Comedy is an interdisciplinary and most favoured medium of entertainment for people of all ages. The comedy genre ranges from cartoons and movies favoured by children to the adults’ choice of late-night shows, movies and programs. Nowadays, the most popular shows among them are stand-up comedies. This style of the…

“Geography legitimates, excuses, rationalizes, in its very act of origination.” Modern geography, from its very inceptions, formed part of the knowledge and practices attendant to colonialism that aimed to objectify and classify the territories and bodies by deploying an impulse to chart, names, and map. It helped produce improved cartography…

What ails South Asian region? 12 September 2020 Manish Jung Pulami Since the independence of many South Asian states, international relations in South Asia have been characterized by common suspicion, unfriendly relations, and, at times, open conflict (Razvi, 2008). The reasons for conflict in South Asia can be characterized by acute security lenses. Though most…

10 September 2020 Manish Jung Pulami As the pandemic takes grip of the world, we are looking at a new world order with more hostility, rather than tranquillity. A new world order, where the sovereign states are violating most of the ideals of a globalised world, has impacted the South…

Published on: September 16, 2020 The COVID-19 response is premised on physical and social distancing, which are two different concepts, with physical distancing not essentially precluding social connectedness, while social distancing unavoidably presumes disconnectedness. …

Natural Impediments to Harmony in South Asia 8 September 2020 Manish Jung Pulami he South Asian geography extends from the southern part of the Indian Ocean, and the main boundaries of South Asia are the Indian Ocean, the Himalayas, and Iran. The Arabian Sea borders Pakistan and India to the west, and the Bay of Bengal borders…

BY MANISH JUNG PULAMI · 25TH JULY 2020 Image source: SCMP “Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. …

Published on: July 24, 2020 The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic over coronavirus causing an illness known as COVID-19 which has spread to all the countries of the world. The novel coronavirus outbreak originated in Wuhan, China in December 2019. More than 14.8 million coronavirus cases have been…

21 July 2020 Manish Jung Pulami India and Nepal have a profound relationship, but the relationship is characterized by ebb and flow. In recent times, this bond has felt shocks in the form of border disputes and both the states cannot afford this shock to continue long. …