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Migration, Cultural Remittance, and the Social Landscape of Kerala
Migration, Cultural Remittance, and the Social Landscape of Kerala KM SEETHI Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies 2022 https://doi.org/10.1080/25765949.2023.2165010 The social landscape of Kerala—the southwest Indian state—has undergone significant changes in the last [...]
Human Mobility and Reverse Migration in Asia: Triggers and Travails
Vol. 14 No. 2 (2022): Journal of Polity and Society Human mobility is an inherent feature of all societies, triggered by several factors that co-exist with diverse conditions determining the choice of people regarding the destination [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
Beyond the Udaipur Killing Lies the Spectre of Blasphemy. It’s Time to Banish the Ghost
First published in The Wire on 9 July 2022 The ghastly killings of Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor in Udaipur, and Umesh Kolhe in Amravati have sent shock waves across the country. Lal was hacked to death by Riyaz Attari [...]
Current Affairs
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Redlines In Kabul: Post-9/11 Promises And Predicament – OpEd
First Published in Eurasia Review, 11 September 2021; also posted in GSC Dossier, 11 Sep 2021 The 9/11 terrorist attacks had marked a defining moment in international relations. Even as the world community remembers its horrific [...]
The Taliban-In-Kabul: Between ‘Trust-Deficit’ And ‘Crisis As Opportunity’ – OpEd
First Published in Eurasia Review, 23 August 2021 The unfolding events in Afghanistan amid persisting uncertainty and growing anxiety in Kabul have a very complex, yet diverse responses—from state to nonstate actors, from thinktanks to political [...]
Spectres of Nuclear ‘MAD’ness: Between Deterrence and Survival
First published in Eurasia Review, 8 August 2021 With the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in place, is there an optimistic scenario of a nuclear-weapon free world? This might certainly be a [...]
Global South Colloquy
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Expats in Distress: From ‘God’s Own Country’ to the ‘Holy Land’
First published in Eurasia Review, 20 May 2021 with a repost in Global South Colloquy Life for many expats in the Gulf/West Asian countries is part of a larger struggle against ever-increasing odds of daily encounters—be [...]
Military coup in Myanmar: ‘Garrison State’ back to dismantle democracy?
Fears of a military takeover in Myanmar came true in the early hours of 1 February when the powerful army resorted to a series of measures which included detention of the State Counsellor Aung San Suu [...]
Many Voices, Still Many Worlds
Writing on the feats and flaws of modern science way back in 1951, humanist writer and literary genius M. Govindan (1919-1989) brought in the story of al-Hameed—a landlord in Hyderabad who, over years, lost interest in [...]
Countercurrent
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Why Vakkom Moulavi Matters Today?
Why Vakkom Moulavi Matters Today? Problems of Engaging Modernity and the Muslim Reform Movement in Kerala K.M. Seethi This article is written in commemoration of the 145th anniversary (28 December) of Vakkom Moulavi who played a [...]
Critical International Relations Theory: ‘Subversive’ Historicist Tradition
Robert Cox (1926-2018) Remembered K. M. Seethi First Published in Countercurrents, 2 November 2018 https://countercurrents.org/2018/11/02/historicizing-international-relations-theory-robert-cox-remembered/ http://ppesydney.net/tributes-to-robert-w-cox/ Robert Cox is a scholar-extraordinary in the discipline of International Relations (IR) His writings continued to inspire scholars in both [...]
Distress Signals from Colombo
Distress Signals from Colombo K.M.SEETHI First Published in Countercurrents, 30 October 2018 https://countercurrents.org/2018/10/30/distress-signals-from-colombo/ Sri Lanka has landed itself in an unexpected, unprecedented crisis with the President Maithripala Sirisena taking decisions having tricky political implications. Citing differences [...]