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Hamsini Hariharan
Jan 27, 20202 min read
Ushering in the Year of the Rat
A peek into Chinese Spring Festival and traditions
Hamsini Hariharan
Jan 20, 20202 min read
Can India compete with China?
Without an economy that does well, India will find it difficult to project itself as a country in the same league as China. After all, no on
Hamsini Hariharan
Jan 13, 20203 min read
'Wan Wan' is at home in herself
Taiwan’s highest voter turnout chose to re-elect Tsai Ing-wen who still needs innovative policies for the next five years.
Hamsini Hariharan
Jan 6, 20203 min read
Old Relationships, New Milestones
As we celebrate seventy years of Sino-Indian relations in 2020, it is good to remember the words of KM Pannikar, India’s first ambassador to
Hamsini Hariharan
Dec 30, 20192 min read
Everyone wants a Beijing Hukou
China’s reform of the hukou system has to extend to providing better public services in rural areas.
Hamsini Hariharan
Dec 23, 20192 min read
Lessons from a 100-year-old students' protest
The May Fourth Movement should remind us that universities do not manufacture outrage but lead it.
Hamsini Hariharan
Dec 16, 20193 min read
How China is reclaiming its artworks
For China, repatriation of Chinese art has become a low-level foreign policy issue.
Hamsini Hariharan
Dec 10, 20193 min read
How China keeps its streets safe for women
In China, issues of public safety are not law and order problems like they are in India.
Hamsini Hariharan
Dec 3, 20193 min read
A Constitution without constitutionalism
As China celebrates its Constitution Day on 04 December, it is important to ask if law transcends politics.
Hamsini Hariharan
Nov 25, 20193 min read
Combating air pollution in New Delhi with Chinese caveats
Beijing does have a lot of pollution-combat lessons for New Delhi, particularly with regards to monitoring and cutting vehicular emissions.
Hamsini Hariharan
Oct 30, 20194 min read
Book Review: Out of China: How the Chinese Ended the Era of Western Domination by Robert Bickers.
This book review first appeared in The Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs 2019 (Winter Edition).
Hamsini Hariharan
Oct 11, 20193 min read
Can the Wuhan spirit guide the Mamallapuram meet?
As Xi Jinping visits South India, border issues should not be allowed to dominate the discourse.
Hamsini Hariharan
Sep 30, 20194 min read
What India Can Learn From China
In India, the Chinese experience is spoken about in tones of awe, forgetting the very context in which some of those policies were enacted.
Hamsini Hariharan
Mar 26, 20196 min read
Gender: Here Comes the Womanifesto!
This section of the Pragati Manifesto outlines how to make life better for women. To start with, strike down some horrendous laws.
Hamsini Hariharan
Feb 12, 20193 min read
The Exotic Life of a Diplomat
The Ambassador’s Club is an important scholarly work and a great read for anyone interested in Indian foreign policy.
Hamsini Hariharan
Nov 29, 20181 min read
10 Years Later: The 26/11 Attacks
This is Episode 71 of The Pragati Podcast hosted by Hamsini Hariharan and Pavan Srinath. It has been 10 years since the 2008 Terrorist...
Hamsini Hariharan
Nov 27, 20184 min read
The Seas of Citizenship
Crossing the Bay of Bengal uses the sea as a lens to study nationalism and migration. It paves the path for new approaches to political phen
Hamsini Hariharan
Oct 10, 20184 min read
A Crimson Red Balancing Act
An explainer on foreign policy using lessons from popular culture. In Installment 4, Balance of Power runs through Chekka Chivantha Vaanam.
Hamsini Hariharan
Oct 3, 20183 min read
The Weak Are Meat and the Strong Do Eat
An explainer on foreign policy using lessons from popular culture. In Installment 3, Hugo Weaving explains how Power works in the internatio
Hamsini Hariharan
Oct 1, 20181 min read
Metrics of Empowerment
This is Episode 88 of The Seen and the Unseen, the weekly podcast hosted by Amit Varma. The lives of women in India must be gradually...
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