Misguided Missiles…
Turkey, the nation straddling Eastern Europe and Western Asia, has irked the US by striking a deal with Russia for acquiring S-400 Missiles! The NATO member state’s decision has shocked […]
On Jingoism…
The US nearly retaliated in a likewise fashion, after Iran shot down a USD 240 million A RQ-4N Global Hawk drone in June. However, Washington DC called off the planned military […]
Survival?
Everyone loves to live… and we all know of Charles Darwin’s claim that there was a continual ‘struggle for existence‘ in Nature, in which only the fittest would survive! For […]
Myths, Murals & A Man…!
Members of an Indian Delegation have claimed that they recently found a mural of Lord Rama or Ram – a major deity of Hinduism and the hero of the Ramayana, […]
Crossing The Border…
The tragic snapshot of a father, lying dead with his daughter, sadly reminds the Global Community of the image of Alan Kurdi… Kurdi was a three-year-old Syrian boy of Kurdish […]
Lives, Above The Dead Sea…
The bright hot sunshine makes the soil dry… one will not find trees, or human beings in the plateau overlooking the Dead Sea. In the middle of the plateau, a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 