How a Syrian boy became propaganda icon
25 Oct 2016 2:25 AM ISTThe four-year-old Syrian boy with a burnt face found his way to the final US Presidential debate in Las Vegas between the Republican candidate for...
Will Syria influence US elections?
18 Oct 2016 3:04 AM ISTAmericans and the Russians are leaping over the threshold in Aleppo—almost.Note the rhetoric: US State Department Spokesman, John Kirby, says:...
Lumpen communalism may be shamed
11 Oct 2016 1:34 AM ISTKash Hindustan mein hota janam Abbas kaBarh ke hum Hindu utha lete alam Abbas ka(If only Abbas were born in Hindustan,We Hindus would have held aloft...
Some real losers in the din of Indo-Pak war drums
6 Oct 2016 2:55 AM ISTShaila died in a Karachi hospital on the day when the army camp in Uri was attacked. Threatening war drums kept her brother, Nazim, a dear cousin of...
Rivers block communal waves
28 Sept 2016 2:21 AM ISTI had the Muzaffarnagar riots of February 2013 at the back of my mind when I drove towards Pedda village on the Bijnor-Najibabad Road where three...
Why does the establishment fear AK?
11 Sept 2016 4:02 AM ISTPhilippines President Rodrigo Duterte admittedly has an uncontrollable temper. Otherwise, he would not have used a common Filipino term of abuse...
Analysing Erdogan’s rule post-coup attempt
6 Sept 2016 3:06 AM ISTSometimes, important events take place after stories connected with them have been taken off the front pages when anchors move on to new...
Key elections near: Kashmir, Pakistan can wait
23 Aug 2016 2:54 AM ISTKashmir is ablaze and relations with Pakistan are at a low. Consequently, the communal cauldron is on a slow simmer. The gas can always be turned on...
The Sanders factor
8 Aug 2016 1:09 AM ISTBalloons in blazing colours billow down the ceiling of the Democratic Convention arena in Philadelphia. Then the cameras pull back, enveloping the...
Sanders supporters remain unconvinced
31 July 2016 4:04 AM ISTBalloons in blazing colours billow down the ceiling of the Democratic Convention arena in Philadelphia. Then the cameras pull back, enveloping the...
Learning lessons the hard way
7 July 2016 3:51 AM ISTCould the terrorist attack on Istanbul's Ataturk airport killing 43 and injuring hundreds be a blowback from the Fallujah operations concluded three...
Ramifications of Brexit beyond Britain
26 Jun 2016 4:58 AM ISTBy their Brexit vote, the people have administered a punch on the chin of the British establishment, leaving it rattled and dazed. Britons have now...
