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Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Thin skin, big chip, yes; yet Hindutva rise impacts us all

Over the years, it would appear that Indian skin has become thinner, and the chip Indians carry on their shoulders has...

2 March 2020 2:27 AM IST

For instance, you have no right to ask why over 10 million Kashmiris living in the Kashmir Valley, Pir Panjal, the Chenab Valley, Kargil and elsewhere have been denied the Internet for the last three months since the abrogation of Articles 35A and 370.

View from Pakistan: India no more a beacon for democracy in South...

Kashmir, too, remains under control by dint of the harshest crackdown ever seen in the held Valley.

17 Feb 2020 4:42 AM IST

View from Pakistan: â€˜Pied Piperâ€™ Imran Khan now finds that being...

Imran Khan has spent over 20 years plotting to become the Prime Minister.

11 Feb 2020 2:20 AM IST

This photo taken A medical staff member checks a patient infected by the novel coronavirus inside an isolation ward at a hospital in Zouping in Chinas easter Shandong province. AFP Photo

Unlike in China, all endangered species should be off the menu

Millions of overseas Chinese are being seen as potential carriers of coronavirus.

4 Feb 2020 6:17 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

Iranians should remember that revenge always best served cold

Trump, facing impeachment and re-election, could do with a short, sharp war.

14 Jan 2020 4:11 AM IST

US President Donald Trump stood on the verge of impeachment Friday after a House panel approved charges he abused his power and obstructed Congress, setting up a historic vote in the chamber next week. (Photo: File)

Identity rules in our time of culture wars, not our ideology

Our antagonism for the â€œotherâ€ is now a key driver in social and military conflicts.

6 Jan 2020 12:17 AM IST

It has also invigorated a particularly fertile (normative) debate among liberal/progressive sections of the commentariat on the value, if any, the march may serve towards the democratisation of the Pakistani state, especially considering the regressive and exclusionary tendencies that tend to populate Islamist politics in the country.

World faces a perfect storm of discontent

In Pakistan, we have a special case where mobs are usually associated with religious movements or parties.

17 Dec 2019 12:32 AM IST

Small wars like the ones America launched against Panama and Belize, for instance, have long been forgotten. Fought against poorly armed foes for territorial aims, they count for little in terms of history.

We kept the peace so far, but now all bets are off

However, the two world wars of the last century that caused around 67 million deaths were on another scale altogether.

9 Dec 2019 12:59 AM IST

Nawaz Sharif (Photo: File)

The cruelty in Pakistan over Nawaz Sharifâ€™s health

It is this last attitude that had probably motivated the government into preventing Nawaz Sharif from seeking medical...

18 Nov 2019 2:43 AM IST

Maulana Fazlur Rehman.

Maulanaâ€™s stir to â€˜oustâ€™ Imran: Whoâ€™s funding the protests?

Basically, clerical leaders can bring huge numbers on to the streets at the drop of a turban.

12 Nov 2019 12:07 AM IST

Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadis underpants were obtained by an undercover source and DNA tested to prove his identity before an operation by US forces to kill him, an advisor to the Syrian Democratic Forces said on Monday. (Photo: File)

What is so seductive about the â€˜caliphateâ€™ for some Muslims?

Even liberals have stifled their joy as the American success may enhance Trumpâ€™s electoral chances next year.

4 Nov 2019 1:00 AM IST

For Pakistan, China has been the bedrock of its foreign policy, as well as its economic saviour.

Muslims have been ostriches over eroding Uighur culture

Around half the provinceâ€™s population of 24 million is Sunni, and largely follows the Sufi tradition.

29 Oct 2019 1:09 AM IST