A Matter Of Priorities!
As per a well-known expression, Rome’s emperor at the time, the decadent and unpopular Nero, “fiddled while Rome burned”. The expression has a double meaning: Not only did Nero play […]
Complicated Border Negotiations, And…
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan recently agreed a complete ceasefire immediately after the two Central Asian neighbours got involved in border clashes, which claimed 48 lives and displaced more than 33,000 civilians. […]
More About Life Than Death…
Abdel Latif al-Salim breathed his last at a hospital in the Syrian capital of Damascus. The old man’s last wish was to be buried in the family plot in their […]
A Different Mindset?
Bengalis as a community, especially the ones living in the eastern Indian Province of West Bengal, are quite tolerant in nature. History has witnessed that Bengalis do not change their […]
Lives Do Matter, Everywhere!
The Minnesota Fourth Judicial District Court recently convicted Police Officer Derek Michael Chauvin of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. Immediately after the incident, a […]
Beyond The Geopolitics Of Foreign Policy
Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, proudly announced in the first week of April 2021 that his Government had sent COVID-19 vaccines to more than 80 countries. The PM […]
A ‘Secular’ Hindu…
It seems that majority of the people in eastern Indian Province of West Bengal have forgotten the multifarious roles that were played by noted Politician, Barrister and Academician Dr Syama […]
Apologising For Pervasive Racism
Britain has apologised, although lately, for a mistake committed a century ago. London has also admitted that no one remembered the thousands of coloured soldiers who perished in the First […]
Lies, Damned Lies & Statistics!
Dr Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi, an Indian Civil Servant (Retired) who had served as the 17th Chief Election Commissioner of India from July 30, 2010 to June 10, 2012, planned to […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 