- Delhi's new Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, held a roadside sit-in this week in protest against police inaction. GR Gopinath questions what the protest achieved and Swapan Dasgupta argues that 'the AAP is an idea that combines protest with recklessness'.
- Is it time for India speak up on territorial disputes in East Asia? C Raja Mohan thinks so.
- The third Australia-India Youth Dialogue will be held from 27-29 February in Hyderabad and New Delhi. Follow @AIYouthDialogue or the hashtag #AIYD2014 for Twitter updates.
- Devesh Kapur and Arvind Subramanian argue that the current economic discourse has crowded out critical debates on revenue and taxation in India.
- Following the gang rape of a Danish tourist in central New Delhi, the UK has revised its travel advisory with regards to female travellers. Meanwhile a 'gun for women' named after the 23-year-old Delhi gang rape victim who died in late 2012 has drawn criticism from women's' rights groups and anti-gun campaigners.
- Why has the India-EU free trade agreement been so difficult to finalise?
- PB Mehta evaluates the leaders of the BJP, AAP and Congress parties and asks: 'but can they overcome the sensibilities of an embattled opposition leader to learn the art of governance?'
- The seventh Jaipur Literature Festival has just concluded in Rajasthan's capital. Here's Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen's keynote speech:
India links: Australia-India Youth Dialogue, 'gun for women', Amartya Sen and more
Published 24 Jan 2014
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