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Category: Asia

On Chemical Dependency…

An Organised Initiative had been made to get rid of drug addiction by the mid-20th Century… after serving jail terms, some drug addicts had set up the first self-help group in California, […]

The Valley Of Fear & Pain!

Reality, at times, is much more dreaded than Imagination… the present situation in Kashmir does speak of that! People of Kashmir have been staging protests against Repression (by the State) […]

Socialism, Students & A Square…

A 21-year-old student of Sociology was sitting in front of the camera… and, he was shivering in panic and humiliation! The only mistake he had made was that he tried to […]

The Booker & A Book!

Jokha Alharthi – the Omani author and a Professor of Arabic literature – has recently won the Man Booker International Prize for her novel, Celestial Bodies! With this, she became the […]

Gathering Clouds Over West Asia…

It is difficult to predict what Tehran and Washington have in their respective minds! The Global Community is worried because the two Nuclear Powers are trading barbs… the only fear […]

Act(ion) By An Immigrant…

It is not far from the White House… Sakina Halal Grill is just like other top restaurants in the area… however, there is a difference between Sakina and other restaurants! Apart from […]

Theory Of Choice & Modern India…

Dr Partha Chatterjee – the India-born Political Scientist, Historian, Anthropologist, and a Professor of Anthropology and of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies at Columbia University – recently visited his […]

Return Of The…

Narendra Damodardas Modi has become the Prime Minister of India, once again! The outcome of the 17th Parliamentary Elections, that was held recently, is – to some extent – similar […]

The Belligerent Warmonger

The US recently triggered a situation of fresh tension by sending naval fleets to the Persian Gulf, with the Pentagon saying: “The Department of Defence continues to closely monitor the […]