Education in pre-British Punjab
In my write up, ‘Indian Indigenous Education’, published in these pages on March 21, 2016, I tried to confront some popular stereotypes that Pre-British India was a land of illiterates…
State and government
State and government are two separate entities. In political science terminology, a state signifies the political organisation of society, while a government refers to those in authority. Consider first the…
State and government
State and government are two separate entities. In political science terminology, a state signifies the political organisation of society, while a government refers to those in authority. Consider first the…
Libya may become another Somalia if UN talks push fails – British envoy
If UN attempts to get peace talks going between rival Libyan factions fail, there is a risk of full-scale civil war which would pose a serious threat to Libya's neighbours…
EU wakes up to ‘Brexit’ nightmare after British vote
Europe wakes up to the cold certainty of an unprecedented British referendum on EU membership after David Cameron's election win, with two years of tough negotiations ahead to prevent a…
British indecision
Tomorrow’s British election has been billed as the most unpredictable contest in 70 years, notwithstanding the overwhelming expectation that it will yield yet another hung parliament. Back in 1945, the…
An EU agenda: keeping British in, Russians out, Germans down
The first secretary-general of Nato, Lord Ismay, once said the Western defence alliance was created "to keep the Americans in, the Russians out and the Germans down". The task facing…
Local self-government
The study by Dr Mohammad Mohabbat Khan of the Department of Public Administration, Dhaka University, on ‘the functioning of local government in Bangladesh’ stands good for most local self-governance in…
Party vs government
In India the established principles of the parliamentary system governing the relationship between the ruling party and its government in power have been subjected to great stress. A recent clash…
The making of HuT
IN January 2024, the British government labelled Hizb ut-Tahrir (HuT) as the 80th proscribed terrorist organisation, raising significant questions about balancing the protection of democratic institutions against subversive ideologies and…
