Amit Ranjan

After winning majority number of seats in the 2014 general elections of India, the then Prime Minister designate, Narendra Modi, sent an invitation to the heads of states from member countries of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) as well as Mauritius to attend his swearing-in ceremony in New Delhi. The invitation was […]

After a remark made by Boutros-Boutros Ghali, the former Secretary General of the United Nations that water was going to be the reason for the third world war, many officials and scholars started chanting this mantra at various forums. It is certain that water is going to be a source for conflicts between the co-riparian, […]

Are peace and Afghanistan two conflicting concepts? Is it really lunacy to think of peace and Afghanistan simultaneously? During the Taliban era (1996-2001), Afghanistan might have experienced peace but that was under a regime that tried to imitate the medieval age. The question is, does Afghanistan feel contented with (replicating) the medieval age? Do peace […]

In international politics, modern nation-states act rationally and more so, if they are super, global, or regional powers. Looking at the behaviour of the two South Asian states and regional powers — India and Pakistan — it can be concluded that they are neither rational actors nor responsible powers. The whole region is disturbed. The […]

After going through many articles on the forthcoming general elections in Pakistan, I have been self-guided to write the second part of my article published in Daily Times (“Democracy in Pakistan”) on March 28, 2013.This is not a response to any particular article; rather, it is an extension of my own opinion. In many articles, […]

In the words of George Orwell, a sport is war minus the shooting. This categorically applies to cricket between India and Pakistan. Since the partition of India in 1947, the two states are, in the words of T V Paul, “enduring rivals”, and have compelled their citizens willingly or non-willingly to accept it. Their rivalry […]

According to media reports in India, Bihar’s chief-minister, Nitish Kumar along with a few members of his party and government will be paying a visit to Pakistan in November 2012. Prior to him, Lalu Prasad Yadav, the former chief minister of Bihar and political rival of Nitish Kumar, visited Pakistan in 2003. As usual, he, […]

During her recent visit to the United States of America, Pakistan’s foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar in her talk to a prominent American think tank said that there was a need to change the “mindset” and “negative narratives” to resolve bilateral problems between India and Pakistan. This sounds encouraging and is a positive gesture by […]

In his eight years of prime ministership, Dr Manmohan Singh has visited almost all important countries except Pakistan, which is the most important country from any point of view for India. During the successful visit by the Indian foreign minister, S M Krishna to Islamabad in September 2012, Pakistan once again extended an invitation to […]

The much awaited and anticipated visit of Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani to India took place in the last week of April, though he had earlier met Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on the sidelines of multilateral forums. During their meeting, Ghani reiterated his resolve to weed out terrorism from Afghanistan and India assured […]