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Bangladesh War: Report from Ground Zero, MANASH GHOSH, Niyogi Books Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, INR-695, ISBN No- 978-93-91125-37-0, 2021, Pages- 220

Dhritiman Mukherjee

Manash Ghosh’s Bangladesh War: Report From Ground Zero offers a gripping narrative of the events that occurred during the liberation war of Bangladesh or Muktijuddho in 1971. The book written in lucid language is one of its kinds when it com....

April 13, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Pakistan Army , Book Reviews , East Bengal , Bangladesh War , 1970

Book Launch of “India Bangladesh Bonhomie at 50: 1971 and the Present” 31 March 2022, Dhaka, Bangladesh

The edited “India Bangladesh Bonhomie at 50: 1971 and the Present” by Sreeradha Datta was launched in the presence of Mr. Shariar Alam Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh, Amb. Kazi Imtiaz Hossain, Chairman Bangladesh Institute of Inte....

April 12, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , New Delhi , bilateral , Foreign Affairs , Dhaka

Blasphemy Laws and Female Madrassa of Pakistan

Soumya Awasthi Article

As Pakistan struggles with establishing democracy while parliament has passed no confidence motion against Imran Khan, the extremists are gradually strengthening their grip on Pakistan Society. This time it is a female madrassa which has caught the e....

April 11, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Madrassa , Radicalistaion , Blasphemy Law

VIF Delegation Dhaka Visit 29 March-2nd April 2022

A Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) delegation led by Director, Dr Arvind Gupta, comprising Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney, Dr Sreeradha Datta and Mr EB Rajesh, CII visited Dhaka during 29 March-2nd April 2022 at the invitation of Bangladesh Foundatio....

April 08, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Conferences , Parliamentary Standing Committee , Foreign Affairs , amardeshamar gram

Evolving Political Crisis in Pakistan

Dr Shalini Chawla

On April 3, 2022, parliament convened to vote, but Imran Khan survived after the deputy speaker of parliament dismissed the vote of no-confidence, citing foreign conspiracy. Khan took the unprecedented step to dissolve parliament and called for fresh....

April 08, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , elections , Imran Khan , Domestic politics , Political Crisis , Podcast

What Can BIMSTEC Deliver That SAARC Could Not?

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa hosted the 5th BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) Summit in a “hybrid mode” from 28 to 30 March 2022, marking the grouping’s 25 years of existence. As....

April 07, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Article , BIMSTEC , port development , Security , BRI , Humanitarian aid , Connectivity , junta , foreign exchange crisis , Gotabaya , prosperity

श्रीलंका में ब्लैकआउट विद्युत क्षेत्र पर आर्थिक संकट का दुष्प्रभाव

Nikhil Sahu Article

पृष्ठभूमि

अपने सबसे बुरे आर्थिक संकट से जूझ रहे श्रीलंका ने 2 मार्च 2020 को राज्य भर में साढ़े �....

April 05, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Sri Lanka , Article , Blackout in Srilanka , power crisis in Srilanka , an economic crisis in SriLanka , India- Sri Lanka , China in Sri Lanka , emergency in Sri Lanka , श्रीलंका में ब्लैकआउट , श्रीलंका में बिजली संकट श्रीलंका में आर्थिक संकट , भारत- श्रीलंका , श्रीलंका में चीन , श्रीलंका में आपातकाल

Book Discussion on India’s Economic Miracle and Nepal

On the 23rd of March, the Vivekananda International Foundation organized a virtual book discussion on “India’s Economic Miracle and Nepal”. The session began with a series of introductory remarks by Mr. Prakash Man Singh, Member of Parliament a....

April 01, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Book Discussions , Nepali Congress , IT software , Indias economic

Col (Dr) Guru SadayBatabyal (Retd), Politico-Military Strategy of the Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971 Routledge, 2021, PP 314, ISBN: 978-0-367-32268-7 (hbk), INR – 1210/-

Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

Fifty years of the Bangladesh Liberation War has been celebrated this year. It is appropriate that a path-breaking book be published during the Liberation War celebration. This book should be of immense interest to the defence and strategic community....

March 30, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Pakistan , Book Reviews , Bangladesh Liberation War , 1971

An Analysis of ASEAN’s Special Envoy Visit to Myanmar

Dr Cchavi Vasisht Article

As Cambodia takes over as the Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2022, the visit of Cambodia’s Foreign Minister, Prak Sokhonn as ASEAN’s Special Envoy to Myanmar marks an important development in the current crisis-rid....

March 28, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Article , ASEAN , refugees , UN , Military Coup , Human Rights Watch , Whats happening in Myanmar