How does one celebrate India’s Independence? An exhibition of posters, pictures, cartoons, calendars, and memorabilia, celebrating India’s journey towards independence and after independence, including all the cataclysmic events that happened …
Jayanta Roy Chowdhury
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Thaw in Relationship: Tarique Meets Trivedi, RAW Chief Flies Down to Dhaka
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 3 minutes readIn what could prove to be a significant thaw in India-Bangladesh relations, two significant meetings took place in Bangladesh’s capital – firstly, Prime Minister Tariq Rahman met Indian High Commissioner …
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Sheikh Hasina Says She Will Return to Bangladesh Despite Threats to Her Life
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 7 minutes readIn an emotional speech, former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on August 5 that she is prepared to return to her country despite the possibility of being detained or …
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US To Hold Naval Exercise With Bangladesh, Sell Advanced Military Hardware, To Edge Out China
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 3 minutes readThe United States on August 4 announced that it would hold its next naval exercise CARAT in Bangladesh later this year in November. The crucial naval exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness …
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Bangladesh Offered a Place in US-India’s Pax Silica; Will Rahman Take the Bait?
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 3 minutes readBangladesh has been offered a place in the Pax Silica economic security architecture designed to reshape the global supply chains underpinning artificial intelligence, semiconductors and critical minerals, away from China. …
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Analysis: New Anti-Cheating Laws Will Help Clean the System, But Examination Reforms Should Also be Considered
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 5 minutes readTwo years after enacting the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, the Narendra Modi government has proposed sweeping amendments that substantially increase penalties for paper leaks, impose harsher sanctions …
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The BJP’s ‘Quick Fix’ Minister’s Exit Will Mean Different Outcomes to Different People
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 2 minutes readDharmendra Pradhan’s resignation will be seen as a loss for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), not only because Pradhan was a valued political leader who had the ability to could …
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China Looms Behind India’s Nuclear and Maritime Push with Australia
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 5 minutes readAs Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew into Australia on Wednesday, India’s high-stakes Indo-Pacific diplomacy jigsaw started falling into place, shaped by an increasingly familiar strategic reality, that of the unspoken …
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India Launches Op Amistad as Venezuela Quake Toll Rises
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 4 minutes readIndia has launched ‘Operation Amistad,’ dispatching a specialized paratrooper medical contingent to earthquake-stricken Venezuela as rescuers continued a frantic search for survivors beneath collapsed buildings and the death toll from …
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Bangladesh’s Balancing Act: Delhi or Beijing?
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 5 minutes readThe red-carpet welcome extended to Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in the Chinese port city of Dalian Monday night carried significance beyond diplomatic protocol. China is Bangladesh’s largest trading partner, …