Pakistan is almost entirely absent from India’s strategic discourse in the contemporary moment. Indian interlocutors mention this absence occasionally — either with modest lament or more often with some pride, depending on their strategic worldview. Virtually no Indian strategic analyst believes Pakistan is on “India’s level” in world politics. Some say with confidence that India … Read more
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Advertisement The Narendra Modi government seems to be hastening the “slow death” of India’s Right to Information Act (RTI) of 2005, which once gave hope to millions of Indians regarding transparency and accountability in governmental and administrative work. Recently, the Indian Cabinet gave its nod to the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill to be placed … Read more