Gated Neighbourhood: Outlook’s Next Issue on the State of Diplomacy, Media, and Democracy Post-Ceasefire
Outlook’s new issue, Gated Neighbourhood, goes behind the barricades of diplomacy, media spectacle, and statecraft to ask urgent questions.
Love Thy Neighbours
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.
Beyond the Ceasefire: What India’s Uneasy Dance with America Reveals
India needs to draw the red line on issues of national interest even at the cost of displeasing a temperamental American president
The Homey Taste Of Lies
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
India-Pakistan Ceasefire: Ground Reports From Kashmir’s Border Towns
Post the India-Pakistan ceasefire, a fragile hush hangs heavy over Kashmir’s border towns
India and Pakistan: A History of Escalation, Diplomacy, and Peace Agreements
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.
Unquiet On The Eastern Front: China’s Rise and the Fragile Trijunction at India’s Borders
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
Operation Sindoor: How India Rewrites Its War Doctrine
The three pillars of our new policy against terrorism—what they entail and the future challenges
India's Foreign Service Crisis: Big Dreams, Thin Cast
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
Indus Waters Treaty: Unfair And Outdated
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
Indo-Nepal Relations: The Blind Spots of South Asian Diplomacy
Increasing unrest between India and Pakistan will affect Nepal badly
Operation Sindoor: The Troll Tax
Operation Sindoor wasn’t just a military episode—it was a mirror held up to the nation, in which it saw trolls
Trapped by the Neighbourhood: India’s Strategic Autonomy and the New Logic of War
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
The Theatre of India's Foreign Policy Post Pahalgam
It has been a year since the Pahalgam attack - an incident which raised some pertinent questions on security, accountability, and retaliation in Kashmir. We are revisiting what we wrote then. India’s relationships with most of its neighbours are far from warm and friendly today
EBCs Are Emerging as Bihar’s Decisive Political Force
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
How OBC Discontent Is Forcing the BJP to Rethink the Caste Census
Electoral compulsions have forced the BJP to conduct the caste census
Bollywood Plays It Safe While South Indian Cinema Wins Audiences
The Hindi film industry isn’t dead, nor is it dying. But it could definitely do with a reset
Book Review| The Ex Daughters of Tolstoy House
Set in the heart of Lutyens’ Delhi, Arunima Tenzin Tara’s debut novel delves into the macabre horrors of patriarchy
Erased from History: How Bengal’s Freedom Fighters Are Being Sidelined at Andaman Cellular Jail
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
A Warmongers’ Diary| What Does War With Pakistan Really Mean?
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?