Gulshan Sachdeva
Gulshan Sachdeva is Professor & Chairperson, Centre for European Studies, School of International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He is also Director, Energy Studies programme at the JNU. As a regional cooperation adviser he headed the ADB and The Asia Foundation projects at the Afghanistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul (2006-2010).
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Youth Protest, Political Economy and EU–India Relations After the “Cockroach” Summer – WP 37
What began as a judge’s insult about “cockroaches” became a youth movement capable of forcing a minister’s resignation, testing India’s democratic institutions, and potentially complicating the EU’s most ambitious new partnership in South Asia.
Abstract
In May 2026, a dismissive remark by India's Chief Justice comparing unemployed youth to "cockroaches" triggered...
Bangladesh’s FY2026–27 Budget: Navigating Macroeconomic Rebalancing, Fiscal Consolidation, and Financial Sector Reforms — A...
Bangladesh’s FY2026–27 national budget is being formulated at a pivotal juncture, marked by heightened macroeconomic imbalances, constrained fiscal space, external sector pressures, and structural weaknesses across revenue administration and financial intermediation. In this context, the upcoming budget is expected to function not merely as an expenditure framework but as...
War, Captivity and Return in Sri Lanka – An “emic view” into the life...
Source: Forum Yarl Ajith Boyagoda in Killinocchi in 2005
“A Long Watch” is the memoir of Commodore Ajith Boyagoda, who spent eight years in captivity by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the war-ravaged northern region of Sri Lanka from 1994 until his release in 2002. The book,...