Commentary

Poonam Sharma In recent months Switzerland’s foreign policy voices and European-based NGOs have taken to lecturing India on its treatment of minorities, questioning Delhi’s human-rights record and pressing for international scrutiny. But…

Poonam Sharma The targeted Israeli attack on Hamas commanders in Doha, Qatar, has opened a perilous new front in the protracted Middle Eastern conflict, with potential implications that go far beyond the Gaza strip or Israel's boundaries.…

Poonam Sharma The political unrest in Nepal has again highlighted the way in which the global powers, Western institutions, and international social media platforms are influencing South Asian politics. Following the dramatic demonstrations…

Poonam Sharma The current warming of relations between Pakistan and the United States has brought long-standing controversies in diplomatic circles to the fore, causing alarm as well as interest. The world has, over several decades,…

Poonam Sharma In recent years, Canada has been forced to confront an uncomfortable and escalating reality: the systematic targeting of Christian places of worship. With 113 churches either burned to the ground or vandalized across the…

Poonam Sharma The release of The Bengal Files, the latest film by Vivek Agnihotri and Pallavi Joshi, has sparked a political and cultural storm. While the film has been cleared for release across India, the West Bengal government has…

Poonam Sharma In the politics and economics of the present day, city life itself is now an experiment. Surveillance systems, drones, and street-level control are remaking societies in ways that feel less like freedom and more like being…

Poonam Sharma The Indian government has made a clear move to tighten up its immigration and border security system. The Ministry of Home Affairs, headed by Home Minister Amit Shah, issued a new notification invoking the Immigration and…

Poonam Sharma For centuries, India’s education system was shaped less to empower minds than to condition them. Colonial rulers dismantled vibrant traditions—from Nalanda to Gurukuls—and replaced them with rigid syllabi that glorified…

Poonam Sharma To the untrained eye, the photographs appeared to be surreal. Cambodian Buddhist monks—tens of thousands—walking in the streets with signs, praying in favor of Donald Trump winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Tales even went so far…