New Delhi’s worries of a potential Chinese base in the Maldives’ have reduced after the electoral win of the Ibrahim Solih-led Government. But. a former Home Minister under the previous regime questions whether the Maldives’ has given in to India’s strategic need for a military presence on the archipelago. Umar Naseer spoke to SNI’s Associate Editor Amitabh P Revi on whether his country should have kicked the gift horse of India helicopters in its mouth.
Enthusiasts think BRICS is taking on the US-led West. Critics think it is just a weak wannabe. In reality, BRICS is undergirding the new global order that will bring together friends and foes alike. A Deep Analysis by Drishtikone.
Swami Dhirendra Shastri called for a meat-free Navratri in Bengal. Parties answered by invoking Shakta tradition. A restricted rite, stripped of its disciplines, has become “culture”, and Bengal uses its first taste of political freedom in decades to flaunt the very decay that helped undo it.
