South Asia and Beyond

Subrat Nanda

At six feet and over, cool, calm and always collected. Never a hair out of place. He is the high priest of editorial facts, grammar is his baby and headlines are meat on the bone. Loves samosas and cricket, tracks Twitter and when in his cups, nothing better than Jagjit Singh’s ghazals.

Israel Rejects Hamas Truce Offer, Says Victory Within Sight

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has turned down the latest truce offer from Hamas and said that a total victory in Gaza is within reach. Netanyahu added that Israel has no alternative but to bring about the end of Hamas. “The day after is the day after Hamas. All of Hamas,” he told a press […]Read More

Indo-Pacific: India Should Talk Directly To…

New partnerships are being stitched together in the Indo-Pacific, an area that’s been a geopolitical battleground of sorts, of late. The West, its allies and partners have been opposing Chinese belligerence and the latter has also pointed fingers at what it calls American interference. Now Italy has decided to scale up its presence in the […]Read More

Dynamics Of Indo-Pacific Has Changed. What India Must Do

The Indo-Pacific, a key sphere of geopolitical contestation, is seeing new partnerships. It’s been a rallying point for the West and the Global South, against Chinese bullying and expansionism. Now, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has met her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida in Tokyo and said her country will boost strategic collaboration with Japan and […]Read More

An Angry Pakistani Army, A Stubborn Politician And Turncoats

NEW DELHI: Scars of violence take time to heal and the mayhem unleashed on May 9 by Imran Khan’s supporters, who vandalised military installations and stormed the Lahore Corps Commander’s house, remains a gaping wound. The Army is in no mood to forget or forgive, more so in a country that has seen military rule […]Read More