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The sickest joke since the year 2026 has started is that so far all the wars waged around the world by various nations are at the behest of a foreign...
There are two broad types of laws — one that is written down; and two that is not written down but practised widely. The latter is also commonly...
There have been social media rumours that Trump decided to wage this unprovoked and illegal war against Iran because of the need to divert the...
Countering Islamophobia is a bigger challenge than we realise. I confess, until very recently, I personally did not realise two nuances: One,...
The tests for the absence of democracy are quite simpler than for the existence of it. The absence of democracy can be gauged by two tests: Is there a...
The phrase has entered into normal conversation so strongly that every time someone utters the word conspiracy, it has to be followed by the...
Pluribus is the latest show by Vince Giligan, the creator of Breaking Bad. As best as I understand, Pluribus is about a future when AI has taken over...
I was reading the NYT when I came across a very astonishing phrase. It was about the future government of Venezuela. The headline was: "House Foreign...
Trump was elected to the presidency because the American people were sick and tired of their inability to pay their bills and watch inflation go...
In the movie Interstellar, there is a character who is actually a robot, called TARS. It is programmed to use 90% honesty in its communications with...
When people from around the world apply for a US visa, they are asked to submit a variety of documents. Applicants are asked to submit a medical...
Hillary Clinton appeared at a talk organised by the far right Israel Hayom magazine, which is sponsored by the Israeli American megadonor named Miriam...
Gandhi was killed by Godse, who was a Hindu just like Gandhi was. Charlie Kirk was assassinated on the eve of September 11 anniversary this year by a...
Tom Cruise is famous for pulling daring stunts in his movies instead of using the stunt doubles like most of the other actors. While he shows immense...
Zohran Mamdani, the young American politician of Indian origin, skyrocketed to fame and glory by making videos in which he talked about issues that...
They say entrepreneurship is all about finding a problem and creating a solution for it. And then selling that solution. And many people have become...
In the age of broadcast media - yes we now have to talk about them as a thing of the past — the emphasis was what we used to call ratings. In a...
I was riding in an Uber ride. The driver was an Indian guy who had been living in America for about 15 years, he told me. We started talking about...
There's an old Indian movie called Kaalia with Amitabh in it. There's a scene where Amitabh in his rage goes after his enemies with the intention of...
After the 9/11 attacks, President Bush made several announcements in which he tried to advertise the rationale behind Al-Qaeda's attack on American...
When Einstein was a professor, he kept writing the same questions in the exam test that he would prepare for his students. When he was approached by...
President Trump each time won the presidency with the promise of America First. But what was quite on full display last time and even more this time...
Noam Chomsky wrote a remarkable book titled Manufacturing Consent about the need for propaganda in democratic societies. At the time, many...
I am the youngest sibling. My elder brother was a cunning kid. Our parents would send him off to buy small amounts of groceries such as a kilo of...
I am reading this newly released explosive book titled The Fort Bragg Drug Cartel by Seth Harp. I have to say it was very hard to find. I had to drive...
I feel insane asking this question on the 24th anniversary of the one day that changed the world. But I feel even more insane not asking it after some...
It was Ramazan, and a friend of mine refused to fast. When I asked why, he said that his doctor had advised against it due to health reasons. Yet, the...
Due to being housed in California, Hollywood always likes to paint its image of not only democratic leaning but also all for human rights and other...
I was once a graduate student in a Texas university and later for a brief period of time a PhD candidate here at the University of Houston. During...
Ron Wyden, the Oregon Democratic Senator, when asked by investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill about his view on the lethal operations of the US...
This would not be an extreme position but rather doing quite a simple thing, which is stating things as they are. Soldiers serving in national armies...
In the Soviet Union, after World War II, the government awarded mothers that gave birth to many babies. It was called the Order of Maternal Glory. The...
Noam Chomsky wrote in his book, Requiem for the American Dream, that the arrival of tax season in America every year should be a time of celebration...
Albert Einstein was offered the presidency of Israel by David Ben-Gurion. Israel needed "the greatest Jew alive" to create legitimacy for the...
Journalists and book authors have spent a considerable amount of time and writing to teach us all about how to do authentic research so as not to...
When ISIS started around 2014, many people opined that this terrorist group was created by the United States in order to further its interests in the...
I was once talking to an old Pakistani man who had been living in America since the 60s. We tend to believe that somehow we have more authentic...
Growing up in Pakistan has its own benefits. One is devoid of a democratic society but is also free from the needs of a democratic society that has to...
Many movies, shows and books exist about the circumstances surrounding the Bin Laden killing in Abbottabad, Pakistan. As with any other major story,...
Some of the few people I knew as a college student who had read some books outside of the textbooks used to say that the army of Pakistan is...
India has actually attacked Pakistan. And its justification is past patterns. I thought we would read about such madness in fiction books but little...
I remember the 2019 Pulwama attack. I had written an opinion blog about it in this very publication. The timeline of that entire conflict was the most...
One more example from the tech world before I jump to the political world.If you look at the power systems around the world, the prevailing mindset...
President Trump is back to the Oval Office and so are the day-to-day dramas. Whatever chaos and troubles might lie ahead of us, one thing is for...
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