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Why Bangladesh is unable to heal itself

Why Bangladesh is unable to heal itself
17.02.2025 10

National Herald

Ashis Ray

Can Mr Modi stand up to a bully?

08.02.2025 20

National Herald

Ashis Ray

The new year doesn't promise much more than the outgoing one

It was a year of elections. At least 64 of them in various parts of the world. The outcomes questionable in India, welcome in Britain, chaotic in...

29.12.2024 10

National Herald

Ashis Ray

Syria: Will it be Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde?

It’s a cataclysmic change. An easy overthrow of the ruling regime in Syria headed by President Bashar al-Assad was unforeseen. Yet, in less than a...

13.12.2024 6

National Herald

Ashis Ray

Denial of Proper Medical Treatment for Christian Michel is a Travesty of Justice: CBI Judge

London: Reports from New Delhi reveal a sharp rebuke of Tihar jail authorities by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge at the...

04.12.2024 6

The Wire

Ashis Ray

Trump 2.0: The shape of things to come

The expected evolution of a malevolent empire is patently in evidence. Malevolent not just for the United States of America, which enthusiastically...

23.11.2024 10

National Herald

Ashis Ray

Is ONOE just a grand distraction?

"Some party hack decreed that the people had lost the government’s confidence and could only regain it with redoubled effort. If that is the case,...

29.09.2024 3

National Herald

Ashis Ray

RSS, the mothership to which BJP must always return

Next year, on 17 September, the prime minister turns 75. Ten days after that, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) turns 100. During the Lok Sabha...

29.09.2024 4

National Herald

Ashis Ray

It’s not just Manipur that’s burning...

Manipur is burning. But that’s not news. ‘News’ is supposed to bring something new, right? Everyday routine does not make headlines. It’s no longer...

29.09.2024 7

National Herald

Ashis Ray

Why India needs to really pay attention to FATF

We begin with two headlines from this month. One says: ‘FATF's Thumbs-Up To India's Efforts To Tackle Terror Financing, Money Laundering: Why It...

29.09.2024 3

National Herald

Ashis Ray

A trek away from disaster — II

The Himachal Pradesh chief minister recently announced that the state government has identified 50 new locations to develop tourism, including...

29.09.2024 4

National Herald

Ashis Ray

‘Work-life balance’ is not just a catchphrase

My wife’s brother had emigrated to Canada. At the time, Canada wasn’t welcoming people in ragged clothes. He proudly took us around Toronto in his...

29.09.2024 3

National Herald

Ashis Ray

The Doval dilemma and India's ham-fisted foreign policy

The pracharak was in the United States, where at a meeting of QUAD countries, American President Joe Biden forgot his name when it came to...

29.09.2024 10

National Herald

Ashis Ray