The Forgotten Papers

The meaning of national interest is survival-the protection of physical, political, and cultural identity against encroachments by other nation-states. In the Morgenthauian tradition, national interest is divine and survival its cornerstone. Yet India’s recent foreign policy in the Middle East, at its borders with China and Pakistan, and in multilateral forums reveals a perplexing fog, where survival instincts seem reactive and strategic clarity slippery. As the world burns,the. New Delhi often watches with an awkward silence . Foreign policy in the world of IR is the set of strategies and actions a country adopts to manage its relationships with other nations. These objectives are driven by national interests, such as protecting internal security, ensuring progress, and securing economic well-being.  These objectives are usually driven by national interest protecting internal security, ensuring progress, and securing economic well-being. The core of India's current policy is the s...

"When over 3,00,000 farmers in a country choose death over debt, it reflects not desperation alone,but the collapse of a system meant to protect them.  Agriculture in India, nowdaye survives in the margins which is economically undervalued and often ignored and politically under-prioritized. Despite employing nearly 45% of India’s workforce, the sector contributes only 16–17% to the GDP, down from nearly 50% in 1950. This widening gap is not just a statistic- it is the outcome of a structural imbalance, where those who grow our food are unable to feed their own families. The distress is so deep that those still in farming want to leave—at any cost. And when all attempts fail, many lose hope. That’s how they become part of a heartbreaking toll: over 3 lakh farmer suicides in FY 2023–24. Agrarian Distress: More Than Just a Farmer’s Struggle Agrarian distress refers to the severe and persistent crisis faced by the agricultural sector-especially by small and marginal farmers-due to a...