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Tracing the trajectory of multiple blunders in Kashmir

Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) is said to be the most militarized zone in the world today. Nuclear-armed neighbours, India and Pakistan face each other militarily in the snowy heights of the Himalayas. The December 2001 terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament led the two to d...

Governor Malik and Kashmir's fate

Satya Pal Malik is, to use the term unflatteringly, a born politician
KASHMIR has always been an eyesore for Hindu communalists. The instrument of accession was signed on the condition that its people would decide the dispute, retaining autonomy. Meanwhile, the promise was broken. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed accepted the BJP in a coalition. ...

Lebanon's power-sharing politics

Syrian refugees remain trapped, marginalised
World leaders gathered in Marrakesh on December 10 to sign a historic agreement safeguarding the rights of migrants. Despite the withdrawal of some countries, the Global Compact on Migration was approved by 164 countries. It follows the Global Compact on Refugees, appr...

Congo Election

Maybe the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a bit more democratic than the mere Republic of Congo, but it's a matter of (fairly small) degrees. President Denis Sassou has ruled the Republic of Congo for 33 of the past 38 years, winning a couple of civil wars in the...

Congress gets a new life

The revival is unusual as it has happened in Hindi heartland in States of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh where BJP had strong following even in hay days of Congress, In Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh BJP had been in power for fifteen years. The Congress...

Kashmir's clientelistic insiders and faction-running outsiders

In a truly modern democratic system citizens are expected to vote for political parties on the basis of their policies directed towards welfare of the general mass of people. Such political parties are called "programmatic" parties. The political philosophy of such par...

Will BJP go ahead with building of Ram Temple

Did the Sangh Parivar know in advance that the BJP would be sitting on dump heaps as the voters in three heartland States had decided to punish them? Is 'Modiji' still riding a high horse after an rout, not on local issues, but nationwide: crass neglect of farmers, you...

MP reverse a personal setback to Modi, Shah

Vindhya only region where BJP increased its tally
Despite the voters failing to give clear majority, Congress has put together the numbers to form the government in Madhya Pradesh with the support of BSP and independents. And this is s a huge setback to the BJP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Sh...

Mourning the Chronicler of History and passionate advocate of Freedom of Expression: Mushirul Hasan, We will miss You

"People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people wa...

Hindi Heartland Lost: Is this the Beginning of the BJPs End?

3 Lessons the Congress must learn to implement
Is this the beginning of the end? It could be, if the Congress that is now likely to form the government in three of the five states - and all the Hindi heartland states - changes tack and makes bold to project an agenda, instead of relying almost entirely on the anti-...

Assembly polls bring sigh of relief

These latest election results have brought about such a relief! These results are enough to relay that the fascist forces have been somewhat halted in their destructive moves and that we can hope for better days to come… Needless to add that these results have been alo...

Wheels within wheels in RBI changes

Patel's was one of the most tumultous tenures
The underlying story around the sudden resignation of the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is not about what has happened, but what hasn't. Dr Urjit Patel did not resign when the tussle had peaked. He had in fact dug in his heels on one of the points of co...

Peace is possible between India and Pakistan

People choose various methods of resistance when dealing with ideological issues - from outright belligerence and violence to democratic collectivism. It depends on their perspective, beliefs, or sometimes there is just a selfish agenda. In the long run such methods ...

Unchallenged hegemony of BJP

Confronted with constant nagging by the BJP in respect of Rahul's religious affiliation, the Congress should take a principled stand that religion is a private affair of its leader and the BJP has no business to peep into his privacy. Instead of adopting this liberal ...

Love for nation cannot be a hate for its people

The freedom fighters did not sacrificed their life for a particular territory, nation, race, religion, caste, culture but liberty, equality, fraternity and justice for all humans living on the Earth. With the rampant march of imperial, colonial and fascist forces i...

Saudi game of thrones

Now is the moment of maximum danger for Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MbS). He has weathered the immediate storm over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi two months ago. He even went to the G20 summit in Buenos Aires a week ago and persuad...

Who is not a sentinelese?

The sound is perennially etched in our consciousness that produces and reproduces various identities. This kind of consciousness also takes us to linguistic domain where all tribal languages are reduced to the syllables of jhinga lala hoho and unify them into one homo...

Kashmir is bleeding why?

To, Mr S.P. Malik, J&K Governor Dear Sir, I hope that despite your pre-occupations, you may spare few minutes to go through this letter. Ever since you have assumed the Governorship of J&K State, the speeches made reveal that you seem concerned about alleviating...
 

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