A curious new phenomenon has entered India’s digital political landscape. The so-called “Cockroach Janata Party” (CJP), initially dismissed as internet satire, has rapidly gained traction among ...
Read moreGroups, in the human as well as the animal world, start with the family and the family continues to be the core sustaining any group. That was true at least till the Vietnam War. It is recognised that ...
Read moreIt is increasingly clear that Pakistan cannot handle the turbulence in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. And it cannot, because it is a war of liberation against Pakistan’s army-dominated establi ...
Read moreThis article is not about the political realm; we may talk about it at some other time. This is about the even more explosive subject of religion and religious ideology. First, a word of caution about ...
Read more"India keeps reading its governance failures as a problem of bad people. The real driver is a structural condition that makes good officials afraid to decide — and it can be fixed."A protest that be ...
Read moreThe renewed Iran conflict and the aggressive expansion of the Abraham Accords by former U.S. President Donald Trump have once again placed the Middle East at the centre of global geopolitics. Trump’ ...
Read moreExpecting an alien culture, that believes in its superiority, to assimilate over all others would be a vain ambition. Europe did harbour this ambition during the latter part of the 20th century. Faced ...
Read morePublic discourse in India has an unfortunate tendency to become trapped inside metaphors while quietly ignoring realities. A recent remark comparing unemployed youth to “cockroaches” has generated ...
Read moreCandid comments at the 19th May G7 finance ministers’ meet and the immediate angry response of China about the deleterious effect of China’s overcapacity and dumping products at ridiculously low p ...
Read moreIndeed, there is an unseen but definite movement occurring in Punjab. Citizens are now discussing the future that would ensure development, respect, and hope for all families in the province.Today wha ...
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