Ancient India's land ethic—reflected in Kautilya’s Arthashastra—balanced military, economic, and religious priorities to preserve vast elephant habitats, a legacy lost in China’s agrarian surge.
The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
Some of the fasts and protests by activists had positive results too. We must remember Prof G D Agrawal whose fast to stop dam projects in the Gangotri region led to PM Manmohan Singh setting up an EGOM headed by Shri Pranab Mukherjee. This EGOM then decided to withdraw all planned projects in the upper Gangotri region , for which the nation should be ever grateful.
Some of the fasts and protests by activists had positive results too. We must remember Prof G D Agrawal whose fast to stop dam projects in the Gangotri region led to PM Manmohan Singh setting up an EGOM headed by Shri Pranab Mukherjee. This EGOM then decided to withdraw all planned projects in the upper Gangotri region , for which the nation should be ever grateful.