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Afghan Talks - Talking Peace without the People?
Dr Yatharth Kachiar Commentary

Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, tweeted at the end of six-day long peace talks with Taliban in Qatar that discussions have made “significant progress”. According to the media reports, the two sides ....

February 04, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , US-Taliban talks , Afghan peace process
Myanmar: Challenges before Aung San Suu Kyi in 2019
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

Myanmar’s quasi democratic government has completed over half of its constitutionally mandated term but has to yet make a major progress in a number of areas, especially those related to political and economic reforms. While the peace and reconcili....

January 31, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Commentary , Myanmar Peace Process , Myanmar in 2019
Swami Vivekananda’s Idea of Service
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

What is the concept of service? Swami Vivekananda says: “This is the gist of all worship — to be pure and to do good to others. He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worships Shiva; and if he sees Shiva only....

January 17, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Vivekananda’s ideals , Idea of service
Research and Development Reforms
Rajesh Singh Commentary

Iconic slogans evolve with time, reflecting changing aspirations and needs of society in general and the political leadership in particular. Lal Bahadur Shastri’s famous ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’ cry had been tweaked to ‘Jai Jawan, Jai....

January 16, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Jai Anusandhan , India’s R&D
Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016-Implications for Assam
C D Sahay Commentary

The Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 (CAB) has created a division in Assam along historical fault lines. The differences hark back to the language riots of 1960-61, and then again in 1972, with violent conflicts between the entire Assamese and the Hi....

January 14, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Assam Accord , Citizenship Amendment Bill
CAB 2016: Home Minister Assures Assam on Sharing of Burden
Nitin A Gokhale Commentary

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, while introducing the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 (CAB) in Lok Sabha mentioned, and rightly so, that the entire country will share the burden of refugees and it will not be Assam’s responsibility alone to give sh....

January 14, 2019 Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Citizenship (Amendment) Bill , Opposition to CAB
Bangladesh : Leveraging its Locational Advantage
Dr Sreeradha Datta Commentary

India and Bangladesh recently made history. After years of discussion and negotiations the first land and air transshipment between them finally took place towards the end of 2018. The first bonded container 4.41 tonne cargo from Bangladesh moved thr....

January 11, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Commentary , Bangladesh elections , Indo-Bangladesh transport and economic partnership
China calls for Taiwanese Reunification
Dr Gunjan Singh Commentary

January 1 marked the 40th anniversary of ‘message to compatriots in Taiwan’ which was issued by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on January 1, 1979. This message conveyed some of the important policies and principles which....

January 10, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China-Taiwan , Xi on Taiwan
Swami Vivekananda and the New Gospel of ‘Manliness’
Dr Arpita Mitra Commentary

(This Commentary has been written to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Before the new generation misconstrues, Manliness is truly defined as ‘Purusharth’. - Ed) On the occasion of the 156th birth annive....

January 10, 2019 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Swami Vivekananda , Vivekananda’s message of life
Challenges of Migration
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to this seminar on ‘The Challenges of Migration’ that India has been facing for a long time.

Challenge of Illegal Migration
The main dimensions of the challenge are well-known. Tens of ....

January 09, 2019 Ilegal Immigration , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Illegal Migration , Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016
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