by kaymusonda | May 22, 2023 | Asia, Elections, India, The Commonwealth
By Professor James ManorThe Karnataka election may eventually be seen as a watershed. It has set in motion two potential changes to the fundamentals of that state’s politics. If either or both become lasting realities, the Congress Party stands to benefit. The first,...
by kaymusonda | May 22, 2023 | Asia, Elections, India, The Commonwealth
By Professor James ManorAny ruling party in Karnataka can expect to struggle to win re-election. No government has achieved that since 1985. The state’s voters are demanding, sophisticated and impatient. But Basavaraj Bommai’s BJP government faces additional problems....
by kaymusonda | Aug 15, 2022 | India, Pakistan, The Commonwealth
By Ashis Ray “Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny,’ proclaimed India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru at a special session of the Indian parliament to mark India’s freedom on 15 August 1947, “and now the time has come when we shall redeem...
by kaymusonda | Aug 12, 2022 | India, Pakistan, The Commonwealth
By Ian Talbot (University of Southampton) The seventy fifth anniversary of Pakistan’s independence provides an important moment to consider the relationship between the two countries. This has been marked by close ties of sentiment rooted in the deep associations...
by kaymusonda | Aug 5, 2022 | Asia, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, The Commonwealth
By Syed Badrul Ahsan The Pakistan International Airlines aircraft flying from Karachi to Dhaka in early February 1968 dipped low over Calcutta. The pilot made it a point to inform passengers of the landmarks over which the aircraft flew. My father, in a state of clear...
by kaymusonda | Jun 28, 2022 | India
By James Chiriyankandath (Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London)[1] It is four months since Russia launched its offensive against Ukraine, the start of the bloodiest war in Europe since the Second World War, a conflict that has turned Russia into a...
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