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Selective Amnesia

Building a winning electoral narrative involves selectively emphasizing past events to create a compelling and politically useful interpretation of...

11.01.2026 10

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Bhopinder Singh New Delhi

Differences and Diplomacy

Much hullabaloo was made of Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister, Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi’s press conference at the Afghan Embassy, where women...

10.11.2025 10

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Militaristic Restraint

A few years back, when the phenomenon of social media had just about infiltrated the hallowed precincts of the cantonments and barracks of the Indian...

13.10.2025 10

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Institutional integrity

Floods have ravaged the states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Uttarakhand and many more. From unusual rain patterns, upstream dam releases, to...

20.09.2025 10

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Khalai Makhlooq

In the see-saw equation of changing fortunes between civilian politicians and military Generals in Pakistan, selective amnesia is common. In 2018,...

22.08.2025 10

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Different strokes

Recently British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Welfare Reform Bill was passed in the House of Commons. Theoretically, passing bills for Starmer’s...

23.07.2025 10

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Inefficacious Ummah

Advertisement Advertisement A brainstorming session organised by the 11th edition of "Odisha Manaska- All Things Odisha" dwelt on Odia people’s...

04.07.2025 20

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Familiar Playbook

Pakistani Generals routinely overstay their tenures and overstate their relevance in the national discourse. For a military that inherited the same...

04.06.2025 20

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More Chicanery

When terrorists killed Indian citizens in the cowardly attack in Pahalgam, the fingers were immediately and justifiably pointed across the...

09.05.2025 10

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Terror games

Within Pakistan, the unforgiving regions of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan have had an especially violent ‘gun-culture’, for a long time....

10.04.2025 20

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Sectarian Inevitability

While Muslims describe themselves as the followers of Prophet Muhammad, the holy Quran describes a Muslim as someone who submits themselves to the...

22.03.2025 10

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Musk and Soros

Mention of George Soros conjures diverse emotions, depending on who is asked. He is without doubt the favourite bogeyman of the hardright like French...

25.02.2025 10

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Dictator’s template

A few decades back, a decreasing number of countries were given taints of autocracies and dictatorship (even though many were under undemocratic...

09.02.2025 10

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Ties with Kabul

‘Great Games’ was used to describe the fierce fight by rival powers for spheres of influence in the unforgiving swathes of South-Central Asia...

17.01.2025 10

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Decency Personified

One of my life’s most cherished letters was from Dr Manmohan Singh in 2019 when he replied, “I am very grateful to you for writing a strong...

05.01.2025 10

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Double-Speak

Agreeing and disagreeing with each other’s political position is essential in a healthy democracy. However, there is an onus on those in the...

27.12.2024 10

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Bhopinder Singh New Delhi