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Internal Security
Development and Extremism: The Two-Way Street
How underdevelopment breeds extremism, how extremism destroys development, and what roads, banking, accords and justice have changed across LWE, the North-East and J and K.
1 October 2026 · 6 min read
Post-Independence India
National Integration: Holding a Union of Many Nations Together
India drew its map by 1975 - but winning Kashmir, Punjab, the Northeast and the tribal heartland took accords, statehood and patience. How national integration actually happened, and where it is still being negotiated.
30 September 2026 · 20 min read
International Relations
India-ASEAN relations: Act East in Southeast Asia
From Look East (1991) to Act East (2014): $122 billion trade, the first ASEAN-India maritime exercise, the RCEP exit, connectivity corridors and the Indonesia anchor.
30 September 2026 · 9 min read
Internal Security
Fractured Frontiers: North-East Insurgency and Separatism
State-wise histories of North-East insurgency, the Chicken's Neck, a decade of peace accords, AFSPA's calibrated rollback, and the Khalistan movement's rise, measures and implications.
29 September 2026 · 35 min read
Geography
Why Industries Sit Where They Sit: Weber's Logic, Indian Steel and the Corridor Map
From Weber's least-cost triangle to the 4:2:1 recipe of Indian steel plants and the new industrial corridors, this is the complete industrial geography UPSC keeps testing.
27 September 2026 · 44 min read
International Relations
Neighbourhood First, Act East, SAGAR: India's regional doctrines
Three doctrines, one logic: secure the immediate neighbourhood, engage the wider east, and anchor the Indian Ocean. The 5S framework, the Look East to Act East shift, and SAGAR's upgrade to MAHASAGAR.
27 September 2026 · 21 min read
International Relations
India-Myanmar: the gateway in turmoil
Act East's land bridge in a civil war: Kaladan and the Trilateral Highway, the Free Movement Regime call, refugees and the junta-engagement dilemma.
27 September 2026 · 14 min read
Polity
Fifth and Sixth Schedules: Governing India's Tribal Areas
Two constitutional regimes for tribal India: the Fifth Schedule's gubernatorial guardianship across ten states and the Sixth Schedule's autonomous councils in the north-east, plus PESA and the Ladakh question.
27 September 2026 · 30 min read