It has been a rich couple of weeks for South Asia think tank watchers in Washington. This was prompted, of course, by the American government’s announcements that it was looking at ways…

The contemporary world order rests on the sovereignty of people and their rights. This order is known as Democratic order of governance in common parlance. The order came through Renaissance of Humanistic…

Marriage (Nikah) is highly recommended and much encouraged in the religion of Islam. Teacher of humankind Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) explicitly stated the importance of marriage in many hadith and even said ‘‘Marriage…

The last 20 years have seen a growing appetite for knowledge about Islam and Muslims among literati world over. Various theoretical, as well as tangible, reasons can be advanced for this curiosity.…

Instead of carrying forward the legacy of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s actions have seriously eroded the constituency for peace, dialogue and reconciliation in Jammu and Kashmir.…