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Nilova Roy Chaudhury is Editor of India Review & Analysis, a journal of Society for Policy Studies, and writes on Indian foreign policy. She is a Visiting Faculty member with Symbiosis School of International Studies. Roy Chaudhury was Chief Editor of Indian Review of Global Affairs, an online, independent foreign affairs magazine and Consulting Editor with Asia Pacific Communications Associates (APCA).
An M Phil from Delhi University, New Delhi-based Roy Chaudhury began as a Researcher/Reporter with The Washington Post. She has been Staff Correspondent with AP, Special Representative with The Statesman and Deputy Foreign Editor with the Hindustan Times.
It remains unclear why no leader from India’s closest neighbour Bangladesh has ever been a chief guest at the Republic Day parade
This fire will not remain confined to Afghanistan, it will spread through the region. India is not…
With the situation in Afghanistan rapidly descending into a bloody chaos, as one provincial city after another falls into the clutches of the incredibly barbaric Taliban militias, the nightmare for the ordinary people of that war-ravaged…
How remote-area vaccination is boosting India’s security
The government’s vaccination outreach to remote border areas, in Kashmir and the Northeast, and the local people's smiling embrace of these efforts was an indication of their comfort level and confidence in the Indian system, writes Nilova…
Shooting the messenger: The case of Rozina Islam
The harassment and detention of Rozina Islam, an acclaimed, award-winning journalist with ‘Prothom Alo’, a leading Bangladeshi daily newspaper, and her being sent to jail subsequently, on charges of stealing and violating the Official…
As Bangladesh celebrates 50 years of independence, India resets focus to restore ‘Golden Chapter’
While sharing the fifth-longest border in the contemporary world, India and Bangladesh have very close socio-cultural, linguistic, and economic linkages that are the outcome of a common historical legacy and geographical proximity. It is…
India losing out in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir?
Despite a Parliament resolution claiming all of Kashmir as its territory and rhetoric from ministers and even the Army Chief after the August 5, 2019 abrogation of Article 370, about reclaiming the territory of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir…
Year later, Kashmir status change not a talking point with West Asia: Former Ambassador Anil…
The move of withdrawing the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019, took the world by surprise, leaving a petulant Pakistan to try and get the international community to censure India. In an interview with senior journalist…
The changing Bangladesh that Indians don’t like to know
Sayed Muazzem Ali, the outgoing Bangladesh High Commissioner to India expressed his disappointment over India being disinterested to know about how Bangladesh is developing in almost every social parameter than India. How and why - explains…
What ails India’s premier liberal arts university?
Senior Journalist and SAWM member Nilova Roy Chaudhury brings up some of the most important questions in today's India - can India afford to alienate a major part of its students' community from subsidised education and name the…
A corridor of hope: Will historic India–Pakistan pilgrim initiative bring harmony to South Asia?
The inauguration of Kartarpur corridor between India and Pakistan, a pilgrim initiative has given rise to many positive political ideas in these two countries. Senior journalist and SAWM member Nilova Roy Chowdhury writes about how it also…