great derangement Courtesy: Allen Lane
27 September 2016

The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable

An obsession with the narrow and the personal has prevented us from integrating climate change into the literature of our time. In his latest work, Amitav Ghosh forces us to confront the realities of ecological decay by examining how climate change is dealt with in fiction and in politics.

farc peace Courtesy: Cubasi
25 September 2016

Colombia and FARC: peace at last?

The Colombian government will sign a final and comprehensive peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces, a national guerrilla movement, on September 26. This is momentous, bringing to a close an insurgency that has inflicted widespread bloodshed and displacement. But making reparation may take an unpredictable course

The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shri Arun Jaitley delivering the valedictory address at the Conference on “International Arbitration in BRICS: Challenges, Opportunities and Road ahead”, in New Delhi on August 27, 2016.
	The Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Shri Shaktikanta Das is also seen. Courtesy: IBG News
22 September 2016

India: an arbitration hub?

India’s goal of establishing arbitration centres for BRICS nations will not be possible without a holistic assessment of its arbitration policy.