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 …
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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