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India’s Population Explosion: Boon or Burden?

India formally overtook China at midnight on April 14, 2023, to rank as the most populous nation in the world. Although this was a historic event, it begged a pressing question: Is India ready to handle the possibilities and difficulties accompanying such a large population? India’s demographic narrative is about governance, planning, and the future […]

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The fight for the Fruit Basket of Pakistan

If someone believes India is Pakistan’s biggest enemy, they are mistaken. Decades ago, such a statement would have been dismissed as a joke, but today, Pakistan’s greatest challenge lies within its borders: the province of Balochistan. As Pakistan’s largest province, Balochistan seeks independence, and its ongoing conflict with the central government has escalated dramatically. In […]

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Chai, Chocolates, and Memory Mishaps: India’s Mandela Effect Mela

You’re at a family picnic, slathering Amul butter on a pav, when your uncle swears the Amul girl’s polka-dot dress was red, not blue. You laugh, picturing that iconic mascot, and bet your last vada pav it’s always been red too. Then you check an old ad—blue, always blue. What in the Bollywood blockbuster twist […]

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From Dravidian Dreams to Language Debates: Tracing a Century of Southern Defiance

Language is about identity, dignity, and power in a nation where dreams in many more and speaking in dozens of languages transcends simple communication. This is most clear nowhere than in the narrative of the Dravidian movement in South India and its echo in the continuous tug-of-war on India’s linguistic policy. Originally a protest against […]

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The European Union: Rising Influence on the Global Forum 

Rising in importance on the global scene in an increasingly complex international order defined by changing alliances, economic uncertainty, ecological emergency, and digital revolutions is the European Union (EU). Once mostly an economic bloc of post-war reconciliation, what is today a major force in world diplomacy, commerce, climate change leadership, digital governance, and security cooperation? […]

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The Great Realignment: How Global Relations Are Shifting in the 21st Century

Globally, relations are changing in the world like waves. From geopolitical alliances to economic powerhouses, the balance of power is changing at never-seen rates. Rising economies, regional alliances, and changing ideological frames threaten the conventional wisdom controlled by Western countries.  The Ascendancy of New Power Centres For much of the 20th century, the United States […]

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Those days of November in Mumbai

Mumbai is a city that never sleeps or stops, be it the heavy rains in monsoon or dealing with public adversities. This city and its people have always taught the world that one can rise from the worst situations and still thrive. Mumbai, born from seven islands stitched together by the British, grew into a […]

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From Blackboards to Budgets: Can India Educate Its Future?

India is a land of great aspirations and equally complicated problems. With 1.4 billion people, this nation is alive. Two-thirds of our population are under thirty-five; half of us are under twenty-five. Our future and indeed that of the world rests on whether we can help convert this demographic output into a dividend or will […]

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Why IIMUN August 2025 Is India’s Most Awaited Model United Nations Event 

Model United Nations India has grown remarkably from just 4 cities to over 220 cities nationwide over the last thirteen years. The organization started with 1000 students at Mumbai’s World Trade Center in 2012. Today, it has become a movement that affects hundreds of thousands of students across the country.  The 2025-2026 season will be […]

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Summarizing the Saudi Lebanon Tensions

-Aditi Goel   Lebanon is not Yemen, and Saudi Arabia has no borders with the country.   It all began when Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri unexpectedly resigned on Nov 4, saying in a televised speech from Saudi Arabia that he feared for his life from assassination and accused Iran and its proxy Hizbollah of […]