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Cultural Pluralism: Revisiting Jain, Charvaka, and Ashtavakra Traditions
India is a plural society and a culture imbued with considerable doses of syncretism. Pluralism as a moral value seeks to ‘transpose...

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Jul 16, 20254 min read


The Siege of India's Constitution: Emergency Turns 50
The year 2024 saw the government notify June 25 as Samvidhaan Hatya Divas . The decision for many did not come as a surprise, as the day...

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Jun 25, 20257 min read


India's New Normal: A Conspicuous-Subtle Shift in Pakistan Policy
Recently , addressing the Overseas Pakistanis Convention in Islamabad, the 11th Chief of Army Staff, Gen Syed Asim Munir Ahmad Shah,...

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Jun 24, 20253 min read


Khadi, From History to Fashion: India’s Hand-Spun Legacy
Layered in the depths of Indian history is the heritage of hand-spun fabrics. With a legacy that stretches over a thousand years, the...

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Jun 22, 20254 min read


Savarkar’s India: One People, One Civilisation, One Nation
On Savarkar’s birth anniversary (May 28), we revisit his classic work Hindutva (1923) to explore his idea of Hindu identity. According to...

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May 28, 20254 min read


Women as Peacebuilders of India: Unveiling the History of India’s Female-Led Foreign Policy Negotiations and Strategies
Throughout history, Indian women have been essential members in peacebuilding operations because they resolve conflicts while promoting...

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May 24, 20258 min read


Silk: The Enduring Legacy of China’s Finest Thread
The Enduring Legacy of China's Finest Thread is a comprehensive exploration of silk's historical, cultural, and economic significance,...

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May 4, 20254 min read


Sky Wars: Redefining Modern Warfare
In his seminal work On War, a renowned war strategist, Carl von Clausewitz, quotes, “ War is thus more than a mere chameleon, because...

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May 3, 20254 min read


The Mauryan-Seleucid Treaty: Dawn of an Indo-Greek Exchange
The Mauryan-Seleucid treaty of c. 303 BCE pronounced one of the earliest diplomatic engagements between Indian and the Greek...

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Apr 19, 20255 min read


Valour, Legacy and Pride of Bharat: The Queens of Southern and Northeastern India
The history of India is adorned with various extraordinary stories of women who ruled, wielded power, and left a great legacy behind...

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Apr 11, 20258 min read


Indian Architectural Diplomacy and Soft Power
The temple architecture of India has been a thing of marvel and fascination for the world over centuries. In this research, we focus on...

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Mar 25, 20252 min read


The Comrades and the Mullahs: China, Afghanistan and the New Asian Geopolitics - A Book Review
Afghanistan- a board for great powers to play chess on. A graveyard of empires. A cauldron of mixed ethnicities and rich culture. In...

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Mar 22, 20254 min read


Iran's Hijab and Chastity Law: Societal Ramification of Gender, Control and Resistance
"In Iran, the hijab is not just a piece of cloth; it is a symbol of oppression and a battleground for freedom." —An Iranian activist...

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Mar 18, 20254 min read


The Hundred Days of Reform: A Struggle for Modernisation in Late Qing China
The Hundred Days of Reform was during the late Qing dynasty in 1898; this was a notable but brief political and cultural movement in...

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Mar 16, 20254 min read


The 2nd Opium War: Trade, Imperialism, and the Transformation of China with Special Reference to Treaty Port
The Second Opium War, often referred to as the Arrow War or the Second Anglo-Chinese War, took place between 1856 and 1860. This conflict...

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Feb 27, 20256 min read


Recalibrating Bangladesh’s Identity
Benedict Anderson in his renowned work “Imagined Communities” explains that national identity is essentially an imagination of a...

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Feb 24, 20257 min read


Challenging Fukuyama’s “End of History” in the 21st Century
In the 21st century, the global political landscape has become complex due to factors ranging from the rise of illiberal democracies to...

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Jan 24, 20255 min read


Malacca’s Maritime Marvel: From Medieval to the Modern Age
Strait of Malacca, formally known as Melaka, is a waterway linking the Andaman Sea in the Indian Ocean to the South China Sea in the...

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Jan 22, 20255 min read


Changing US-Latin American Military Ties Across Time
A convoluted history of warfare, cooperation, and changing strategic goals has molded Latin American and U.S. military relations. From...

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Jan 20, 20254 min read


The Geo Interview with DHC Caroline Rowett
On September 6, 2024, the Geostrata had the privilege of interviewing Ms Caroline Rowett, the British Deputy High Commissioner,...

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Jan 15, 20256 min read
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