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Kashmir in the Early-‘60s: Keeping Pro-Pakistan Elements at Bay
Neighbourhood | Domestic Politics and Governance Dec 23, 2025

Kashmir in the Early-‘60s: Keeping Pro-Pakistan Elements at Bay

After an uneasy truce brokered by Delhi with the amalgamation of the splinter Democratic National Conference (DNC), Prime Minister Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad again escalated tensions after the 1962 elections, cutting erstwhile DNC members down to size in the Cabinet and engaging with anti-India formations like ...

Beyond the Cap: Pathways to Reliable Funding for Rare Diseases in India
Healthcare Dec 10, 2025

Beyond the Cap: Pathways to Reliable Funding for Rare Diseases in India

This report examines how India can move from ad-hoc responses to a more reliable system for financing high-cost therapies for rare diseases. It reviews the policy and financing architecture being built around the National Policy for Rare Diseases (2021), including Central support, state responsibilities, tax ...

The Legal Basis for India’s Claim to Pakistan-Occupied Jammu & Kashmir
Neighbourhood Dec 02, 2025

The Legal Basis for India’s Claim to Pakistan-Occupied Jammu & Kashmir

The spate of calls from within India’s political establishment, led primarily by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, for integrating Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) raises the issue of the basis for India’s claim. This report highlights that the 1993 judgment of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir ...

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Rakhahari Chatterji

Rakhahari Chatterji

Professor in Political Science, Calcutta University (Retired 2008). Formerly Dean, Faculty of Arts, Calcutta University; Visiting Fellow in Political Science and Associate, Committee on South Asian Studies, University of Chicago; Visiting Fellow in Political Science at the University of Michigan ...

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Premesha Saha

Premesha Saha was a Fellow with ORF’s Strategic Studies Programme. Her research focuses on Southeast Asia, East Asia, Oceania and the emerging dynamics of the Indo-Pacific region. Premesha’s other research interests include: Indonesia’s maritime strategy, India and Southeast Asia, India’s ...

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