Author: Canary Trap
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Soviet Union thirty years after collapse: Gains and losses
The collapse of the Soviet Union 30 years ago was a tragedy for half the world but frothed with possibilities for the other half which the West spilt, mistaking rampaging markets for…
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US’s Afghan terror “assets” will weaken New Delhi’s anti-Pak plaints
Which way will New Delhi turn when our best friend the US develops an abiding interest in its terror “assets” to destabilize Xinjiang, China, with whom we are enlarging our conflictual stakes?…
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This hatred hurts because Tagore and Nazrul walk together in Bangladesh
Eastern Ladakh, Pakistan, emergence of Taliban in Afghanistan, a spike in targeted killing in Kashmir were all threatening enough. Reports of attacks on Hindu places of worship in Bangladesh are a multiplier…
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Book Excerpt: 1965 – A Western Sunrise
In a scenario where decision-making was highly personalized, once Bhutto gave Ayub Khan the assurance that India would confine the fighting to Kashmir, he gave it the go-ahead. The question then arises:…