling into a state of restricted freedom under the control of the...
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Apr 30, 20236 min read


After the Clock Stops Ticking
Debates about fertility rates rage around the world. India is no exception. As a country where family and children are valued above...
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Apr 24, 20234 min read


Remember the Rohingya
Rohingya Muslims, who have long been denied Burmese citizenship and identity, are no closer to seeing a new age of justice. Having been...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


‘The Modi Question’ and Questioning Modi
Seven days of incessant inter-communal violence: 1,044 dead, 223 missing, and 2,500 injured. The Gujarat riots shook the Indian...
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Mar 26, 20235 min read


Borderline
It may be forever unknown whether a London barrister named Sir Cyril Radcliffe, sketching a map in the summer of 1947, pondered the words...
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Feb 5, 20235 min read


Democracy In Decline: How BJP Has Caused India’s Fall From Freedom
At the 2021 International Summit for Democracy, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi launched his address by stating he was “proud to...
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Dec 9, 20225 min read


To All The Blocs I’ve Loved Before: India’s Strategic ‘Love Triangle’ in the New World Order
On February 25, 2022, the UN Security Council convened a historic emergency session to discuss Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In a...
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Apr 13, 20225 min read


Bucking Convention: How Indian courts have internalized CEDAW
Sarita Skagnes was born in a small village in Northern India as the third daughter in her family. Based on the perceived lack of honor...
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May 28, 20214 min read


The Witching Hour: Accusations of witchcraft are a source of torture and terror for women and childr
Beds are running out at Ek’Abana, a shelter for abandoned children nestled in Bukavu, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the...
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Apr 16, 20215 min read


Democracy in Peril: What the Farmers’ Protest Saga Reveals About P.M. Modi’s India
Political opponents jailed. Press censored. Civil liberties restricted. Human rights abused. All in response to widespread protests...
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Mar 9, 20216 min read


Vigilante Injustice
Last June, a vigilante mob of thirteen men in the Indian state of Jharkhand tied 24-year-old Muslim Tabrez Ansari, whom they accused of...
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Oct 29, 20195 min read


Stopping Star Wars
In August 2018, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an earth-shattering announcement for space politics: By 2022, India plans to...
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Sep 24, 20194 min read


Trial and Update: Lessons from Facebook’s Global Initiatives
With weekly notifications about how Facebook has failed to protect consumers due to its pursuit of profits, the focus on regulating...
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Jan 6, 20194 min read


Azaadi and Atoot Ang: How Kashmiri Resistance Shapes Indian Nationalism
On June 14, 2018, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a groundbreaking report on the human...
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Oct 18, 20188 min read


TAPI: Peace or Continued Power Struggles?
The Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline, has been hailed as a “peace pipeline” with the...
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Jul 3, 20185 min read


India’s “Invisible” Middle Class
Consumer goods firms worldwide are optimistic about their current and future investments in India, and with good reason. India’s...
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Apr 7, 20185 min read


The Fare of Fairness: The Fundamental Injustice of Fair Trade
Defying the Social-Darwinist underpinnings of the market-based economy, the Fair Trade movement is a consumer-driven, capitalist approach...
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Mar 18, 20184 min read


To Cash or Not to Cash: The Future of Mobile Pay in India
On November 8th, 2016, India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, announced the demonetization of the Indian economy. This move, ostensibly...
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Dec 3, 20174 min read


‘Modi’fying Their Middle East Strategy
Up until recent years, India-Middle East relations were largely driven by economic considerations. In the latter half of the 20th...
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Nov 29, 20178 min read


Imperialist Complex(ion)
Beauty standards, as promoters of mass consumerism and objectification, universally tend to be harmful. Add problematic racial dynamics,...
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Nov 3, 20174 min read
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