between the two countries have been by-and-large cordial, but occasionally not devoid of irritants. India is Sri Lankaâ … times conflicting with each other. India has always stood by Sri Lanka and time-and-again reiterated its unambiguous support …

war against the LTTE (the Tamil Tigers) by neutralising India on the one hand and gaining military assistance from … how Sri Lanka managed to use FTAs to neutralise India and obtain military assistance from Pakistan using its FTAs with two … Lanka's two FTAs with its big rival neighbours (India and Pakistan), the FTAs helped Sri Lanka to successfully execute the …

the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). If the UN Human Rights Council could hold a Special Session on the situation …

a key role in the war between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which raged … diaspora. Although some of the rivalling gangs have been cast as pro- and anti-LTTE, gang violence cannot be interpreted as a … for respect, riches and heroism, employing a mixture of references to gang culture and the LTTE and building on both …

India’s rapid economic growth over the last decade has been coupled with a Maoist insurgency that competes with the … state for rural allegiance. In response to the threat, the Government of India has securitized development, using public … iron and coal mines that drive India’s growth. This study aims to address the lack of local-level analysis and the lack of …

This article attempts a comparative study of India’s troubled borderlands, that is, Kashmir and the Northeast region …, and as a result, conflicts exist at many different levels. However, the ethnic scenario in Kashmir is compounded by …

For plural societies like India, the only workable strategy of nation building is to provide all segments of society … influences, was broadly drawn on accommodationist lines. As a matter of policy, India adopted cultural pluralism rather than an … consensus in India about using special provisions/autonomy as a strategy of nation building or as a mechanism of problem solving …

world. It focuses on the Punjab, a geo-politically important state on India’s north-western frontier with Pakistan. Punjab … Punjab, and more generally to the analysis of regional economic development in federally organised states in the developing … population. The state comprises 2 per cent of India’s population and a lower proportion of its land area, yet it provides 60 …

‘What has been the quality of jobs generated by Punjab’s urban unorganised establishments in an era of globalisation …