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The Sunak factor showcases Britain at its best or decline?
Had Sunak’s ancestors, who left Gujranwala, now in Pakistan, come directly to Britain where would they have settled? It is difficult to map them because they left for Kenya before India was…
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If US has its way, Iran protests will grow
When the Economist speculates that the protests may well be the precursor to a regime change because of the “exhilarating bravery” of the women, Tehran better take note.
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Rise and fall of Gorbachev: My two and a half interviews
For 31 years since his fall Gorbachev must have suffered in silence the rank betrayal by his western interlocutors on what they promised him when he was in power. “I can now…
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Rushdie’s assailant: “My name is legion for we are many”
Salman Rushdie was dead right when he described the banning of the Satanic Verses in India nine days after its publication in London as “political football”.
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Why Congress opposed Naval Mutiny which led to August 15?
It is nice to remember the 1946 – Royal Indian Navy Mutiny just a few days before we celebrate our Independence Day. It is not just a neglected event in the history…
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Here come the pious: Kerala’s radical turn
The Popular Front of India (PFI) is throwing up a curious test for India’s secularism. In classified central government reports, the PFI is accused of introducing an extremist pan-Islamist movement to India.
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Europe is a car with four tyres punctured says Hungary’s Orban
Supposing Liz Truss, one of the two poised to be Britain’s Prime Minister, undertook a field study to buttress her argument that the defining conflict of our time is the one between…
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How India and US, QUAD members approach Lanka crisis?
Clearly, Sri Lanka falls in India’s sphere of influence. In other words will the strategic attitude toward Sri Lanka be determined by India? Or do American interests supercede Indian interests?
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Is there another Cuban missile crisis in the offing?
That Russia was consistently “provoked” has been clear as daylight since 1998 when the US senate voted in favour of NATO expansion.