Responding to Irom Sharmila – The Hindu (Aug 11, 2016)
- AFSPA – Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.
The carnage in Quetta – The Hindu (Aug 11, 2016)
- TTP – Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
- IS – Islamic State.
- JuA – Jamaat-ul-Ahrar.
Deja vu of a new beginning – The Hindu (Aug 11, 2016)
- CPN (UML) – Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist).
- CPN(M-C) – Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre).
- NC – Nepali Congress.
Should MPs decide their own salaries? – The Hindu (Aug 11, 2016)
- JPC – Joint Parliamentary Committee.
- CSDS – Centre for the Study of Developing Societies.