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Religion :Freedom, Limits, and State Responsibility
Poonam Sharma
Article 25 of the Indian Constitution guarantees every citizen the freedom to profess, practise, and propagate religion, subject to public order, morality, and health. This balance is deliberate. It neither permits unchecked…
Bangladesh’s Election Math Changes With Tarique Rahman Back in Dhaka
By Poonam Sharma
After seventeen years in self-imposed exile, Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), returned to Dhaka on Thursday, December 25, 2025. His arrival at Hazrat Shahjalal International…
Lawyer as Nation-Builder: CJI Surya Kant’s Vision
Poonam Sharma
The legal profession has long been viewed through the lens of courtroom battles, intricate filings, and billable hours. However, during the 7th Convocation Ceremony of the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL) in…
Social Media Influencers: the Battle for India’s Digital Conscience
Poonam Sharma
Social media today is no longer a casual pastime or a digital escape. It has transformed into one of the most powerful mass movements of the modern age. A simple smartphone, once meant only for calls and messages, has become…
Guwahati: Protest Against Atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh
GG News Bureau
Assam,Guwahati 24th December : A powerful protest was held on Wednesday at Lal Ganesh Tiniali in Guwahati against the continuing atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh. The demonstration was jointly organized by the Guwahati…
Rising Storm in South Asia: Manufactured Second Front
Poonam Sharma
Right now, India and Pakistan are once again pouring petrol on the water issue. What happened overnight was extremely intense—many developments took place. At the same time, the issue in Bangladesh that social media and…
A Transactional Turn in American Middle East Policy
Poonam Sharma
President Donald Trump’s second administration has launched an unconventional recalibration of United States policy in the Middle East, one that deliberately departs from the long arc of military-heavy interventionism that…
Bangladesh, Political Islam, and India’s Strategic Blind Spot
Poonam Sharma
India today faces the possibility of a multi-front security challenge—China on one axis, Pakistan on another, internal destabilisation within its borders, and a rapidly deteriorating situation in Bangladesh. Yet among these,…
A Nation on Edge After a Killing
Poonam Sharma
Bangladesh today finds itself trapped in a familiar but dangerous cycle—violence followed by outrage, outrage followed by political mobilisation, and mobilisation dissolving into factional chaos. The killing of Usman Hadi was…
Swami Shraddhananda: The Martyr of Hindu Renaissance
Poonam Sharma
History often remembers kings and conquerors, but it is sustained by those who chose conscience over comfort. Swami Shraddhananda was one such figure—fearless, uncompromising, and deeply humane. His life was not defined by…