The human conscience is shaken by the heart wrenching scenes outside hospitals in Delhi. People are dying without getting proper treatment, ambulances are rushing for oxygen supply, and mass cremations are taking place across the country. India recorded the world’s highest coronavirus cases for two consecutive days, posting 332,730 new cases and 2,263 deaths on …
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All history is a palimpsest, scraped clean and re-inscribed as often is necessary. Everything fades away into a shadow world in which finally the truth intertwines with the ocean of myths and fantasies. Astronomical figures are plugged in, wherever necessary. The chosen lie passes through an arduous, well thought-out process to enter permanent records and …
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The epidemic turned pandemic pushed economies into a lockdown, which helped save lives and slow the spread of the virus, but also triggered the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1920s. IMF’s forecast predicts global output to fall by 4.9% and the path to recovery is uncertain. More…
With the pandemic century in full swing, I feel sorry for today’s youth, myself included. We will pay the price of today’s utter neglect, not short of criminal negligence. It is as if our lives have been cut short, and our future snatched away, by none other than the self-proclaimed generation of saviors of the world.
Our Prime Minister was all praises for Modi and hoping, rather wishing on national television that if Modi wins, Kashmir issue will meet its logical end. Among all this chutzpah, the crafty devil made his move.
Crawling across thousands of kilometres (km) and flying through the air, millions of locusts have swarmed large swathes of agricultural land in Pakistan and India, devouring any vegetation in their path. The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says that Pakistan will lose more than USD four billion worth of rabi and kharif crops. …
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When the world moved from colonialism towards neo-colonialism, the foreign strategy of super powers changed from foreign domination towards foreign intervention. No country could embark on an Alexandrian campaign no matter how strong their military or economic prowess. It took two decades for the American power echelons to realize this. Thanks to this understanding, Zalmay …
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Pakistan came into existence with an innate hostility with India which forced its hand to view defence as well as foreign policy within the security paradigm vis-a-vis India. The nuclear program was essentially initiated in the aftermath of the fall of Dhaka in 1971 and India’s Pokhar-I nuclear tests of 1974. To counter these threats, …
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This poem written by WH Auden in 1966 named ‘Partition’ is a caustic criticism of the five weeks Cyril Radcliffe spent in the subcontinent drawing up the borders between India and Pakistan. It depicts the reality of the situation and the disaster, the Radcliffe awards turned out to be. It was no surprise that Pakistan …
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TED talk emphasizes how cultures and lives are made of a number of overlapping stories. Adichie, the speaker, communicates the narrative how she found her authentic voice and particularly speaks of the risk of misunderstanding that forms based on a single story. The speaker hails from Nigeria and warns us of dangers of a single …
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