Jayanta Roy Chowdhury

1 week ago | financialexpress.com | Jayanta Roy Chowdhury

By Jayanta Roy ChowdhuryAmidst the drama of a tense power struggle between Bangladesh’s interim government and the army and multiple political and humanitarian crises, the former South Asian “tiger economy” is experiencing a continued economic meltdown. For India, its nearest neighbour, both the political crisis and the economic disaster in the making can have huge repercussions which need to be understood and managed in New Delhi’s own self-interest.

3 weeks ago | thesecretariat.in | Jayanta Roy Chowdhury

The underground test at Pokhran (also spelt as Pokaran), in the middle of the Thar desert, was as much a statement of scientific autonomy, as it was a geopolitical manoeuvre. The nuclear experiment at 8.30 am, officially described as a “peaceful nuclear explosion”, was overseen by scientists and Army personnel and camouflaged in a shroud of mystery till it actually took place.

3 weeks ago | freepressjournal.in | Jayanta Roy Chowdhury

Even as the world’s eyes remained riveted on the India-Pakistan conflict last week, three significant developments have reshaped Bangladesh’s political landscape—each more consequential than the other. Last Saturday, the Bangladesh government banned the Awami League—the party that led the nation’s liberation struggle in 1971 and which has governed the country for nearly half of its five-and-half decades of existence.

1 month ago | thesecretariat.in | Jayanta Roy Chowdhury

While both countries started with similar colonial legacies of Parliamentary democracies and agrarian-based economies, today India stands as the world’s largest functional democracy and one of the fastest-growing major economies in the globe, whereas Pakistan remains a land where the military’s writ runs and the nation iitself continues to struggle with recurring crises. Nevertheless, both nations possess a mix of strengths and weaknesses that have defined their political and economic destinies.

1 month ago | freepressjournal.in | Jayanta Roy Chowdhury

In the aftermath of the cold-blooded massacre of tourists in Pahalgam by terrorists owing allegiance to a Lashkar-e-Toiba affiliate, both India and Pakistan targeted long-standing treaties which govern river flows and the effective border between the two countries. This “tearing up of treaties” went down well with nationalists on either side and added to the war rhetoric.