Outlook’s new issue, Gated Neighbourhood, goes behind the barricades of diplomacy, media spectacle, and statecraft to ask urgent questions.
India’s attack on the terror camps in Pakistan was a much-needed response to show zero tolerance for terrorism. India’s willingness for a ceasefire is also a good response. What’s not good is the propaganda and the silencing of those who have valid questions and opinions.
India needs to draw the red line on issues of national interest even at the cost of displeasing a temperamental American president
The Indian media is out of control. Its harmful consequences on Indian society will be felt as it eliminates the existence of an informed and public minded citizenry
Post the India-Pakistan ceasefire, a fragile hush hangs heavy over Kashmir’s border towns
India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed neighbours separated by one of the world’s most militarised borders, have cycled through decades of conflict, diplomacy, and ceasefire agreements, from the 1949 Karachi Agreement to the 2025 de-escalation following the Pahalgam terror attack.
Wars with Myanmar and Bangladesh are unlikely, but political uncertainties at the trijunction of South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia increase India’s border security challenges, as China makes measured moves to gain strategic ground
The three pillars of our new policy against terrorism—what they entail and the future challenges
While India is expanding its foreign service to reflect its evolving role in the world order, it continues to be dwarfed by the diplomatic missions of China and other countries in both size and skill
The Indus Waters Treaty’s blatantly unfair division of water, climate change and upstream actions by China are valid reasons for India to abrogate it or keep it in abeyance
India’s attack on the terror camps in Pakistan was a much-needed response to show zero tolerance for terrorism. India’s willingness for a ceasefire is also a good response. What’s not good is the propaganda and the silencing of those who have valid questions and opinions.
India needs to draw the red line on issues of national interest even at the cost of displeasing a temperamental American president
The Indian media is out of control. Its harmful consequences on Indian society will be felt as it eliminates the existence of an informed and public minded citizenry
Post the India-Pakistan ceasefire, a fragile hush hangs heavy over Kashmir’s border towns
India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed neighbours separated by one of the world’s most militarised borders, have cycled through decades of conflict, diplomacy, and ceasefire agreements, from the 1949 Karachi Agreement to the 2025 de-escalation following the Pahalgam terror attack.
Wars with Myanmar and Bangladesh are unlikely, but political uncertainties at the trijunction of South Asia, Southeast Asia and East Asia increase India’s border security challenges, as China makes measured moves to gain strategic ground
The three pillars of our new policy against terrorism—what they entail and the future challenges
While India is expanding its foreign service to reflect its evolving role in the world order, it continues to be dwarfed by the diplomatic missions of China and other countries in both size and skill
The Indus Waters Treaty’s blatantly unfair division of water, climate change and upstream actions by China are valid reasons for India to abrogate it or keep it in abeyance
Increasing unrest between India and Pakistan will affect Nepal badly
Operation Sindoor wasn’t just a military episode—it was a mirror held up to the nation, in which it saw trolls
Being surrounded by non-friendly nations makes India more vulnerable to being dependent on the US and the West to counter the China-Pakistan axis. What we need is a robust foreign policy and long-term strategic planning
India’s relationships with most of its neighbours are far from warm and friendly today
Loyalty of the extremely backward among the “backwards” or the “maha” Dalit among the Dalits—that’s the crux of the upcoming elections in Bihar
Electoral compulsions have forced the BJP to conduct the caste census
The Hindi film industry isn’t dead, nor is it dying. But it could definitely do with a reset
Set in the heart of Lutyens’ Delhi, Arunima Tenzin Tara’s debut novel delves into the macabre horrors of patriarchy
V.D. Savarkar is everywhere—in and outside the Andaman Cellular Jail—while the contributions of other revolutionaries who were imprisoned there receive little attention
What do people straining at the leash for war with Pakistan really want? What do they envisage an Indian victory over Pakistan to be like?
