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No Trump card for an end to Middle East war
Once the confetti of the inaugural balls has been cleared away, it is possible that Donald Trump may give his attention to the Middle...
Nov 11, 20244 min read


UK’s diplomatic reset on the cards
THE United Kingdom’s (UK) new Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, has had sufficient time to think things through. As the Shadow Foreign...
Jul 8, 20244 min read


Why world is bracing for return of ‘Agent Orange’
91 felony indictments later, Trump is exploiting courtrooms as election platforms. Republican nomination almost certainly in his pocket,...
Feb 7, 20241 min read


The Magician of Mashobra
IT TOOK ONLY SIX WEEKS AFTER THEY HAD moved into their new home for Ajit and Reema to throw their first dinner party. “Come sharp at...
Dec 22, 202319 min read


Russian Roulette Over CTBT is Ominous
In the latest twist of the strategic ratchet, Russia has announced that it intends to revoke its ratification of the Comprehensive...
Oct 16, 20234 min read

Blow to brand Israel, and to peace accords
Israel has a strong brand. A state-of-the-art country created by pioneers out of the desert. A Jewish homeland where the wretched and the...
Oct 9, 20234 min read


Return to Jallianwala Bagh
IT IS NOW MORE than a year since the gentle but firm David Davidar took away the manuscript of the novel that I had worked on for the...
Aug 11, 20239 min read


The uphill road that awaits PM Liz Truss
Even as Liz Truss enters 10 Downing Street as the United Kingdom (UK)’s fourth prime minister (PM) in the last six years, she will be...
Sep 6, 20224 min read


Bhai Kahan Singh, the Renaissance man
Max Arthur Macauliffe, acclaimed British scholar and author of the six-volume monumental work, The Sikh Religion, had this to say of Bhai...
Aug 31, 20224 min read


बाइडेन-पुतिन मुलाकात के बावजूद अनिश्चित हैं अमेरिका-रूस संबंध
पहले किसी को सोललेस किलर यानी निर्मम हत्यारा कहना और फिर उसके साथ चार घंटे बैठकर बातें करना आसान नहीं हो सकता, लेकिन अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति...
Jul 1, 20215 min read


US-Russia Ties May Still Be Uncertain Despite Biden-Putin Meet
It couldn’t be easy to call someone a soulless killer and then sit down with him for a four-hour chat. But that’s exactly what President...
Jun 21, 20214 min read


India walks the tightrope, again
In East Jerusalem, tensions run barely below the surface at the best of times. During Ramadan, the slightest provocation can lead to a...
May 22, 20213 min read


India and the S-400: US CAATSA Sanctions or a Waiver at the Door?
The U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, visiting India last month, predictably raised the issue of India’s purchase of the Russian...
Apr 26, 20214 min read


Netanyahu’s nine lives ending? Israel deserves better than a fifth election
Israel’s fourth election in two years has again delivered a stalemate, leaving Israelis with an understandable sense of déjà vu. Bibi...
Mar 28, 20214 min read


When the Arctic warms, it will affect sea levels and precipitation patterns globally
In my school geography books, the Arctic was a frozen fastness, the distant domain of polar bears and fur-clad tribes, or the occasional...
Jan 2, 20214 min read


The other side of the Covid pandemic
When the new dawn breaks, as it inevitably must, it will reveal a tired world. A world in which millions will be struggling to pick up...
Dec 2, 20204 min read


Can Trump Afford to Lose?
Giovannino Guareschi, the wry Italian writer who created the Don Camillo series, lived by a personal credo under Nazi persecution – I...
Nov 7, 20204 min read


নোট পড়া শেষ করেই বাংলা উপন্যাসে মন
প্রাক্তন রাষ্ট্রপতি প্রণব মুখোপাধ্যায়ের প্রয়াণ-সংবাদটি যখন প্রথম কানে এল, বিশ্বাসই হচ্ছিল না। উনি ছিলেন যাকে বলে এক চিরস্থায়ী ব্যক্তিত্ব।...
Sep 2, 20202 min read


Kamala Harris and Her Race to the White House
At one level, we are a simple, sentimental lot. When our cricketers return after a win abroad, thousands greet them with garlands at the...
Aug 18, 20204 min read


Neither East, Nor West, Only China
“Neither East, nor West” was Ayatollah Khomeini’s slogan for the reconstruction of a post-revolution Iran. This no longer seems to hold...
Jul 15, 20204 min read
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