Cultures Beyond Borders Foundation is on a mission to bring transformation through promoting people-to-people contact.
We endeavour to leverage the cultural and literary aspects to bring peace and prosperity to the world bedeviled by war and violence. We look forward to bringing amity between the warring and hostile factions for enduring peace.
Our effort is to bring out the best cultural aspects from the countries across the globe. One of our key focus regions would be Africa, which is at the intersection of hope and prosperity.
There is a wide cultural heritage, which is often unknown and neglected. We want to bring it to life so that the people can relate to it. One of our most steadfast efforts will be to conserve the heritage sites. We strive to preserve the moribund arts and culture of India and the world, including arts, crafts, music, dance, folklore, and literature, among others.
We will expend much of our energy on the welfare of refugees and stateless people who have faced mindless violence in their country of origin. We seek to promote employment and livelihood through imparting training in cultural arts and practices.
We also aim to build bridges across civilizations by encouraging the building of research capabilities through highly valued scholarly articles on art and culture.
India-China resetting ties amid global tensions
The consensus reached between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping during their first meeting in the last five years on October 23 in Kazan on the sidelines of the BRICS summit aims to improve the bilateral relations between the two countries. This meeting followed an agreement between India and China to disengage troops along their disputed border, aiming to resolve a four-year military standoff. In their meeting, closely watched by the world leaders and business community the two leaders instructed the Special Representatives for the boundary mechanism to meet to discuss further steps for peace restoration.
India's Middle East foreign policy and geopolitical interests
India has been walking a diplomatic tightrope in the Middle East balancing conflicting interests and engaging relevant parties. One of the key foundations of India’s engagement with major powers in the region such as UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Egypt is based on similar interests in curbing extremist groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas, and ISIS. Over the years since 2014 Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE have been the core of India’s Middle East policy while Iran, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Iraq forming the immediate periphery with energy security, the safety of the Indian community and connectivity considerations being the most crucial aspect of India’s engagement with Middle East.
Bangladesh-India Relations at Stake: Navigating through turmoil
The interim government led by Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh is reviewing its India-centric policies espoused by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and improving ties with Pakistan which has caused unease in India. However, Yunus understands India’s indispensability for Bangladesh. In the words of Yunus, Bangladesh will adopt an approach of “fairness and equality” in dealing with India which has put to rest the speculation of his anti-India stance however, the level of partnership will not reach the same level as under Sheikh Hasina in the near future in an atmosphere of mistrust between the two nations.