Where Empire and Market Meet: The Hidden Cost of Geopolitics on India’s Artisans
In the once-packed streets of Surat, Gujarat, the dissonance of polishing machines and voices has lulled to a halt. A sign of life in the streets of the diamond...
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Constructing Sovereignty through Strategic Narratives: A Constructivist Analysis of India’s and China’s Discursive Claims over Arunachal Pradesh
Introduction The region of Arunachal, a sparsely populated Himalayan borderland, had long eluded the firm control of any pre-modern state. Only in 1912-13 did B...
Mga Wikang Pambansa, राीय भाषाएँ: Constitutional Language Policy and Postcolonial Nation-Building in the Philippines and India
“Ang hindi marunong magmahal sa sariling wika ay higit sa hayop at malansang isda.” —José P. Rizal One who does not love one’s own language is ...
Regional Cooperation in Global South Asia: A Neighborhood Vision
“Many of the concepts and theories regarding South Asian relations analyzing the problems of South Asia broke down when examined regarding their adequacy to rea...
Clearing the Air: India’s Fight Against Pollution and the Rise of Emissions Markets
In November 2024, Delhi once again earned the unenviable title of the world’s most polluted city. As is routine by now, the winter months in the Indian capital ...
1st Place — The State in the Salt Marsh: The Conception, Construction, & Conquest of the Rann of Kutch
Introduction In 1965, India and Pakistan fought a four-day war over a patch of salty, barren territorypopulated by greater numbers of wild asses than men. In th...
India’s Tibet Policy: Empowering the Snow Lion to Stand Up to the Dragon
This essay won 2nd Place in the 2024 YRIS High School Essay Contest for its response to the following prompt: “Evaluate an example of a fore...
The Flow of Diplomacy: Lessons from the Indus Water Treaty
This essay won 3rd place in the 2024 YRIS High School Essay Contest for its response to the following prompt: “Evaluate an example of a fore...
A Diaspora Dilemma: The Separatist Movement Affecting Relations between India, Canada, and the United States
In September, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an announcement that sent shockwaves through international politics: he accused the government of Indi...
Executive Control of Institutions: The Path between Independence against Opacity
In a speech delivered in November, Indian Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, who is tasked with overseeing the judiciary, called the body’s so-called “Collegium” ...