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Supreme Court Draws A Line: Trump’s Tariffs And The Future Of American Trade Power
First published in Eurasia Review, 22 February 2025 The ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court striking down Donald Trump’s emergency tariff regime has come as one of the most important institutional glints in contemporary American politics. [...]
James Petras: The Radical Scholar the World Chose to Ignore?
First published in The Wire and later Monthly Review Online The death of James Petras—the American sociologist whose writings influenced generations of critical thinkers across continents—passed through the world almost like a whisper. A scholar [...]
Bangladesh After The Ballot: Change, Anxiety And The Return Of Old Forces
First published in Eurasia Review The result of Bangladesh’s parliamentary election surprised few observers who had followed the country’s turbulent politics over the past two years. However, the scale of the outcome still carried drama. The [...]
The Pen and the Poll Booth
First appeared in The Wire Some of Kerala’s most celebrated cultural voices—K. Satchidanandan, Sara Joseph and M.N. Karassery—have stepped onto the political stage to declare that two terms of Left governance in the state are enough [...]
Trade as Coercion: How U.S. Is Forcing India into an Unequal Deal
First appeared in Policy Circle The new India–United States trade framework is being presented as a diplomatic success. Headlines speak of American tariffs falling from 50 percent to 18 percent and of a new era of [...]
André Béteille (1934–2026): A Thoughtful Voice In Indian Sociology
First Published in Eurasia Review Indian sociology in the 1950s and 1960s was a discipline searching for direction. Much of its language was borrowed from colonial anthropology or from philosophical readings of tradition. Caste appeared in [...]
Current Affairs
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Supreme Court Draws A Line: Trump’s Tariffs And The Future Of American Trade Power
First published in Eurasia Review, 22 February 2025 The ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court striking down Donald Trump’s emergency tariff regime has come as one of the most important institutional glints in contemporary American politics. [...]
India’s Arctic policy regime and its geopolitical significance
First published in Policy Circle, 8 September 2022 India’s Polar policy has assumed considerable significance with the notification of its Arctic Policy early this year and the passing of the Indian Antarctic Law by the Indian [...]
The Arctic Council: future scenarios for the international forum
What is the importance of the Arctic Council in resolution of today's problems? The Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund and the Information and Analytics Center of the Project Office for the Development of the Arctic (PORA) [...]
Global South Colloquy
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Islamist Outfit Masquerading under ‘Republic’ Banned in India
Published in Global South Colloquy and Eurasia Review Living in a pluralist society with a bit of courage and confidence is anything but comforting today. A major reason is the role of self-styled ‘agencies’ with ascriptive [...]
Sherni and the ‘Hunting Tale’
You would have gone to the forest 100 times, but could spot a tiger only once. But, be rest assured, the tiger would have spotted you 99 times. Published in GSC Dossier, 30 July 2021; and [...]
Unrest in South Africa – A Deeper Malaise
First published in GSC Dossier, 19 July 2021; also appears in Eurasia Review Even as the world observed the Nelson Mandela Day on Sunday, South Africa had not yet recovered from the unrest and large-scale violence [...]
Countercurrent
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The Ukraine War in Search of an Elusive Resolution
Just days after Donald Trump’s headline-making encounter with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Washington—where he was joined by key European leaders—for a round of talks at the White House. The back-to-back meetings indicated [...]
Unshackled, Yet Bound: India’s Fight for True Independence in the Age of Global Capitalism
India’s freedom was not handed down—it was wrested from the grip of empire through long drawn-out resistance, sacrifice, and defiance. It was never just about driving out foreign rulers. It was about reclaiming the right to [...]
Killing the Messenger: The War on Journalists in Gaza and Beyond
“Our mission is to speak the truth to power. We send home that first rough draft of history, and some of us pay the ultimate price.” – Marie Colvin Published in Countercurrents, 11 August 2025 In [...]