Articles - Chintan

Articles, Law, Security & Strategy

The Symbolic War

February 19, 2026

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6 minutes

The recent dismantling of Maoist memorials by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), in coordination with state police units, marks more than a tactical action - it represents a strategic inflection point in India’s long campaign against Left-Wing Extremism.

Articles, Law, Policy, Public Policy

Reservation Debate Needs Compassion and Rationality

Sandhya Jain

February 17, 2026

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10 minutes

Author argues that the drastic lowering of NEET PG qualifying percentiles exposes a widening gap between academic benchmarks and admission outcomes in medical education.

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The Chinese Philosophy of an Equal and Orderly Multipolar World Order

WANG Yiwei

February 16, 2026

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8 minutes

The author argues that western multilateralism is an order led by the United States and the West, based on alliance systems and characterised by value exclusivity.

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The Chinese Philosophy of an Equal and Orderly Multipolar World Order

WANG Yiwei

February 13, 2026

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7 minutes

The author argues that western multilateralism is an order led by the United States and the West, based on alliance systems and characterised by value exclusivity.

Articles, Culture & Society, Politics

Decolonising the Caste ‘Ghost’

Neera Misra

February 9, 2026

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11 minutes

The Supreme Court’s stay on the UGC rules exposes how contemporary policy debates are reactivating deep social fault lines, particularly between Savarna and SC/ST/OBC students, threatening national cohesion at a critical developmental juncture.

Articles, Diplomacy, Economics, Security & Strategy

Multipolarity in Practice: What India–Europe Convergence Reveals

Kamal Madishetty

February 6, 2026

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7 minutes

India–EU relations today embody multipolarity as a pattern of behaviour, defined by selective coordination and strategic autonomy rather than formal alignment.

Articles, Diplomacy

Democracy and Geopolitics In A Competitive World Order

Rajan Kumar Mishra

February 4, 2026

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8 minutes

The author argues that economic shocks generated by geopolitical tensions erode public trust and amplify populist demands for order over accountability.

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India’s Rise as a Stabilising Power in the Middle East

Sumeer Bhasin

February 4, 2026

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9 minutes

The author argues that the United States’ shift toward selective, crisis-driven engagement has not created a security vacuum in West Asia but an enduring condition of strategic ambiguity.

Articles, Law

Quota Norms Deserve Scrutiny

Sandhya Jain

February 2, 2026

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12 minutes

The author argues that the Supreme Court’s stay reflects judicial unease with regulatory overreach that may entrench caste identities instead of transcending them within higher education.

Articles, Economics, Politics, Security & Strategy

Kashmir politics: hypocrisy of secularism

K N Pandita

January 29, 2026

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8 minutes

The author argues that the patronage extended to the Rohingya during the PDP-BJP coalition period exposed contradictions between professed secularism and ground-level political practices.