Ainnie Arif is a journalist covering diplomacy and international affairs with a South Asian lens. She focuses on how global events intersect with regional politics and local impact.
In a place they have lived and worked for years, can a single order upend their entire livelihood—raising doubts about their identity and the language they speak, inviting scrutiny, and fuelling a growing sense of uncertainty in the only home they have known for decades?
Long-lived border tensions between Thailand and Cambodia flare into deadly conflict once again, rooted in colonial-era map disputes and the contested ownership of sites like the Preah Vihear temple—raising fears of regional destabilization across Southeast Asia.
China’s mega dam on the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra reignites long-standing cross-border water tensions, raising alarms in India and Bangladesh over ecological and strategic impacts — a development that could strain the fragile recovery of Sino-Indian bilateral ties following the 2020 Galwan Valley clash.
Twelve accused, who are now acquitted, were from all walks of life—engineers, small business owners—and some of whom were once associated with SIMI. They will be released after nearly two decades behind bars.
As the world teeters on the edge, fractured by war, displacement has become the new normal. But what does it mean for those who seek refuge in a world that has already turned its back—where identity documents no longer offer protection, and borders deny their very right to exist?
Kumara K. died by suicide after allegedly falling victim to a digital arrest scam. Over the course of two weeks, he transferred a total of ₹11 lakh to a man identifying himself as Vikram Goswami.
Radhika's father fired five point-blank shots at his 25-year-old daughter over her tennis ambitions, shattering a family under the weight of taunts and patriarchal expectations from their community.
In a land where silence is both surrender and resistance, where a martyr to some is a traitor to others, decades-old events deny to fade into history and memories refuse to be buried, the past is never truly past.
Behind the numbers looms a stark paradox: in the world’s most populous nation, it is the southern states—long successful in reducing fertility—that now face losing their political power. Decades of demographic progress could ultimately erode their influence—an irony as profound as it is overlooked.
In the latest wave of demolitions in the capital, some residents have been rehabilitated, while others remain trapped in legal limbo, struggling to prove their status as legitimate citizens.
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