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Musk and Soros

Mention of George Soros conjures diverse emotions, depending on who is asked. He is without doubt the favourite bogeyman of the hardright like French...

25.02.2025 10

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Dictator’s template

A few decades back, a decreasing number of countries were given taints of autocracies and dictatorship (even though many were under undemocratic...

09.02.2025 20

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Ties with Kabul

‘Great Games’ was used to describe the fierce fight by rival powers for spheres of influence in the unforgiving swathes of South-Central Asia...

17.01.2025 10

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Decency Personified

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...

05.01.2025 9

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Double-Speak

Agreeing and disagreeing with each other’s political position is essential in a healthy democracy. However, there is an onus on those in the...

27.12.2024 5

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Privileged Communication

There is a time-honoured code of privileged communication in the fraternity of the Armed Forces that mandates honouring the absolute right to...

03.12.2024 4

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Nuanced narratives

There is a simplistic conflation of sensibilities that are imagined by India’s right-wing about the policies and approach of Israel’s Prime...

22.11.2024 20

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Targeting Migrants

Illegal immigration is a muchbandied topic in democracies, for it is very easy to invoke politically and ignite emotions, but complex to handle...

16.11.2024 6

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Biden and Iran

History will bear that the Joe Biden era goes down as amongst the more restorative, progressive, and successful presidencies, after the tumultuous,...

27.10.2024 30

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Playing with fire

Running with the hare and hunting with the hounds is an idiom that summarises Pakistan’s consistent tryst with religiosity. Contradictions are...

14.10.2024 3

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Lessons from Lebanon

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...

03.10.2024 5

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Institutional Compromises

The outpouring of public angst, protests, and frustrations against the horrific rape and murder case in Kolkata is sadly following a trend that has...

08.09.2024 3

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Arab Silence

If there is one ‘bloc’ that the Israel-Palestine war has completely discredited, internally and externally, it is the Arab Sheikhdoms and their...

21.08.2024 10

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Sucker Punch

Imperialist poet Rudyard Kipling’s White Man’s Burden is an unashamedly racist poem predicated on the premise that the ways of Westerners are...

12.08.2024 4

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Constitution in focus

Faizabad or its twin-city Ayodhya, has a powerful symbolism for the ruling ideological persuasion of the nation. Just before the recently concluded...

17.07.2024 2

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