IDR Blog
Hunted in Jungles like Animals
What shall people do when they can’t eat enough, sustain their families, or share in the wealth on their land? The origin of the Naxal problem in India’s forest and mineral heartland goes back before partition. The local tribal populace – 70 million strong, known as Adivasis – meaning “original inhabitants”[1] – were tillers...
India First - States must engage in reviving nationalism
The challenges to India are numerous. The multi ethnic, multi cultural, multi linguistic expanse had given rise to the slogan of ‘Unity in Diversity’ but we have hardly shown any acumen in managing social change over the last decade. 28.7 crore people cannot read. India stands at 94th position in corruption perception index, 136th in human...
Leadership Crisis in Afghan Taliban: Can India Exploit the Situation?
The sudden revelation by Afghan intelligence of death of Mullah Omar the revered and mythical leader of Afghan Taliban two years back has soured the Pakistani ball game of controlling Afghanistan by installing Afghan Taliban in a decision making mode in Afghan regime if not actually taking over the reins of power in Afghanistan. There is now...
Mechanism to combat the effects of ISIS in India
The article does not intend to show the dynamics of ISIS; rather it is a reflection on the psyche of the youth who are moving away from their friends and families and take risk to fly secretively from the country. If everything is good, then why, according to a First Post1 report, did the four Kalyan youths recruited by ISIS, including...
Pakistan’s terror game plan and India’s response
India has witnessed yet another vicious terror attack on its soil, planned and sponsored by evil forces based in Pakistan. There are many reasons pointing towards the choice of Dinanagar in District Gurdaspur, Punjab as a target for the attack. Pakistan is eager to exploit the feeling of disquiet in Punjab which is the result of bad...