ICS In The Media

Ashwini Deshpande

Covid’s impact, WFH has hit India’s women harder

‘What does being a homemaker and a mother really mean for the vast majority of Indian women? In an essay in The Atlantic last year, Helen Lewis‘

Deccan Chronicle
2 Jul 2021

Alka Acharya

How the Chinese Communist Party endures

‘In large measure it is due to the party’s ability to sum up the lessons of history and change course quite drastically, if required‘

The Hindu
1 Jul 2021

Hemant Adlakha

As ‘Ping Pong’ Diplomacy completes fifty years, ‘Diplomacy’ is missing in the US-China ties

‘During the past two hundred years, relations between China and the US/West have mostly been troubled and far from being smooth.‘

Modern Diplomacy
1 Jul 2021

Mahendra P Lama

Can Sikkim’s Centre of Excellence become a University by October 2021?

‘GANGTOK: The Centre of Excellence could become another University in Sikkim. The State government has been presented with a proposal for the Centre‘

EastMojo
24 Jun 2021

Siddiq Wahid

Modi meets Kashmir leaders 2 years after revoking region’s autonomy

‘Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, held talks with top Kashmiri politicians on Thursday to discuss restoring democracy‘

Financial Times
24 Jun 2021

Gautam Bambawale

Checkmate and Stalemate

‘It has been a year since 20 Indian soldiers made the ultimate sacrifice at Galwan, East Ladakh, to safeguard India's territorial integrity from Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)‘

Outlook
21 Jun 2021

Ashwini Deshpande

As India gets vaccinated, women are falling behind. We must mind this gap

‘The second wave of Covid-19 is finally slowing down after tearing through India with a ferocity that the country was tragically underprepared to handle.‘

The Indian Express
21 Jun 2021

Rama V Baru

See how rural India has been overrun by the pandemic’s second wave

‘There were no funeral pyres on June 10 at the Tavarekere mass crematorium, roughly 19 miles outside the South Indian city of Bengaluru‘

National Geographic
19 Jun 2021

Alka Acharya

What does the future of India-China ties look like? 8 experts speak

‘On 15 June 2020, India lost 20 soldiers at the Galwan river valley in Ladakh. While India and China have had several border standoffs since the 1962 India-China War, this was the first time, since 1975‘

The Print
16 Jun 2021

Amita Batra

Best of BS Opinion: Opportunities galore in the east, Covid crisis & more

‘India has faltered at multiple levels in the rollout of its vaccination programme. As a result, the pace is much lower than desired.‘

Business Standard
16 Jun 2021