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World History

After Empire: Neo-Colonialism and the Building of Europe, 1945 to Brexit

Nkrumah warned that flags could change while control stayed outside. Europe answered the same post-war ruins by pooling sovereignty. Loans, the CFA franc, Paris to Maastricht, and Brexit, in one post-war order story.

1 October 2026 · 17 min read

World History

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: The French Revolution That Refused to Die

The French Revolution invented the modern nation, popular sovereignty, and secularism, and exported them at bayonet point. Why 1789 still shapes democracy, human rights, and nationalism today.

27 September 2026 · 12 min read

Modern History

The Longest Law That Solved Nothing, and Built Everything

321 sections, 10 schedules, zero sovereignty: the 1935 Act sketched a federation that never existed, and still donated half its machinery to the Indian Constitution.

27 September 2026 · 24 min read

International Relations

India-Nepal: the closest neighbour under strain

Roti-beti ka rishta under stress: the 1950 treaty, the Kalapani map dispute, the 10,000 MW power deal and managing the sovereignty-sensitive neighbour.

27 September 2026 · 12 min read

Polity

NITI Aayog, the Finance Commission and the New Federal Architecture

The new federal architecture: why NITI Aayog replaced the Planning Commission in 2015, how the Finance Commission divides tax revenue, and the GST Council's shared sovereignty.

27 September 2026 · 29 min read