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All We Seldom Imagine: Women’s Life-Worlds Unveiled
First published in Eurasia Review, 31 January 2025 Films that explore the alienation of women amidst the frenetic pace of life carry a deep impact, reflecting the universal human yearning for connection, love and belonging. These [...]
ട്രംപിന്റെ വരുംകാലം, ലോകം
First Published in Madhyamam Weekly 27/01/2025 വൈറ്റ് ഹൗസ് വീണ്ടും ഡൊണാൾഡ് ട്രംപിന് വേണ്ടി വാതിൽ തുറന്നു. അധമമായ ഒന്നാണ് രാഷ്ട്രീയ പ്രവർത്തനം എന്ന് നാൽപ്പതു വർഷങ്ങൾക്കു മുമ്പ് വീമ്പിളക്കിയ ഒരാളായിരുന്നു അദ്ദേഹം. കഴിവുള്ളവർ നല്ല കച്ചവടം ചെയ്യുമെന്നും അന്ന് ട്രംപ് പറഞ്ഞിരുന്നു. ഇന്ന് രാഷ്ട്രീയം തന്നെയാണ് നല്ല [...]
Trump in White House: Is he set to cross redlines in international affairs?
First Published in The Wire, 24 January 2025 With Donald Trump back in the Oval Office, the world finds itself grappling with an era of brash proclamations and heightened geopolitical tensions, where each presidential decree oscillates [...]
Trump’s Greenland Strategy: Aiming For Higher Stakes In The Arctic?
First published in Eurasia Review, 22 January 2025 In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump declared: “The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation — one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, [...]
MT Vasudevan Nair – The Writer Who Gave Voice to Kerala’s Soul
First Published in The Wire, 26 December 2024 M.T. Vasudevan Nair, Kerala’s literary genius and celebrated filmmaker, has passed away at the age of 91 in Kozhikode. His demise marks the end of an era for [...]
The Munambam Land Dispute, Mired in Legal, Religious, and Social Complexities
This is the full text (unedited) version of the article appeared in The Wire, 11 November 2024. The Wire article is a shortened version. The dispute over Waqf land in Munambam, Kerala, has become a minefield [...]
Current Affairs
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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) [...]
Specters Of Communal Frenzy: Will ‘The Desert Become A Garden’?
First in Eurasia Review, 29 December 2021 “I am terribly afraid of my identity as a minority Christian in my own homeland and the fear is more horrible than anything else,” according to a Delhi-based scholar [...]
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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Blasphemy Estate: The ‘Deep State’ and Deepening Fundamentalism in Pakistan
The ‘Deep State’ and Deepening Fundamentalism in Pakistan Published in Global South Colloquy, 15 September 2020; Countercurrents, 15 September 2020 The deep state in Pakistan is no more a mere conglomerate of civil bureaucracy, army, intelligence, [...]
Unlocking the India-Pakistan Dilemma : Twenty Years of ‘Lahore Declaration’ and Missed Opportunities
K.M.SEETHI First Published in Countercurrents, 21 February 2019; also appeared in Global South Colloquy, 21 February 2019 https://countercurrents.org/2019/02/21/unlocking-the-india-pakistan-dilemma-twenty-years-of-lahore-declaration-and-missed-opportunities/ http://globalsouthcolloquy.com/unlocking-the-india-pakistan-dilemma/ Many treaties and agreements in international relations are the natural outcome of conflicts and wars between two [...]
Kashmir: Back to Square One?
K.M. SEETHI First Published in Countercurrents, 16 February 2019; also appeared in Global South Colloquy, 16 February 2019 https://countercurrents.org/2019/02/16/kashmir-back-to-square-one/ http://globalsouthcolloquy.com/kashmir-back-to-square-one/ The terror attack on the CRPF convoy in Pulwama (Jammu and Kashmir), which killed dozens of [...]