Amit Baruah

Amit Baruah is a former diplomatic correspondent of The Hindu and foreign editor of Hindustan Times. He has reported from Delhi, Colombo, Islamabad, and Southeast Asia.

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The activist says people are looking for changes that will lead to something progressive.

Younger generations—both in the south and north—want to see change in politics: Ahilan Kadirgamar

The sociology professor and activist says the new government needs to meet the aspirations of not just the singular people, but minorities as well.

Posters of Anura Kumara Dissanayake on a wall in Jaffna.

Is Sri Lanka witnessing a shift in its ethnic politics?

For the first time, Tamil voters in northern Sri Lanka seem to back a Sinhalese president who promises to return their land and change old politics.

US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an election night event in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 6, 2024. Trump showed some signs of being reconciliatory soon after his victory, but whether these sentiments translate into policy remains to be seen.

Trump’s ‘Second Coming’ is no miracle

Democrats chased indictments and the approval of coastal elites, while working-class America turned to their tormentor-in-chief for salvation.

Home Minister Amit Shah at a temple ceremony in Salangpur, Gujarat on October 31.

India-Canada relations hit new low as allegations target Home Minister Amit Shah

Canada’s public accusation that Shah led a campaign targeting Sikh separatists has pushed once-friendly bilateral relations into open hostility. What’

Jacob says all of China’s foreign and security policies are based on strong domestic drivers and fundamentals.

There is a reality of a power differential, and these negotiations have been hard: Jabin T. Jacob

The Associate Professor discusses the current state of India-China relations, recent developments along the LAC, and their strategic implications.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with his elder brother and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, at a parliament session in Islamabad in March 2024. Their party, the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), along with their allies in the ruling coalition, have passed a constitutional amendment to alter the mechanism for appointing the Chief Justice of Pakistan.

Why Pakistan has tinkered with the Constitution to change how top judges are appointed

The ruling alliance rams through constitutional changes to control judicial appointments, creating a two-tier Supreme Court with the Army’s backing.

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on October 16, 2024. Trudeau recently made fresh allegations of Indian government agents being involved in “serious criminal activity” on Canadian soil.

India-Canada: Relations worsening with each passing day

Diplomatic war intensifies as both nations trade accusations of espionage and criminal activity, leading to expulsions and straining decades-old ties.

Can you have peace minus the people?: Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami, MLA, Kulgam, Kashmir

People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration spokesperson and MLA from Kulgam says the Centre has done everything to devalue the democratic process.

This mandate is against New Delhi’s unilateral changes in Jammu and Kashmir since 2019: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

The Hurriyat Conference Chairman says Article 370, Article 35A, statehood, land, etc. trumped the usual sadak, bijli, paani issues in this election.

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq says this election was a vote against the BJP and the policies of Narendra Modi’s government.

This mandate is against the unilateral changes initiated by New Delhi after 2019: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

The Hurriyat Conference Chairman says Article 370, Article 35A, statehood, land, etc. trumped the usual sadak, bijli, paani issues in this election.

Sunny day in Ganderbal, a constituency recently won by Omar Abdullah in the Assembly elections. Omar Abdullah’s comeback paints a picture of guarded optimism, with locals torn between hope for change and skepticism about the new government’s limited powers.

Kashmir’s guarded optimism

Omar Abdullah wins election, but can he fix jobs and inflation with less power?

A first-time voter shows his inked finger after voting in Udhampur during the final phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, October 1, 2024.

Kashmir’s first vote in a decade: Silent voices speak up

Long-time non-voters turned up at polls, changing the region’s power balance and surprising the old guard.

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