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Mention of George Soros conjures diverse emotions, depending on who is asked. He is without doubt the favourite bogeyman of the hardright like French...
A few decades back, a decreasing number of countries were given taints of autocracies and dictatorship (even though many were under undemocratic...
‘Great Games’ was used to describe the fierce fight by rival powers for spheres of influence in the unforgiving swathes of South-Central Asia...
One of my life’s most cherished letters was from Dr Manmohan Singh in 2019 when he replied, “I am very grateful to you for writing a strong...
Agreeing and disagreeing with each other’s political position is essential in a healthy democracy. However, there is an onus on those in the...
There is a time-honoured code of privileged communication in the fraternity of the Armed Forces that mandates honouring the absolute right to...
There is a simplistic conflation of sensibilities that are imagined by India’s right-wing about the policies and approach of Israel’s Prime...
Illegal immigration is a muchbandied topic in democracies, for it is very easy to invoke politically and ignite emotions, but complex to handle...
History will bear that the Joe Biden era goes down as amongst the more restorative, progressive, and successful presidencies, after the tumultuous,...
Running with the hare and hunting with the hounds is an idiom that summarises Pakistan’s consistent tryst with religiosity. Contradictions are...
Ehud Barak shares the honour with another comrade-in-arms of being the most decorated soldier of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) ever. His role in...
The outpouring of public angst, protests, and frustrations against the horrific rape and murder case in Kolkata is sadly following a trend that has...
If there is one ‘bloc’ that the Israel-Palestine war has completely discredited, internally and externally, it is the Arab Sheikhdoms and their...
Imperialist poet Rudyard Kipling’s White Man’s Burden is an unashamedly racist poem predicated on the premise that the ways of Westerners are...
Faizabad or its twin-city Ayodhya, has a powerful symbolism for the ruling ideological persuasion of the nation. Just before the recently concluded...