First Brexit made me feel an outsider in Britain. Now Covid-19 has made me feel unwanted in India

Recent events have reminded me that flags and borders are nationalism’s favourite toys.

Somnath Batabyal

· Mar 03, 2021 · 06:30 pm

The costs of a cold war: India and China enter a punishing stalemate on the LAC this winter

Both countries need to imagine alternative solutions to the border conflict.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Sep 27, 2020 · 09:00 am

Five questions for the Indian government after Modi claims there had been no Chinese intrusion

Is Modi saying that the External Affairs Ministry statement about Chinese trying to build a structure on the Indian side of the LAC is false?

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Jun 19, 2020 · 10:36 pm

Territoriality amidst Covid-19: A primer to the Lipu Lek conflict between India and Nepal

On Monday, Nepal’s Cabinet decided to approve a new map which showed the country’s territory including a 335 sq km strip north of Kumaon.

Kanak Mani Dixit

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Tika P Dhakal

· May 19, 2020 · 06:30 am

Killing of BSF jawan by Bangladesh troops is an aberration – but points to lacunae India must fix

India must ensure that its troops know the border like the back of their hands, and also develop soft skills to defuse tension.

Sanjiv Krishan Sood

· Oct 27, 2019 · 10:30 am

The horrors at US detention centres for migrant children are haunting even some Border Patrol agents

In the frontline of Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration, some agents have been forced to accept conditions in holding camps as normal, even appropriate.

Ginger Thompson, ProPublica

· Jul 21, 2019 · 01:30 pm

How seven displaced families with Rs 1,500 built Latoo, a border village in Jammu and Kashmir

Dislocated and displaced several times after Partition, the residents of Latoo have learned an invaluable lesson: to survive you need to be self-reliant.

Asmita Bakshi

· Dec 03, 2018 · 11:30 am

How passports evolved to help governments regulate the movement of people

In the backdrop of the US reportedly denying passports to citizens living near the Mexico border, a lesson in history.

John Torpey, The Conversation

· Sep 14, 2018 · 11:30 pm

The curious case of pillar 81: Why Manipur is suddenly debating where its border with Myanmar falls

Senior official claims a pillar demarcating the boundary has been moved inside Indian territory, but government says it hasn’t. What’s the reality?

Arunabh Saikia

· Jul 14, 2018 · 09:00 am

On the fence: Fluid and ever changing, the Indo-Bangladesh border defies the idea of a neat boundary

The BJP has made the completion of the border fence a test of its strength.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Jan 20, 2018 · 07:30 am

Watch: Nepali and Indian villages are caught in a tussle over caterpillar fungus

The yarsagumba, which grows in the high Himalayas, is used in traditional medicine, especially as an aphrodisiac.

Omair Ahmad

· Jun 16, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Three times when favourable ICJ verdicts could not save the lives of people on death row

India still has some way to go before it saves Kulbhushan Jadhav.

Sagar Godbole

· May 12, 2017 · 10:30 am