Aniba Junaid

@aniba-junaid

Currently pursuing a Masters degree in Political Science from the University of Calcutta.

Should International Relations theorists stop reading Thucydides

Should International Relations theorists stop reading Thucydides

Therefore one can say that Thucydides was meticulous when he preached that global political clashes and concerns over security would be seen across time and ages. However, his rationalization of ‘might makes right’ or ‘the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must’ is with which Thucydides has been mostly rightly weighed down upon and critiqued for.

Has Iqbal’s Pan Islamism done India more harm than good?

Has Iqbal’s Pan Islamism done India more harm than good?

Iqbal’s Pan Islamism didn’t support hatred towards the Hindus, nor did it aim to promote ill feelings towards the other communities residing in India. However, Iqbal’s love for an Islamic state brought him to a crossroads where he had to choose between a secular nation intertwined with unity and diversity on the one hand and an Islamic state on the other.

Has the Indian secularism lost its face already?

Has the Indian secularism lost its face already?

The need for literate-ness regarding secularism, and in particular to understand its Indian version, has become urgent since the arrival of the Hindutva-politics and its claim to be the safeguard of secularism in India, dubbing its alternatives as “pseudo-secularism”. The Modi regime is electorally well established, but its roots shake when its grasp on secular…