The ASPI has described the recently announced 48-hour ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan as a welcome development.

For India, the alliance is a calculated move to counterbalance Pakistan’s influence and deepen its footprint in Central Asia.

Donald Trump’s America looks back to the 1950s — a booming economy, suburban expansion, and global dominance. 

India’s poorest households consume little from the formal economy. Their purchases are irregular and often informal, relying on government aid.

India’s festivals were once the heartbeat of its pluralistic soul.Today, however, they arrive not with joy, but with unease.

India’s recent Asia Cup cricket victory over Pakistan should have been a moment of celebration. Instead, it became a spectacle of symbolic resistance.