Pulind Samant

China’s dams on the Mekong mirror its grip on the Brahmaputra, forcing India into a battle of waters. Mekong is the mighty river that rises in Tibet, flows through the Mainland South-East Asia (MSEA), and supports the livelihood of 70 million people from the five nations that constitute the sub-region. It is larger than India’s Ganga, around 2000 kms longer, and ranks as the third largest of Asia, Ganga being the eleventh. The difference lies also in the fact that Mekong has been a...

Far from being foreign, Sanskrit is a civilisational inheritance woven deeply into Indonesia’s history, language and statecraft and deserves renewed academic recognition. This title may appear shocking for many, but the subsequent text may hopefully convince mostof them about the strength of the argument it presents throughout, to turn it into a case worthchasing. There is obviously a historical background that explains the beginning of the presenceof Sanskrit in Indonesia, which was almost...

As China tightens its grip over the South China Sea and America looks away, New Delhi must rethink how to remain a balancing force in Asia. Narendra Modi Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro When India embarked on its Look East policy in the early 1990s, and when the nation wasalmost immediately accommodated within the ASEAN framework as a dialogue partner, it waswidely commented upon as the ASEAN’...