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Cartographic Counter-Statecraft: India’s Arunachal Pradesh Mapping and China   Introduction Maps are not merely geographical representations; in contested territories, they can become instruments of sovereignty, state authority and geopolitical communication. By formally identifying 27 locations and geographical features within Arunachal Pradesh, New Delhi is reinforcing the administrative and territorial narrative that these areas form an…

By Prachi The Elephant in the Room Scroll through any Indian automobile forum or neighbourhood WhatsApp group from the past few months, and a pattern emerges: bike owners, dads and working parents complaining about sluggish pickup. Car owners say their tanks empty faster than they used to. Mechanics are reporting a surge in fuel system…

Most business writing today celebrates the lone founder chasing profit. Cooperative Management: The Indian Perspective makes the opposite argument: that some of India’s most durable economic institutions are the ones nobody owns alone. Written by K.K. Tripathy, Harekrishna Misra and Sagar Kisan Wadkar, the book sets out to explain, in a single volume, how India’s…

Abstract: The article aims to explore the co-dependent relationship between social barriers and entrepreneurship in India. Social inequalities based on caste, gender, class, religion, geography and educational status often limit access to capital, networks, skills, markets and even the dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Inclusive entrepreneurship can help to overcome these barriers by promoting economic…

  Sri Aurobindo’s ‘Five Dreams’ and the Metaphysics of Independence in a Global Age Anushka Verma Abstract: The speech by Sri Aurobindo on the first Independence day in 1947 was not only a political speech, but a metaphysical re‑conception of independence, what independence should actually mean. He made five key aspects of freedom in his…

Gold means everything to us. We offer it at weddings, lock it in bank lockers, pray to it on Dhanteras, and see it as the peak of financial security. Gold is so ingrained in our culture that even thinking about it can seem like committing an act of disloyalty, if not being impolite. And here…

SHANTI Bill and Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement Between Bharat and Australia For Bharat, Russia and France remain important nuclear partners. Canada has long been supplying uranium to Bharat. Australia could now become another reliable long-term supplier of uranium. PM Narendra Modi’s 8-10 July 2026 visit to Australia has produced an outcome, among others, of considerable…

Geopolitical Blueprint: Transforming Great Nicobar Island into India’s Strategic Sentinel By Leena Research Associate, Swadeshi Shodh Sansthan. Introduction The Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, once viewed primarily as an isolated maritime outpost, is currently the site of independent India’s most ambitious geostrategic endeavour. Driven by NITI Aayog and executed by the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Integrated…