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Bangladesh: A bottomless basket, or is it?

At the time of Independence on 16th December, Bangladesh had a GDP of only US$ 6.3 billion in 1971. It increased to US$ 100 billion in 2009. The GDP of...

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The path for Indian torture legislation: Where are we now and where should we go?

The lathi has become a symbol synonymous with the police force in India, where everyday discourse has normalised and accepted the state-sanctioned use of violence. Ved Marwah writes for the...

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How progressive parties can better engage with India’s diaspora

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to the US in June this year was a tour de force in strategic communications. On his last visit, 50,000 Indian diaspora came to...

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James Cleverly on India

I’ve just had the pleasure of meeting the Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, when he generously made time to attend a breakfast with me and a few dozen friends and colleagues, to...

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Bridge India wins Award for Most Dedicated Public Policy Non-Profit

Bridge India is delighted to be the the recipient of the Most Dedicated Public Policy Non-Profit award from Acquisition International Magazine in this year’s Non-Profit Organisation Awards. Awards Coordinator Holly...

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Featured in The Daily Telegraph: Education for all

The education sector globally is seriously underfunded. This negatively impacts the poorest and most marginalised in society the most. Bridge India Members were signatories of this Letter to the Editor...

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Ideas for India 2023 brings together ministers, central bankers, policy and business leaders from across the world

The second edition of Bridge India’s flagship Ideas for India conference was part of the inaugural India Week, which saw more than 900 attendees attend from six countries. Ideas for...

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Asia Pacific Trade Deal Highlights Indian Potential

When Rishi Sunak’s government hailed the new Asia Pacific trade deal as ‘the most important since Brexit’, it was putting an optimistic spin on a pretty marginal agreement. Official figures...

A definitive case against the Aryan Invasion Theory

Let the “Aryan” debate become a debate again

The last thirty years, there have been plenty of lectures, papers and now online videos promising to “debunk the Aryan Invasion Theory” (AIT). Their impact has been very poor, essentially...

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

– Mahatma Gandhi