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Category: Democracy

Nepal Crisis Shakes South Asia

Nepal has plunged into a cycle of violence, instability and uncertainty, with the anti-government protests exposing the depth of public anger. Whether to call it a revolution or a rebellion […]

What Justice Is Not

Sab yaad rakha jayega! (Everything will be remembered!) I mumble the immortal lines of Amir Aziz as I absorb the shock of the Delhi High Court order denying bail to […]

Fighting A Relentless Battle

A block consists of a cluster of villages, and each and every block has CCTV cameras, digital surveillance system and police pickets. There is no way to enter a block […]

Blunders Made By A Statesman

The creation of Bangladesh from erstwhile East Pakistan is a bright milestone in the history of the Bengalis. However, the South Asian nation has faced various covert political attacks since […]

Syria Marching Towards Democracy

The Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the armed Islamist group that overthrew the Bashar al-Assad Regime in Syria in December 2024, has announced that the war-torn country would hold General Elections […]

Remembering The Voice Of A Lonely Conscience

The Chinese media outcast him not only during his lifetime, but also after his demise on July 13, 2017. The State-influenced social media platforms, including microblogging site Weibo, banned searches […]

Masquerade

A fine example of how an authoritarian ruler can force her/his countrymen to live in chains under the guise of apparent simplicity is Italy in the 1930s. The Fascist Rule […]