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The Bay Is the Bridge: India's 'Act East' Policy and the Contest Over the Bay of Bengal

Listen to this article: At daybreak the Bay is all wake-lines and waiting. A feeder from Chattogram noses past trawlers off Cox’s Bazar; a ro-ro out...

04.07.2026 10

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Shyam Tekwani

How Photographs Defied All Attempts to Bury the Memory of Sri Lanka's War

Listen to this article: I should say at the outset that I am not a disinterested reader of this book. I am in it. In her third chapter, Buthpitiya...

25.06.2026 20

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The Prime Minister Walked Away. Indian Journalism Followed.

Listen to this article: The suppression of journalists rarely looks like suppression. It looks like a press conference that is never scheduled. A...

30.05.2026 40

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Raghu Rai Upheld Values That Institutions Often Abandoned

01.05.2026 40

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Seeing Balochistan Too Quickly

Listen to this article: On March 17, 2026, Pakistan announced the deployment of 3,000 Federal Constabulary personnel to Balochistan, citing the need...

23.03.2026 50

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'India Out': In South Asia, India Bears the Burden of Nearness

31.12.2025 30

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Shyam Tekwani