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Category: Democracy

Getting On One’s Nerves

It is often mentioned in a bantering fashion that the Leaders in Opposition are either arrested or killed in Russia. Incumbent Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny made such a comment on […]

A Matter Of Choice!

The Bombay High Court of India has ruled that Prostitution is not a Crime! Decades ago, India had enacted the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 (PITA) in order to prevent […]

The Delicate Delegates…

Fawzia Koofi was chastised for using nail polish in the past. As the Taliban used to rule Afghanistan at that time, it was mandatory for the women and girls to […]

On Geopolitics Of Eurasia

The European Countries have been opposing the aggressive attitude of China towards other Asian countries from the very beginning… and, Germany is playing the leading role in countering the Asian […]

Nippon: Does The Sun Rise Anew?

The longest-serving Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, recently tendered his resignation because of health reasons. This is for the second time when he has done it, as Abe had […]

Active Versus Passive Resistance…

Nowadays, a question, somehow, frequently pops up: Is there any need to prove the historical importance of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948), and his Non-Violence […]

Let There Be Light!

Once, a monarch was asked what he had done to defend his Kingdom. To that question, the King replied: “I have set up a lot of educational institutions!” Then, the […]

Evolution & Atavism?

After Hagia Sophia, it is Chora or Kariye Museum… Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expressly sticking to his decision to converting former Greek Orthodox churches to Mosques, one after […]

Patriot?

Trump Ponders Pardon for Snowden – What About Assange? US President Donald Trump recently announced that he was considering a pardon for Edward Snowden, an American whistle-blower who had copied […]