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Afghan Talks - Talking Peace without the People?
February 04, 2019 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 ....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , US-Taliban talks , Afghan peace process
Myanmar: Challenges before Aung San Suu Kyi in 2019
January 31, 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....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Commentary , Myanmar Peace Process , Myanmar in 2019
Swami Vivekananda’s Idea of Service
January 17, 2019 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....

Keywords : Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Vivekananda’s ideals , Idea of service
Research and Development Reforms
January 16, 2019 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....

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Jai Anusandhan , India’s R&D
Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016-Implications for Assam
January 14, 2019 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....

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

Keywords : Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Citizenship (Amendment) Bill , Opposition to CAB
Bangladesh : Leveraging its Locational Advantage
January 11, 2019 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....

Keywords : Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Commentary , Bangladesh elections , Indo-Bangladesh transport and economic partnership
China calls for Taiwanese Reunification
January 10, 2019 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....

Keywords : International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China-Taiwan , Xi on Taiwan
Swami Vivekananda and the New Gospel of ‘Manliness’
January 10, 2019 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....

Keywords : Historical and Civilisational Studies , Commentary , Swami Vivekananda , Vivekananda’s message of life
Challenges of Migration
January 09, 2019 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 ....

Keywords : Ilegal Immigration , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , Illegal Migration , Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016
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