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1 January, by
It Wasn’t The Final Atrocity
THE gut-wrenching massacre in Peshawar’s Army Public School has left Pakistan aghast and sickened. All political leaders have called for unity against terrorism. But this is no watershed event (...) -
1 January, by
Litfests and Bookfairs – Two Worlds?
If you have attended this year the two events that mark the pinnacle of Karachi’s book culture – the Karachi Literature Festival and the Karachi International Book Fair – you may have noticed that (...) -
1 January, by
Staring Down a Precipice
Lima ignored the urgent need to address climate change. They came, they talked, and they almost failed. That seems to be the trajectory of most of the conferences on climate change held under (...) -
1 January, by
Carrots for Cuba, Sticks for North Korea
As one cold war thaws, another refreezes. Cuba and North Korea share a great deal in common. They are both led by dynastic rulers. They retain their nominal affiliation to revolutionary (...) -
1 January, by
Tunisia: The Third Option For The Region
Despite hardships and breaches that marred the electoral campaign depriving scores of citizens, mainly outside the country, from their right to vote, the electoral process was rather successful. (...) -
1 December 2014, by
Merkel’s Wall Of Hypocrisy
"The Berlin Wall, this symbol of state abuse cast in concrete, took millions of people to the limits of what is tolerable, and all too many beyond it.” On the 25th anniversary of the fall of the (...) -
1 December 2014, by
Why Does Malala Yusufzai’s Nobel Bother So Many On The Left?
Arundhati Roy’s charm and lucidity have iconized her in the world of left-wing politics. But, asked by Laura Flanders what she made of the 2014 Nobel Prize, she appeared to beswallowing a live (...) -
1 December 2014, by
Why The Right To Dissent Is Indispensable: Romila Thapar Speaks Out
When Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani famously said of the media during the Emergency that “when asked to bend, they crawled”, he received widespread praise from the intelligentsia and even (...) -
1 December 2014, by
Mexico’s Undead Rise Up
With 43 disappeared student teachers presumed dead, Mexican popular resistance is creating new alternatives to the militarized narco-state. “Alive they were taken, and alive we want them back!” (...) -
1 December 2014, by
US Journalist Blumenthal Sees Similarity in Islamic State And Israel
STUTTGART: When Gaza was attacked during the summer, Angela Merkel promised to “stand by the side of Israel.” The German chancellor has done much more than offer verbal support for Israel’s crimes. (...) -
1 December 2014, by
"NATO: Danger to World Peace"
The official mythology is that between 1945 (or 1946) and 1989 (or 1991), the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR) confronted each other continuously - politically, militarily, and above all (...) -
1 December 2014, by
Poetics of a Nation: Remembering Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru cannot be seen merely as an object of history, a fragment of policy. He was a dream, a hope, a claim to innocence, an aesthetic, which gave to modernity a touch of elegance This (...) -
1 December 2014, by
"Syria: Turkish Ambivalence"
Amid the many and ever-evolving shifts of policies and geopolitical alliances in the various countries of the Middle East, one used to be at least sure what are the prime objectives of the major (...) -
1 December 2014, by
The Nanavati Commission: Another Hoax On The People Of India!
Finally, yesterday (November 18th 2014), exactly 12 years 8 months and 12 days after it was first constituted by the Gujarat Government on March 6th 2002 to probe the burning of the Godhra train (...) -
1 December 2014, by
Israel’s Nation State Law: Jewish Sharia
The nation state law currently proposed by the government is yet another signal to Israel’s Palestinian citizens: Israel is for Jews! Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government are currently (...)
