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Category: Asia

Withdrawal Symptoms?

It is being observed that the militants have started launching a series of rocket attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan shortly after the outgoing Donald Trump Administration in Washington DC announced […]

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Georgi Dimitrov (June 18, 1882 – July 2, 1949), the leader of Communist International, had held a meeting with Soviet Leader Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (December 18, 1878 – March 5, […]

Up Against Orthodoxy…

Indian Historian Ramchandra Guha has described Marathi writer Hamid Umar Dalwai (September 29, 1932 – May 3, 1977) as India’s Last Liberal in his publication ‘Makers of Modern India‘. The […]

Different Interpretations…

The Historic Environment Scotland – an executive non-departmental public body responsible for investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland’s historic environment – has set out to write a new account of […]

An Embargo!

An online discussion between American Linguist, Philosopher, Cognitive Scientist, Historian, Social Critic and Political Activist Noam Chomsky and journalist Vijay Prashad at a Literary Festival in India has recently been […]

Promises: Past & Present!

Aung San Suu Kyi has tasted success, yet again!. Her National League for Democracy (NLD) Party had registered a landslide victory in Myanmar’s first free elections five years ago. Although […]

Another Strategic Union

After staying out of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed by China and 14 other Asia-Pacific nations on November 15, 2020, India has […]

West Asia, Yet Again!

The regional tussle in West Asia between Iran and Saudi Arabia has taken a new turn, with Tehran accusing Riyadh of piling up a stock of nuclear weapons! Kazem Gharibabadi, […]

Into That Heaven Of Freedom…

A hillock cannot always be seen from a distant. However, one can see a Mountain Peak from the same. India recently marked the 131st Birth Anniversary of its first Prime […]